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I read it more as him trying to point out an incongruence between American political discourse and the realities of American realpolitik.

On the one hand you have Biden calling out Trumpism/MAGAism as a threat to democracy, on the other hand you have the media hyperfixation on the optics of his speech: 'omg he looks like a dictator!!'

Meanwhile when you look at the machinery underneath and how our system really maintains the status quo, fascism is the standard operating procedure. How can someone claim they want to restore justice and the sanctity of democracy when the extrajudicial killings of US citizens is just another Tuesday?

I don't think he really needed to criticize the substance of Biden's speech, since, given our leaders hyperfixation on optics, there was no substance to analyze in the first place. The speech was nothing but a layer of feel-good frosting concealing the violent means of control underneath.