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There were a slew of anti-yang articles that came out from the leftmost media sources immediately after the debate, owing to the fact that Yang made Elizabeth W

by nyhc99 7y ago

There were a slew of anti-yang articles that came out from the leftmost media sources immediately after the debate, owing to the fact that Yang made Elizabeth Warren look unprepared in her answer about job loss. Andrew Yang, snake oil salesman: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/andrew-yang-tech-entrepreneur-fears-automation-self-driving-cars/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/andrew-yang-tech-entr... Is Yang doing more harm than good to the case for universal income?: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/16/andrew-yang-universal-basic-income-229847 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/16/andrew-ya... Andrew Yang is Full of it: https://slate.com/business/2019/10/andrew-yang-automation-unemployment-freedom-dividend.html https://slate.com/business/2019/10/andrew-yang-automation-un... There was one more I can't find. It's good to be generating hit pieces; it means someone views you as a threat.

jonnycomputer 7y ago
National Review a leftmost media source?
- curuinor 7y ago
  Or Politico, or Slate. When I hear "leftmost" I'm thinking like, Jacobin or Chapo
traderjane 7y ago
What is the basis for saying Politico has a bias in some direction?
rapind 7y ago
I watched the debate, and I'm not a big Warren fan, but it most definitely wasn't my impression that Yang won that argument or made her look unprepared. If anything I would give the point to Warren for citing data arguing that automation to date has had significantly less impact than sending jobs to China and Mexico. I think Yang has a solid argument that automation is a considerable job risk in the future, but we don't know how long that will take. I really doubt truckers are going to be obsolete so quickly. The tech will be good enough no doubt, but there's going to be a kerfuffle that'll slow it down, especially if you get a pro union candidate like Sanders. I think Yang is a good talker, charismatic, and smart, but I don't buy his urgency... yet. That being said, I think he'd make a good candidate (personally prefer Bernie, but would happily accept Yang). No doubt a lot of media is trying to tank him (we see this with Bernie constantly), which just makes it really hard to sort the reality from the BS and polarizes people further.
MiroF 7y ago
"Ah yes, noted Leftist bastion" checks notes "the National Review"

by nyhc99 7y ago

jonnycomputer 7y ago

National Review a leftmost media source?

curuinor 7y ago
Or Politico, or Slate. When I hear "leftmost" I'm thinking like, Jacobin or Chapo

traderjane 7y ago

What is the basis for saying Politico has a bias in some direction?

rapind 7y ago

I watched the debate, and I'm not a big Warren fan, but it most definitely wasn't my impression that Yang won that argument or made her look unprepared. If anything I would give the point to Warren for citing data arguing that automation to date has had significantly less impact than sending jobs to China and Mexico. I think Yang has a solid argument that automation is a considerable job risk in the future, but we don't know how long that will take. I really doubt truckers are going to be obsolete so quickly. The tech will be good enough no doubt, but there's going to be a kerfuffle that'll slow it down, especially if you get a pro union candidate like Sanders. I think Yang is a good talker, charismatic, and smart, but I don't buy his urgency... yet. That being said, I think he'd make a good candidate (personally prefer Bernie, but would happily accept Yang). No doubt a lot of media is trying to tank him (we see this with Bernie constantly), which just makes it really hard to sort the reality from the BS and polarizes people further.

MiroF 7y ago

"Ah yes, noted Leftist bastion" checks notes "the National Review"