[US] Andrew Yang - Your Thoughts on his candidacy?

Good candidate for poor people.
Terrible, actually. Handing people $1000 a month doesn't do anything to actually disuade the type of corrupted power dynamics that cause gross inequality in the first place.

A UBI can be a powerful tool forq redistributive policy but implemented thoughtlessly (or in Yangs case, maliciously) it's a great way to justify disempowering labor to the point of serfdom.
 
As long as he/she/it doesn’t create a civil war or world war. I just gab a bucket of popcorn and root beer and watch the stupid cowboys football/pigskin with y’all.
 
I'm kinda iffy on this and over the past month I've been kinda bored of politics. Might Danny Deleto this. That or just edit my posts with random videos I think you guys should watch
 
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  • America has the largest economy in the world.
  • America is the center of the worlds stage with individual states having economy's bigger than entire countries.
  • Seven of the top ten "Largest" companies in the world are US founded. (Larger scale America is home to 53 of the top 100)
  • The American dollar is the most important reserve currency in the World.
  • Leading as the #1 country for pushing towards green energy and energy independence.
What a bunch of meaningless nonsense.
 
I posted on this matter before but ill post again

#yanggang2020

$1000 mothly gibs is the selling point for me(and many others)

drumpf cucked his own supporters LOL

he talked a lot about building a wall, but instead signed the finance bill granting amnesty and no wall, basically and a bunch of other bugman things (only decent on trade)

so drumpf supporters are just retarded boomers left


I for one am ready to cash in on the gibs
 
  • Leading as the #1 country for pushing towards green energy and energy independence.
That's completely not true, especially now.
 
I posted on this matter before but ill post again

#yanggang2020

$1000 mothly gibs is the selling point for me(and many others)

drumpf cucked his own supporters LOL

he talked a lot about building a wall, but instead signed the finance bill granting amnesty and no wall, basically and a bunch of other bugman things (only decent on trade)

so drumpf supporters are just retarded boomers left


I for one am ready to cash in on the gibs
Exhibit A.

Look at the pacifying effect just the PROMISE of $1000 a month has.
 
Where are you going with this post?

Not true because green new deal got dumped on?

Not true because something something iceland with the population of a few rural towns in america is 100% energy independent?
Not true because it's a blatant fallacy in it's entirety with zero backing.
 
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2nd to only China and expected to pass China in a decade.

Real money wager he comes back with something about XXXX country with sub 1mil population?
The wiser move is to quote pollution numbers rather than renewable energy production. The size and population of America means it's gonna be number one in alot of areas in terms of total output.

Our military alone is the worlds number one polluter. Not because it's any dirtier than any other industry but it's just... huge in scope.

Which is why I don't really truck in totals devoid of context. Give me percentages. What percent of America's energy is renewable? Whats our ratio of pollution to GDP, compared to other developed countries?

(Admittedly, all of this is rather off topic but meh)
 
Your point increasingly seems to be "America #1 if we ignore China and fudge some numbers by claiming the military doesn't count towards pollution totals but im totally gonna count it's economic activity towards our totals"

ignoring, of course, that the metrics by which you claim greatness are completely meaningless and abstract to 99% of our population.
 
Military pollution is a pretty moot point - A sub category that yes America peaks in because of size, but military-pollution is just a sub category of pollution in whichhhh China dominates.


Wasn't saying to ignore China entirely but saying how they're not the front-runner with USA expected to surpass them in a decade.




Two comments on this.

1 - You say "our population" like these points are limited to America.
2 - Chalking these up as abstract irrelevant claims while holding up a sub-category of pollution as the smoking gun for America not being so great is a bit of a stretch.

It's not that so much as wanting to point out that you'll willingly push aside our military contribution to pollution while willingly including it as part of our economic activity, because doing so fits your point.

I'm granting you the position that your metrics are important and challenging you on those points while wanting to acknowledge that I think the whole argument is moot. Economies are like dicks. Size doesn't matter if you can't satisfy people's needs.
 
by what metric is the US the best country?
Fvck metrics we invented air-conditioning ffs.

prison population?
The three headed beast that is GUNS/DRUGS/PRISON is a global industry. With USA being the best, of course we have higher numbers in all three categories. There's money to be made after all.

imperialistic achievements?
It's only natural to take pride in how well your country has fought wars. I believe we're undefeated atm.

number of immigrant children taken away from their families and held in concentration camps?
This subject is a difficult one. On one hand, we have these people that come from an extremely corrupt country, get guns, train to fight drug cartels and actually go back and try to fight and save their country. That's about as admirable as it gets and commands as much respect possible. How could you want that type of individual to stay out of your country? On the other hand, we have rich white people that openly organize migrant caravans to our country and explicitly state that their intentions are to destabilize our country and cause chaos in order to destroy us from within. They know we know. They don't care. They know we'll separate families. They don't care. They come anyways. Why the fvck would you come to a place where they take your kids? What kind of shxt is that? Sure we're bad for doing it, but they're even worse for bringing their kids to a place where they take kids away. Why not leave your kids behind with a relative while you set up a home in the US? Did you get yourself into some trouble with some dangerous people perhaps? Well, bringing your kid to a place where they take kids away is probably not the solution a mentally stable individual would come up with for that dilemma.

The reason USA is the currently the best country is because we are the last bastion of free-speech while other countries become increasingly authoritarian. We are the best at fighting because we fought amongst each other for a few hundred years and learned new ways to kick ass from all types of cultures. We are the best because even our homeless people eat bacon cheeseburgers and enjoy a cold one from time to time.
 

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