A symbolic act, nothing more. The best possible result would have been a substantial win by Joe Biden. He could have been committed to his promises and the Republicans would have broken into two camps.
What would have been the second best result?
A victory for Trump.
Stop it.
I am convinced that what has happened now is worse.
You have to explain that. What could have been worse than four more years of Trump psychosis? For example, racists and fascist militias who feel encouraged?
Now is not the time for wishful thinking, which might be possible in the first euphoria under Biden. It's time for realism, so let me be realistic: the United States economy is set to crash over the next two years because of Covid-19. There will be another massive spike in structural unemployment, of deprivation - industrial workers and craftsmen will be even worse off than they were in the last fifteen years. For blacks, for Latinos, for everyone on the fringes, it will be even more difficult to earn enough money to survive at all. With the current election result, Biden will hide behind the Senate, he does not have to create incentive programs, a Green New Deal or public construction projects.The Republicans will kill everything. Who is blamed for the crash? The left. Because with her progressive politics she allegedly prevented clear majorities. It will be four tough years with harsh media attacks.
Couldn't the opposite also happen: Biden realizes that politically he cannot survive without the left?
The opposite has already happened. The transition team of the Biden presidency consists almost exclusively of people from the party establishment. All the people from the left who sparked extreme movement in the party, who massively mobilized for Biden, are being teased. The pressure is already massive, for example on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And she will have to put up with questions from her own camp: “You told us there was a deal. You said we can swallow the bitter pill and choose Biden, who stands for big business. What about the deal now? " The deal is off the table. People feel betrayed and that will weaken the left. In contrast to the right.
Why should the right emerge stronger from this chaos?
71 million voted Donald Trump. 71 million. A large proportion of these people are now convinced - even if it is not true - that their choice was stolen from them. And that will make these people one. They become more toxic, more radical, more fascist. Even more alt-right . Therefore, the radical right will benefit from the coming Great Depression, and the left in the US will almost perish. As a result of Joe Biden's narrow victory. That's why I would have preferred a victory for Donald Trump instead of the current result.