Quote (Black XistenZ @ Dec 3 2019 08:51am)
It's really remarkable how such a quirky candidate/campaign who's focused on such a vastly different array of issues compared to the rest of the field keeps hanging in there. He obviously wont be the nominee in 2020 or any future election*, but given how obscure the core theme of his campaign has been to the broader public, and how little support he has from journalists and party elites, he must have really struck a chord to still be in it at such a late stage of the primary.
*if UBI turns out to be a big, important topic for voters, one that has the potential to win elections, then career politicians will pick it up and blow Yang out during, say, the 2028 primary or so. In terms of eloquence, charisma, networking and general knowledge on "how to do politics", Yang wont ever be able to measure up to a talented career politician. The purpose of his campaign ultimately is not to be the nominee, it's to raise awareness for the issue of automation/UBI, and he's doing a fantastic job in this sense.
media colusion takes two forms:
1. lack of coverage, and we can see this evidently in any CNN/MSNBC/ABC broadcast. you're lucky to hear his name at all.
2. narrow lane of coverage, UBI UBI UBI UBI UBI UBI. "how will you pay for this Mr Yang", "dont you think people need to work", "how did u end up on 1000$", etc.
if you portray Yang as a guy who only has ideas on UBI it's easy to paint him as a poor candidate. when in reality he has major platform ideas for teachers/education, jobs training, healthcare, domestic economics, climate change, etc.
his "vastly different array of issues" is as much of a media spin as it is truth. he's in an adjacent lane to be sure, but the media treats him like a tangent.