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[Opinion] By Ellis Asher
When Joe Biden faced the crowds in Wilmington, Delaware, nearly two years ago, he said that he would "pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn’t see red and blue states, but a United States."
The White House's latest actions paint a different picture.
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Following Biden's divisive speech 3 weeks ago, there has been a growing sense of distrust in American institutions.
From the Orwellian "Disinformation Governance Board" to the complete disaster in Afghanistan, many have raised serious questions about why the people should continue to trust Biden's government.
As inflation in the US hits 8.3 per cent, there has been a complete lack of leadership on economic policy. A spectacularly hypocritical "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" was passed, costing the nation around $2 Trillion USD, this follows the student loan forgiveness Biden promised in his presidential campaign, adding about $2,503.22 USD to the average taxpayer's annual bill.
It doesn't take an economist to notice that the ramping up in spending we are seeing is going to cause further inflation in the future.
So how did we get to this point?
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His political rival, Donald Trump lost the election due to his divisive nature, and concerns around his approach to the democratic process, demonstrated by the January 6th committee.
Maybe, in their haste, the American people didn't quite consider that the cure may be just as bad as the disease, with Biden signing more executive orders than Trump, Obama, or Bush within his first 100 days in office.
Political tensions are already high in America, and rising, with Inside Sources suggesting the nation could be "unifying against Biden".
This, backed up by his disappointing approval ratings, spells trouble for Biden and his party facing the looming mid-terms and the next election.
Biden's team and their supporters seem to have found a way of dealing with the growing dissent.
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Whilst there have been claims of media bias for about as long as there has been media, some of the more recent claims made against large networks like CNN seem to stick.
First, groups like Project Veritas had claimed the network actively pushed "anti-Trump propaganda" in an effort to help Joe Biden.
Now mainstream figures such as former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have pushed claims of video manipulation by CNN.
Not content with distortion of the facts, the White House has allegedly made demands that chosen individuals are removed from social media platforms.
Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter, is one such individual. Mr Berenson claims that the White House privately called for his removal from Twitter after his public criticism of the American government's COVID-19 response.
If true, it is more than concerning that people in the innermost circles of government can call for this blatant form of silencing.
Whilst it is true that Twitter is a private company and can allow whomever it wants, we have seen these kinds of bans be echoed by all the major 'Big Tech' players before, notably in the ban of, former president, Donald Trump.
A near-complete removal of the social presence of a man with the backing of 74,222,958 people is a scary thought, regardless of your political leanings, but for Government officials to be able to influence these decisions, or to even demand them, is terrifying.
So, with rapid inflation, government-backed silencing and an increasing political division, you would be forgiven for thinking you were watching a generic dystopian film.
With whistleblowers in the FBI, just last week, coming forward about the administration "prioritising" certain cases, in attempts to elevate them as "domestic terror" cases, it certainly seems Biden's administration is attempting to rule as most generic dystopian governments do, through fear.
As we enter the second half of Biden's term in office, one can only wonder what kind of future awaits America by its end.
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