Originally published at: Andrew Yang leaves Democratic Party to form his own | Boing Boing
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some good ideas — ranked-choice voting, UBI, bureaucricide — carried along by rainbows and unicorns
Even the seemingly good ideas are ultimately self-serving ones for this techno-utopian Libertarian in a progressive’s clothing.
Unfortunately, the American system only allows room for a party duopoly. The only change you see in that system is when one of the parties splits and self-destructs. Instead of wasting time with Yang’s “free”-market fantasies we should focus on hastening the demise or at least the gelding of the GOP.
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A business-obsessed political platform that also has big ideas for safety net overhauls? Hmmm, I wonder which side of the platform will become Immediately Actionable and which side will quickly become “We really believe in this stuff, we just can’t find the support!” I just don’t see how this is any different from the current democratic party, except that he’s trying to boost the hype on both sides of the coin. I mean, Democrats don’t lie about their social and economic justice ideals while simultaneously ratcheting for corporate interests enough for him?
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Losing doesn’t have to be the end of the road. For those who can’t take a hint, you have options! Start your own party, start your own app, start your own news channel.
In Canada , Maxime pulled that stunt and was quite effective - to this point. He’s paying his bills, grifting the weak. And when that new scheme fails, pick up a new outrage and milk that. The ego trip never has to end!
Gone are the days of graciously accepting defeat and fading off into the sunset.
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Yang is a billionaire, he can do whatever he wants.
Now read that again…
He’s butt hurt about his dismal turnout in that election, and he aims to let us all know.
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Yang wasn’t even a millionaire, oddly enough, according to his paperwork last year. The WSJ estimated $800k plus equity. Though his latest book (titled “Forward”) has surely gotten him there. No big exits. He became a millionaire in the early 2010s, by his own claim, but he’s definitely at the end of politics where you inflate your wealth for credibilty rather than downplay it.
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It’s one thing to be for ranked choice voting. I’m for ranked choice voting. It’s something else entirely, and shockingly irresponsible, to enter a first-past-the-post election with a third candidate when one of the major parties is running a fascist.
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And Yang’s first big interview after announcing this is with Tucker Carlson. He can fuck all the way off.
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Forward Party: “Not Left, not Right, but Forward”
(Don’t blame me! i voted for…)
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Yeah even if your third party has some good ideas and a solid platform you’re much more likely to create positive change running for state and local office than running a spoiler candidate in a Presidential election you have zero chance of winning.
If you think your party is ready for the big leagues then prove it: show you are capable of putting together a nationwide political coalition ready to support your cause or candidate.
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Well given that his take on the UBI boils down to gutting the social safety net to hand a poverty wage to everyone up to and including billionaires that one might surprise you.
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See: Nader, Ralph and Perot, H-fucking-Ross and what happened in the '92, '96, and '00 elections and then tell me how a third party presidential candidate is a good way to advance your cause under the electoral college.
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I feel… Ok with this.
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Because none of them came close to winning and Nader as a spoiler for Gore is vastly overblown? 
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The final certified count in Florida only put Bush ahead by 537 votes. Nader won 97,488 votes in Florida. If those Nader voters had instead split their votes 49.5% towards Bush and 50.5% towards Gore, then Gore would have won. Unless you think that. Nader voters would have mostly gone to Bush (which seems very unlikely) it’s hard to see how he wasn’t a spoiler.
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Or… and hear me out… maybe Gore could have worked harder to win those votes…? Third way politics of the Dems and Labour has fucked both parties for a long time now.
Not everyone agrees that the Democratic party “deserves” votes just because they are not the GOP.
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Well sure, but that’s also the case for any election that gets thrown by a spoiler candidate. Or do you disagree with the very concept that a candidate with no chance of winning can be a spoiler in a close election?
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