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Andrew Yang Wants to Prepare America for the Robot Revolution
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:28 am
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:28 am
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Yang is worried about a future where the automation of jobs leads to “the disintegration of our society.” And he has a very specific solution to stop that from happening. He wants to give every adult US citizen $1,000 a month, no questions asked.
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As a former corporate lawyer and founder of Venture for America, a fellowship program to help entrepreneurs start businesses in cities like Detroit and Cleveland, he brings a jobs-first approach to tackling many of the country’s social and economic problems. UBI isn’t the only tenet of his campaign. There are more than 70 policy recommendations on his website, including ideas like hiring a White House psychologist to closely monitor the mental health of White House staff and creating a “digital social currency” to reward (and gamify) altruistic behavior.
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Yang: I’m running for president because I’m convinced that we are in the third inning of the greatest economic transformation in the history of the world. And the third inning has brought us Donald Trump. He’s our president because we automated away 4 million factory jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the other swing states he needed to win and did win. My friends in Silicon Valley know that we’re about to do the same thing to millions of retail workers, call center workers, fast food workers, truck drivers, and on and on through the economy. So I’m running for president to wake up America to the fact that it’s not immigrants or globalization but this technology that is transforming our way of life. We need to make big, dramatic moves as a society to move forward.
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The worst-case scenario is the disintegration of our society. You can see the red flags right now. Our labor-force participation rate is down to 62%, the same level as El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. Right now is year 10 of an expansion and one in five prime working-age men haven’t worked in the last 12 months. Our life expectancy is declining for the last three years, with eight Americans dying of drug overdoses every hour. And our political and social dysfunction is only worsening. So the worst case scenario, unfortunately, is chaos, violence, and a disintegration of our way of life.
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I voted MAGA. It doesn’t matter if you are fully right or fully left. Once you listen to Andrew speak you have to consider his ideas. He has over 70 data driven policies currently on his website. He is a serial entrepreneur who can see the future for what it is while the majority have their heads in the sand.
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Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:32 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
UBI is interesting until you actually interact with our massive underclass
There would be riots within months as that $1000 would get spent in days
There would be riots within months as that $1000 would get spent in days
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:36 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
He's right on pretty much everything. UBI might not be the most effective route though.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:37 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Automation is a problem we will have to deal with eventually. UBI won’t solve the real issue - people having a purpose.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:42 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
UBI is just the new term for helicopter money. It’s inflationary and pointless.
If everyone is given $1000 how much value does that $1000 have?
If everyone is given $1000 how much value does that $1000 have?
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:43 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Sad reality is that the only thing that will stop the disintegration of society is some kind of right wing authoritarian dictatorship. Everything else is just academic discussion and pipe dreaming.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:43 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
This is how you get SKYNET.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 9:50 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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This post was edited on 6/10/19 at 8:11 am
Posted on 2/16/19 at 10:04 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
UBI is just another social program that will enable the underclass to do nothing but shite out kids out of wedlock.
People with idle time do very little good things with their time.
People with idle time do very little good things with their time.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 10:06 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Sounds like he'd make a decent commerce secretary under Presidents Trump I, II and III.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 10:26 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
This poor guy is going to get destroyed in the primary. 
He makes lots of good points though. Not enough orange man bad for the Dems.
He makes lots of good points though. Not enough orange man bad for the Dems.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 10:32 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
We gotta get off this rock man. Give Bezos and Musk what they need dammit.
This post was edited on 2/16/19 at 10:36 am
Posted on 2/16/19 at 10:35 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
I don’t buy yangs stuff at all. Dude can’t predict the future.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:16 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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automation of jobs leads to “the disintegration of our society.”
Democrats have already beat them to it.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 12:20 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
I browsed his website. Overall I like his perspective and perogatives, but I immediately tune out when I see a politician call for single payer without addressing how much it will cost. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see a paragraph telling g how he will pay for it.
A huge problem in America is people ignoring the realities of what it takes to have what they want. This goes from the ghetto to capital hill. Life isn't a fairy tale. You can't just magically give everyone everything their heart desires.
A huge problem in America is people ignoring the realities of what it takes to have what they want. This goes from the ghetto to capital hill. Life isn't a fairy tale. You can't just magically give everyone everything their heart desires.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 3:48 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
You must be available to the highest bidder. How much more did Yang offer you than Marco?
Also, are you going to apologize for your silly post that the “freedom dividend” is the same thing as corporate dividends? I hope yang has a better understanding of basic corporate law than you do.
Also, are you going to apologize for your silly post that the “freedom dividend” is the same thing as corporate dividends? I hope yang has a better understanding of basic corporate law than you do.
This post was edited on 2/16/19 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 2/16/19 at 5:05 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
A universial Basic income is an almost certain eventuality. But we are realistically at least 40-50 years away from that. It makes sense to have a UBI when we reach a point, where there just isn't that much work to be done by humans. We are still far away from that.
Posted on 2/16/19 at 5:23 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
We've heard this before. Humanity adapts. Every new generation of advancements creates as many jobs as it takes away
As Trump claimed. More people employed now than any time in our history.
So seems we are able to adapt well.
As Trump claimed. More people employed now than any time in our history.
So seems we are able to adapt well.
Posted on 2/17/19 at 10:39 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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creating a “digital social currency” to reward (and gamify) altruistic behavior.
I’m good, fam.
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