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The Future For Biden’s America

Sue Hirsch
5 min readDec 15, 2020

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“Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Remember when I said that

“No magic bullet can kill the systemic racism, because it lives within Every. Single. One of us.”?

It was in my essay, titled: The Magic of a New President.

Sadly, there are many other ways in which we are now beginning to see the “magic” NOT happening.

In his astute, point by point breakdown of why America may not be a winner, even with Biden at the helm, Umair Haque points out that,

That level of common sense and decency makes Beltway pundits shudder, because they are stupid and monstrous people, generally… These are the same people who have been wrong about everything… from the rise of Trumpism, to its roots in economic collapse, to how economic collapse breaks social bonds, and so on…But when arrogant, foolish, stupid people who’ve been wrong about everything, for their own careers, egos, and bank accounts, are the only ones who are really enthusiastic about your leadership…that’s a giant flashing neon sign that something’s not right.

And remember when I and (the President of) Yes California tried to tell you that no matter how the

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