'It is clear' the American public has 'turned on Joe Biden'

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From what I can see, the Democrats are like our Labor Party.

Do the Democrats believe in capitalism?
Or are they more inclined to embrace socialism?

I will let Brictoria analyse what you have said.

But did that "short extention" mean that the withdrawal happened during the peak combat season?

Logic suggests a political party might would capitalise on that.
Didn't "Obama-care" try to address this?

BTW, The American health care system is an abomination, imo.

What is your definition of left-wing?

An American WP member, in particular, becomes outraged when non-Amerians have an opinion on American politics, and literally was seeking to have non-Amerian members barred from making contributions.
Staggering.
I hope you are not heading in that direction.

I am not "most people", and depend heavily on my critical thinking skills and a willingness to amend my POV when new information comes my way.
Refer to: Scientific Methodology.

How can I do this so effectively?
I focus on the Truth, rather than servicing a political narrative.
And please don't attribute/link other people's memes to me.

Obviously, not the same as mine, here in Australia.

Showing an earpiece would prove nothing. Listening and talking at the same time would, by itself, require a level of cognition critics are trying to deny him. I can't do it anymore, can you? Earpieces can be used to filter out background noise (a common issue for aging individuals) and/or to enhance sound and focus sound levels for comprehension (also common needs for aging individuals).

I intentionally stopped watching his gaffs years and years ago. It's long been an eye roll for me. He wasn't originally my preferred candidate in the primaries because I knew what would be made of them. Shall we talk about MY gaffs? What would you say about ME if I was on tape? I am still perfectly capable of doing my job.

Biden has a speech impediment that he has made no secret of, and yet he manages to communicate effectively in public and on the fly more often than not.

But Trump ... well, he liked to gaff on twitter, where he had an opportunity to allow someone to check his writing and his facts, but was so overly confident (or addicted to the medium) that he didn't bother. Putting out a bad tweet is far more difficult to give allowances for than saying something wrong on the fly. Plus, Biden was not the one mocking his opponents for their health and cognition, that was all Trump. Don't dish out what you don't want back. Dishing out criticism is an invitation for someone to scrutinize you more closely.

At this point in time I'm pretty solidly Democrat, but I don't want to be. I truly believe we need intellectual tension to pry out the best answers, and that one sided governments fall pry to the worst tendencies of their own ideology. We can see the later in state houses across the US. But the Republican party has swung so far right and become so extremely partisan that I can't find anyone I can imagine supporting. I grew up Republican, and if this was the time of Lincoln, there is zero doubt I would be a Republican. But we aren't, and I'm not. Just sad to see a party that was born with such greatness become what it is today.

The Democrats have never had an anti-capitalist agenda. There is, however, more effort made to balance out the inherent top-heaviness of capitalism, and the areas of life that capitalism simply doesn't handle very well, through corrective social policies.

That isn't the same as wishing to abolish capitalism, it's simply trying to smoothe out some of the imperfections in the system so it operates for wider benefit, rather than increasingly narrow benefit.

It's also nowhere near socialism, despite that word being thrown around by right-wing commentators like a grenade with the pin out, in order to generate panic. The most left-wing politicians in the Democrat party - who are nowhere near typical of the whole - like Bernie Sanders and AOC, are broadly social democrat. Which means centrist. They're not socialist, let alone communist, and therefore not left-wing.

So for example, most European nations have some form of universal Government healthcare policy. Why? Because profit as prime motivator introduces all sorts of deeply unpleasant counter-intuitive behaviour into private healthcare practices. Mainly because the demand curve for being alive, fit and pain-free is pretty much infinite. If people are desperate enough, they'll pay anything. If not for them, for their parents or kids. So it's a natural breeding ground for exploitation, if your Company is hard-nosed enough. And it turns out plenty of medical companies are...

Establishing public healthcare to give better value for money for taxpayers isn't socialist. Indeed, it partly operates to keep taxpayers healthy so they can work. Money is still the main motivator in life, still the way things as a whole are generally decided. It's just in that particular instance market forces don't work properly, so we've got a workaround.

You can argue over their effectiveness, but social policies like that are NOT aimed at overthrowing the captialist system, maaaan.

I can't relate at all to the desire to dig into another countries politics at the level you do, but am always happy (if I have time) to do a little bit of intellectual wrestling. Knowing that you don't live here means I feel no need to understand your thinking on any deep level, however, and I'm bothered when I see a foreign national spread but I strongly believe is disinformation (not pointing this at you, specifically). We have enough of that already.

As for outside perspective, I have relatives overseas to keep me informed on how we're viewed from "outside," I don't NEED your perspective. What I NEED to understand is the rational behind my neighbor's positions.

The Affordable Care Act tried to increase access to private healthcare systems by providing government subsidies and other changes, but much of it required states to opt in. Many did not, and healthcare gaps remain extensive. Costs generally went up because the underlying systems remain private and for-profit; they are not government systems. The Trump administration technically kept the ACA in place but actively worked to keep people from using it, narrowing sign up windows, letting websites fall into disrepair, etc; and pursued legal challenges hoping to gut it.

The lobbying power of the private, for-profit healthcare systems is unbeatable. We spend the most but have outcomes that are nowhere near what most other western countries can achieve. The engine for innovation is pretty amazing, but the outcomes make it clear that most citizens get no benefit.

Operation Warp Speed was a last ditch effort to save his second term. He had no plan to combat covid. He didn't understand it so he did nothing.

Well, it was a relatively simple agreement:


And:


So, what happened:

Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973604904/trumps-deal-to-end-war-in-afghanistan-leaves-biden-with-a-terrible-situation

Seems to be the former over all. And that is the problem I have with the democrats, they favor capitalism over socialism, I think more socialism is needed.

WOW!
You seem to be becoming quite aggressive. EEP!
I will make my contributions, within the bounds of the "house rulz", whether you like them or not.

"Have a nice day."

The Democrats embrace a huge number of socialistic traits, or perhaps that has more to do with its "card-carrying" members than its ideology.
The liberals/progressives tend to embrace woke-ism to a large degree, as an example.
Inflicting collective guilt is something that is again a left-wing phenomenon, which is more socialist rather than capitalist, imo.

Perhaps it is a cultural thing.
In the past, some people constantly tried to cast me as an American conservative despite our conservatives over here being very different.
It took quite some time to work out what was going on.

Also, may I remind people that I am a hard core atheist.

Are you saying "Operation Warp Speed" didn't improve the situation enormously?
Some people back then believed there would never be a vaccine.
Imagine what life would be without it, these days.

BTW, I got my first vaccine shot a few days ago.
I'm still alive, so far.