82gradDLSdad said:
Unit2Sucks said:
82gradDLSdad said:
Unit2Sucks said:
82gradDLSdad said:
No idea what party Yang is in these days but I'd vote for him.
Why would you vote for someone with no experience and unrealistic ideas? When has that ever worked out? Yang has showed himself to be a shallow thinker and unfocused wannabe politician and dilettante. He wasn't even that successful in business which is what he tried to base his reputation on. He only got 160k votes despite making a lot of noise in the 2020 primary. Look at his disastrous run for mayor of NYC and the message is clear.
I'm all ears. Who should I vote for.
I suppose it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you are trying to encourage dilettante shallow thinkers, by all means Yang is your guy.
I'll admit, I don't spend days researching candidates. I liked a couple of things Yang said in the presidential debates and I'm really growing tired of lifelong politicians. One example for Yang, I didn't like his $1000 per month for everyone. But his explanation of possible solutions for a society which could conceivably automate a large percentage of its society out of a job showed me he's at least thinking about problems differently than our politicians.
To preempt things, I'll appreciate responses but I probably will not reply. I'm out of my depth discussing politics with most on this board. I've already gone too far...for me.
I think Yang was a good talker so if that's what you are looking for he might be an interesting choice. Given his lack of experience, or interest in gaining practical experience, I have a hard time imagining him actually accomplishing anything.
I think we have a lot of recent experience with politicians who didn't have a track record of getting stuff done. Obviously we all know what happened with 45. I criticized Obama for the same reason and think that his lack of experience made it harder for him to accomplish much during his presidency, although obviously he leaned on Biden and others to help get stuff done. I think if Obama had spent some more time on the hill developing relationships and building credibility, he may have been able to accomplish more in his 8 years. Of course some will label me an optimist and say that there is nothing anyone could have done given the opposing party and it certainly seems that way under Biden.
I'm generally in agreement with you that the opposite of Yang - lifelong politicians - is undesirable but we have to balance that cynicism with choosing people who can actually do things. Or it may not matter because we are doomed with the clowns in Washington.
