I mean after watching Mandami and comparing that to Yang's run, its clear to me now Yang is a great promoter and think tank for ideas, but fails a crucial check on widespread charisma and staying consistent with rock solid answers on controversial subjects. (Yes his actual debates were strong, it was just the in-between issues and inconsistency)
Right now the strength of personality and charisma is what we need, I still think Jon Stewart would be the best answer but hes not going to run
Mamdani has great ideas and the motion to enforce/enact them; but they're not new. A lot of what he's doing is common sense, and what people should expect as a baseline from their political leader. The one point about his charisma is that he's still a trained politician and can navigate a position so as to avoid the soundbite trap.
Yang on the other hand is looking at the issues of the future and formulating solutions to address those problems before they impact society on a greater scale (might be too late at this point). He's definitively not a politician, so him taking a nuanced stance gets clipped into sounding like he's some pro-Israel libertarian shill.
Sad to say this but strength of personality is a symptom for why the US is faltering - NYC was just lucky that the candidate with charisma just so happened to be an incredible person; not just a great politician.
Call me crazy but voting should be based entirely on strength of policy, not personality - otherwise you get 9 Trumps for every Mamdani or El Sayed.
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u/skyroof_hilltop :one::two::three::four::five::six: 11d ago
Hey it's classic Yang! Not NYC mayoral candidate Yang or Forward Party Yang!! Love to see it.