I've seen a lot more people adamant about voting for the democratic candidate right now, after Biden dropped out. To some extent, I think that's to be expected, as we all knew Biden isn't really capable of being the president of a country right now*. However, this isn't in line with what the people in this subreddit actually say.

Whenever there is the discussion as to whether voting for democrats or for an anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist or working class candidate, there used to be people advocating for voting democrat in the subreddit, but not nearly as much as now. And here's what's most curious: these people never actually say anything regarding Kamala, they just say things regarding trump and the republicans and project 2025. So that got me thinking, if these are the main points here, and if that hasn't changed at all since Biden dropped out, what is the actual cause of the change in this subreddit's posture regarding the elections and the democrats? Why has the change in candidate, from reelection of the current president to the election of the current vice president made people go from "maybe we should try to change things for the better for once" to "Vote democrat or else you'll be a literal chattel slave!!!"



 *Although Biden clearly doesn't have the mental capacity to be a country's president, that hasn't really affected the way the country is run. That's because in the USA, politics aren't made by just one personality in government doing things he thinks are right. They are made by a party and by the party's donors. For example, Biden doesn't understand the geopolitical rivalry between the USA and China, yet still announced a 100% tax on EVs cause it would be beneficial to USA billionaires (main donors) such as Elon musk, whose company Tesla can't compete with Chinese EVs.
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A lot of it is because hasan is positive towards Kamala Harris.

He’s positive towards Kamala Harris because he’s (in my opinion somewhat coping) Hoping that she is materially different than Biden on the topic of Israel and Palestine.

Eg. Hasan is keeping his hopes up that Kamala Harris will stop Israel’s genocide and help Palestine. We all already know that she will be better rhetorically but Hasan is hoping that there will be a material difference.


The other half is that people think Kamala Harris has a much better chance of winning because Biden could no longer speak coherently or walkoff stages by himself
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could it possibly also be because she has supported things like universal healthcare in the past? Maybe hasan thinks that some reforms like this could warm people up to more radical changes
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No.  She doesn't support single payer healthcare.  She ran on that to masquerade as having bernie policies in 2020 and then dropped out before the first vote was cast and retracked every bit of it.
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oh okay thanks
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He's full of it btw:  

&gt;First, when we pass my plan, all Americans will immediately have the ability to buy into Medicare. This is similar to the immediate, introductory buy-in provided in Senator Sanders’ Medicare for All bill. Right away, it will lower costs and give us a baseline plan as we transition to Medicare for All.

&gt;Second, we will set up an expanded Medicare system, with a 10-year phase-in period. ***During this transition, we will automatically enroll newborns and the uninsured into this new and improved Medicare system, give all doctors time to get into the system, and provide a commonsense path for employers, employees, the underinsured, and others on federally-designated programs, such as Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act exchanges, to transition***.  

https://kamalaharris.medium.com/my-plan-for-medicare-for-all-7730370dd421
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