Summary

In his farewell speech, President Joe Biden warned of a growing “oligarchy” in the U.S., where extreme wealth and power threaten democracy.

Comparing modern elites to 19th-century robber barons, he called for reforms to hold the wealthy accountable, as done in the past.

Biden also criticized a “tech-industrial complex” concentrating power and spreading disinformation, weakening democracy.

His remarks sparked a surge in Google searches for “oligarchy.”

The speech comes amid rising concerns about policies favoring billionaires, like Trump’s tax cuts and potential cuts to social safety programs.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    Biden became a good president… in his last month in office.

    Or to be blunt: He’s being performative now when it doesn’t matter

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        45 minutes ago

        The Supreme Court: Nothing the President does is illegal

        Everyone: Even ordering Seal Team Six to Mar-A-Lago

        Biden: Cool, goes for ice cream and does nothing with this information

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        3 hours ago

        I don’t count any of them as “good president” with a 800B annual military budget. Or the rest of the totalitarian federal budget they rubber stamp without fail. There’s a lot of shit baked into the federal government that they never, ever veto in the budget, dark as all fucking hell, that Americans just ignore.

        I would say, the genocide revealed who he already was, in a very clear way, but the signs and the evil deeds were already there.

        • nomy@lemmy.zip
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          2 hours ago

          “Look at all those slave masters posing on your dollars.”