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    • Pegeen
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      4 years ago

      Interesting to have a non-politician campaigning via the internet. I’m not familiar with the Joe Rogan podcast but would certainly look into it. The “Freedom Dividend” seems anything but free. Doesn’t add up for me. This guy seems like a loose cannon but it won’t be the first time an outsider drops a bomb on the status quo. If for no other reason, Yang appeals to me because I’m for blowing up the current system. But I strongly doubt he could win my vote.

      • bill
        Top reader of all time
        4 years ago

        I think the freedom dividend only makes sense if all forms of welfare are killed. So that would be a deal: Nobody gets any handouts except the 1000/month. But I don’t know. Haven’t read enough about it.

    • bill
      Top reader of all time
      4 years ago

      Horrible title. Solid read. I love Nicholas Thompson’s writing. Yang is certainly fresh, but I have mixed feelings about a candidate with this many wild ideas:

      “He generally favors the Green New Deal, but he wants to accomplish it by using geo-engineering and thorium nuclear reactors. There are other curveballs too: He’s in favor of ranked-choice voting, reducing pretrial bail, free marriage counseling, and term limits for Supreme Court justices. (He's against circumcision, though.)”

      I was shocked to learn that Elizabeth Warren is twelve times richer than Yang.

      I used to think I wanted a freedom dividend. Now I’m not sure it wouldn’t make me lazy. I’m also not sure if I hate myself for saying that, in more ways than one.