@DenverBrian posted:I wish I shared your optimism Oats. I have lots of "hopes", I hope this is the end of lies being treated as facts (at the scale we saw), I hope this is the end of religious exemptions legalizing discrimination (this goes for churches, hospitals etc...), I hope this puts us back on the path of true climate action and health care for all (medicare for all), I hope for a justice system that is more just for the poor and minorities.
With Biden being on the very conservative and religious end of the Democratic party spectrum, his campaign funded by large corporations profiting from a lot of bad stuff and with enough people like Ted Cruz still pandering to the worst of us, I fear the worst.
Oats is rather optimistic, his post is a breath of fresh air. It is very good for USA that Biden was ellected, for some of the reasons you mentioned. If he was as liberal as some of us are, it would be harder to make progress towards bringing America together. His experience in Congress and with foreign affairs will also serve him well.
How can we not be enthusiastic about that shitpile of executive orders he signed, only hours after being sworn in? 
