What is Reddit's opinion of Hot Cup of Joe: A Piping Hot Coloring Book with America's Sexiest Moderate, Joe Biden― a Satirical Coloring Book for Adults?

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> "The President's New Clothes", a satire and parody of 'The Emperor's New Clothes' featuring a naked Donald Trump that we self published and have been sneaking into stores locally in Texas.

Also Democrats

on Amazon

> Or images of Trump’s head on Stallone’s body

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486

There's that coloring book kicking around somewhere too, but that's honestly kind of hilarious.

Edit: aha! Found it: (88 reviews)

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486

First I laughed, then I noticed the price sticker and realized this is a real book, and now I'm debating whether I really need to spend $12 on a Joe Biden coloring book.

https://smile.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Americas/dp/1250274486/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g4368549507?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8

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https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1534480536/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_mrai_1_dp

how am I just now finding out that Biden grew up 15 minutes away from me!?

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https://www.amazon.de/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486

Hot Cup of Joe: A Piping Hot Coloring Book with America's Sexiest Moderate, Joe Biden― a Satirical Coloring Book for Adults https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250274486/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_E3J76PVKDM78MHEDKVZF

It happens all the time…

Yeah, this isn't true. Democrats worship their politicians just as much as Republicans do, and probably spend as much on worthless merchandise such as a Joe Biden coloring book https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486 or a Ruth Bader Ginsberg prayer candle https://www.amazon.com/Bader-Ginsburg-Celebrity-Prayer-Candle-Votive/dp/B07XHV92H4.

Worship of politicians is cringe inducing when anyone does it, and both sides do it plenty.

Gonna just leave this here Hot Cup of Joe: A Piping Hot Coloring Book with America's Sexiest Moderate, Joe Biden― a Satirical Coloring Book for Adults https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250274486/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_K8WJ4040Q67EBD328GXJ

> I mean, I was taught by my history teachers at school that fascism was a word with an incredibly precise and well defined meaning, and that it’s not agreed that there’s ever been any fascist regime besides Mussolini’s.

Your last point is exactly why there are multiple definitions of Fascism, because some people believe that fascism is not just "this political movement called fascism invented by Mussolini".

I will agree that if you go by this kind of definition, then of course Biden would not be a fascist, I wont fight you about that.

If you go by Mussolini own description of fascism being a right wing ideology created to be the mirror opposite of socialism and with an all powerful state, then it become more open, maybe we should start with your own definition of fascism so we can a constructive discussion using the same base ? If we use the same word to mean different things of course we will have a hard time being in agreement.

> Even Nazi Germany was a different beast in many ways.

In case you were not aware, the UN defined nazism a few years ago as being a variant of Fascism with a strong racism element.

Of course fascism is often (usually ?) racist, the different in the UN defintion being when the racism become a core part of the ideology.

This defiintion is also generic in that it doesn't require specifically for the racism to target jews, this allow for acknowledging for example Ukrainian neonazis (who hate russians more than jews), and might even apply to certain zionists (fascism + racism toward palestinians or arabs in general)

> I’m aware of Biden’s political history and I find it mystifying that even liberals find him appealing. His political history is not even liberal, by and large, it’s pretty trad conservative. He makes a big deal of reaching across the aisle, but you typically don’t reach across the aisle with both feet...

I will totally agree with you on that, Biden is closer to republicans that to the progressives wing of his own party, this is actually something that himself recognize when they says he is a "centrist" or "moderate", which in american politics actually don't mean "halfway between left and ring wing" but "halfway between the already right wing corporate democrats and the far right republicans"

Also for reference I am not an american nor a liberal, I am a french socialist.

> So you can see how incongruous it is to hear someone apply the word to what is ultimately a liberal democracy — a liberal democracy that’s decided to grant a shocking number of surveillance powers to the NSA on blind trust, a liberal democracy with a dark history of obliterating working class movements in the 19th century and global communist movements in the 20th, but still ultimately a liberal democracy. > > But supporting wars in Iraq and other places, and supporting the Patriot Act, does not make you a fascist. Fascism involves eroding democracy, removing all opposition, encouraging a kind of religious faith in a strongman leader, and the subordination of the economy to the state (essentially a permanent wartime economy). It also generally involves a ‘revolution’ and a belief in the movement being a kind of almost-spiritual revitalising force for a decadent country that’s in decline. None of this remotely rings true of Biden or his presidency. Some of it could be described as mildly authoritarian, in his support for a police state in certain ways. Fascist, no.

