I believe stuff like this is going to inspire a huge, new wave of anti-government sentiment during Biden's presidency. You're 100% right, that words have power and him just saying this shit is going to invoke some backlash.
That backlash will be from the right wing and the conspiracy side who just cannot wait to start talking about the government again, martial law, and all that stuff. Biden and Harris are going to be the greatest gift to them in terms of propaganda. Obama gave them stuff like the NDAA (and they were the only ones talking about it when it first passed), but overall he had his celebrity image to fall back on. Biden don't have that. He's pretty open about being a piece of shit and will brag about pushing authoritarian measures, and then they chose Harris for his VP who is also very out in the open with authoritarianism. The conspiracy right are going to have a field day with this stuff for the next 4 years.
I believe stuff like this is going to inspire a huge, new wave of anti-government sentiment during Biden's presidency. You're 100% right, that words have power and him just saying this shit is going to invoke some backlash.
That backlash will be from the right wing and the conspiracy side who just cannot wait to start talking about the government again, martial law, and all that stuff. Biden and Harris are going to be the greatest gift to them in terms of propaganda. Obama gave them stuff like the NDAA (and they were the only ones talking about it when it first passed), but overall he had his celebrity image to fall back on. Biden don't have that. He's pretty open about being a piece of shit and will brag about pushing authoritarian measures, and then they chose Harris for his VP who is also very out in the open with authoritarianism. The conspiracy right are going to have a field day with this stuff for the next 4 years.