Friday, August 23, 2019

Could Andrew Yang Become President?


The guy has the greatest momentum. And he is the only one with a solution. This is an interesting development.

If you don't "get" Universal Basic Income, you don't get the fourth industrial revolution. You have no clue what's happening in Silicon Valley.

I am not surprised Elon Musk has endorsed Andrew Yang. (Note: Elon Musk is an immigrant.)

Andrew Yang is not a white guy. He is not even black. He is not even Chinese. For America to elect someone like Andrew Yang would be a huge statement to the world. That this truly is a country of immigrants. Not just European immigrants, but immigrants, period.

I can imagine a Yang-Kamala, or a Yang-Pete, or a Yang-Tulsi ticket, with Bernie and Warren leading the fight in what might be a Democratic majority Senate after 2020. All that they want they can get done through the Senate.

If Andrew Yang is serious, he is going to have to own the Green New Deal, he is going to have to own health care and education too. He is in a great position to emphasize technological innovation will play the lead role in solving the climate crisis. The easy solution is to stop subsidizing dirty fuel. Clean is competitive.

The paradox of the situation is, if America goes the Donald Trump route, it gets routed fast. By 2030, it might have lost its aura and status. But if America goes down the Andrew Yang path, it continues to hold up. Andrew Yang keeps America great.

But from 3-5% to 51% is a long journey. It is too early to tell. But a lot of Trump supporters are switching to Yang. Trump has been the Pied Piper. Yang has been the data scientist. He has crunched the numbers and is telling it like it is.

UBI is not free money any more than Social Security is free money, or an auto insurance check is free money. It is just the economy evolving to the next level.

Andrew Yang is raising plenty of money. If he were to plow back 30% (at least) of all money raised into micro-targeting on the major digital platforms like Facebook, and Google, and Twitter, and Instagram, he will manage to overcome the old media handicap that he seems to be facing. Frankly, old media has been exhibiting racial bias against him. He is not getting the coverage his numbers show he deserves. Yang 2020 needs to become a video factory. Micro target with 30-second videos that will go viral. Or 90.





Andrew Yang is the Elon Musk of politics. It is amazing that he has a monopoly on the Universal Basic Income idea. That UBI is the only solution to the tremendous economic tranformation. Hint: it is not the wall.

If he can win the first four states, he has both the nomination and the presidency. Right now a glass of water could beat Trump, with or without a recession.


US Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Calls for Blockchain Voting in 2020 Elections “It’s ridiculous that in 2020 we are still standing in line for hours to vote in antiquated voting booths. It is 100% technically possible to have fraud-proof voting on our mobile phones today using the blockchain.” ..... Yang, who is a staunch pro-crypto proponent, believes that this coupled with turning election day into a holiday is enough incentive to encourage eligible voters to cast their vote...... “This would revolutionize true democracy and increase participation to include all Americans – those without smartphones could use the legacy system and lines would be very short.” ....... Earlier this year, West Virginia announced that military voters outside of their home country can use a private blockchain-centered mobile app to cast their vote in the upcoming elections. Yang is only asking that the same measure be extended to everyone come 2020 presidential elections.



Yang: Policies



Andrew Yang faces no money or media disadvantages. If the voters want him bad enough, they will simply #GoogleAndrewYang.

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