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US President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation to deliver stark warnings about an “oligarchy” of ultra-wealthy individuals and a “tech-industrial complex” that infringes on Americans’ rights and threatens the future of democracy in the nation.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250116073204/https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/16/biden-warns-of-ultra-wealthy-oligarchy-threatening-us-democracy-in-farewell-address-to-the

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The whole speech was here's everything I was aware of but didn't address

[–] OmnipotentEntity 19 points 2 days ago

Well, you see, it was only a problem for him when it turned against him. When he actively supported it his entire career it was the obvious and natural order of things

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

"Here's all the cool stuff we politicians can do. Suck it. Bye!"

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 19 points 2 days ago

"And I did nothing about it. Worse, I helped get more into office!"

[–] LoamImprovement 9 points 1 day ago

Oh, you mean the oligarchy that put Trump in the office the first time? The one that put you in the office after Trump completely fucked up the economy? The one that's been selecting both presidential candidates for the last, oh, I don't know, five decades? Six? Longer, probably? The one that's been crushing the spirit of every living person around the world with the promise of a meager subsistence life, and that's if they like you or you're convenient to their ends? And they'll throw you on the pyre of capitalism if it earns them a single cent more? That oligarchy?

Yeah, sure. Thanks for giving it the old college try, Joe.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

We didn't listen to Eisenhower; I don't think we're going to listen to Biden.

[–] baggins 2 points 1 day ago

And by his lack of action, let them in. 'Sleepy Joe' seems rather an apt moniker, although not for the Mango Mussolini's reasons.