Thank you for your definition of fascism, it's close to many classic versions I read, similar to a simplified version of the 14 features of Umberto Eco Ur-fascism

I will try to comment on the points you mentionned, but I should probably start with mentionning that some of the points I will advance are not just saying "Biden is a fascist" but "American is fascist" (or close to be), that's why some of my examples won't be unique or specific to Biden but more general example of how the USA can meet your definition.

> Fascism involves eroding democracy,

There is a quote that says "fascism is imperialism applied at home". It's probably too simplified as a definition, but the USA has a long history of eroding democracy in other countries, and if the US government is willing to erode democracy elsewhere, what is stopping it from eroding it at home ?

Here you have an american politician literally acknowledging that his country has organized a coup attempt in Venezuela, and the only thing he found wrong with it was that not the coup itself but that the coup failed and made america "look foolish and weak":

> 7/ THEN, IT GOT REAL EMBARRASSING. IN APRIL 2019, WE TRIED TO ORGANIZE A KIND OF COUP, BUT IT BECAME A DEBACLE. EVERYONE WHO TOLD US THEY’D RALLY TO GUAIDO GOT COLD FEET AND THE PLAN FAILED PUBLICLY AND SPECTACULARLY, MAKING AMERICA LOOK FOOLISH AND WEAK. > > — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 4, 2020 > > https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1290656459496263687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

And while this specific coup attempt was made under Trump, this person is a democrat, and Biden has already reconfirmed that he supported the coup : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-state-venezuela-idUSKBN29O2PE

I would also say that the US own internal "democracy" is a joke, or at best on life support, with things like the electoral college, gerrymandering, legalized bribery in the form of campaign donations and lobbying, and many, many other issues.

Granted, republicans are usually a worst example, but not respectic the actual will of the voters is often bipartisan.

Are you aware that the DNC lawyers literally said to a judge that as a private organisation they were free to cheat their own primaries and select whoever they wanted as their candidate ?

Just having a vote does not means you have a democracy, Biden literally started his career saying he was ready to prostitute himself to corporate donors, and I don't see anything in his career that is saying he changed his position.

> removing all opposition,

When you understand that both the GOP and the DNC are capitalist right wing (if not far right) parties that support most of the same policies with no actual left wing opposition, you will realize that the actual opposition as already been removed before Biden even started.

To quote Chomsky, "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum...."

And when some real opposition that might do something from outside the duopoly appear, you get told that "voting for 3rd party is voting for Trump", a tactic they already used before the Civil War to force anti slavery voters to vote for the lesser of two slave owners instead of an actual abolitionist

If that is not enough, then they will smear the person, and if not enough, well, ask Malcolm X, MLK or Fred Hampton.

> encouraging a kind of religious faith in a strongman leader,

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486

More seriously are you aware of what is called "Blue MAGA", people who defend and ideoalize Biden as much as the red MAGA people did.

Biden might not be asking directly for a cult like adoration like Trump did, but he sure has people doing it for him.

> and the subordination of the economy to the state (essentially a permanent wartime economy).

Biden Requests to Increase Military Budget to $753 Billion

Do I really need to argue that the USA has a permanent wartime economy or that Biden is supporting it ?

> It also generally involves a ‘revolution’ and a belief in the movement being a kind of almost-spiritual revitalising force for a decadent country that’s in decline.

Granted, "Build bad better" and "America is back" are less catchy than "Make America Great Again", but they still evoke the same general idea of a "revitalising force for a decadent country that’s in decline" while not actually doing anything about the actual causes of the decline.

Here’s the link to buy the book on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486

Ha what a joke. Whats the deal with drawing Trump and Biden like they are ripped?

They are old fucking men .

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Cup-Joe-Coloring-Satirical/dp/1250274486