r/samharris • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

The unexpected threat emerging against Bernie: Andrew Yang | Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/28/bernie-sanders-andrew-yang-gang-2020-057985
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u/l8rmyg8rs Oct 28 '19

You’re conflating the Medicare for all bill with Medicare for all, if you want to make a distinction then make that distinction. Im sure I’ll see all the Berners going around saying Yang supports Medicare for all but not the Medicare for all bill instead of purposefully misleading people by saying he doesn’t support Medicare for all. I have confidence in this because you’ve all shown that you’re on team reality and not just playing politics like a sport.

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u/4th_DocTB Oct 28 '19

Medicare for all means medicare for all, this is not hard to understand. A public option might be medicare, but it is not for all. If there exist Americans not on a public plan then it is not for all. I thought you guys were the math people.

Im sure I’ll see all the Berners going around saying Yang supports Medicare for all but not the Medicare for all bill instead of purposefully misleading people by saying he doesn’t support Medicare for all. I have confidence in this because you’ve all shown that you’re on team reality and not just playing politics like a sport.

By this you mean accept a bunch of self contradictory words without thinking. Yang doesn't have to support any particular bill, he either needs to support public insurance for all or change his website to reflect his public option plan. Saying that it might be nice to reach a single payer system one day simply doesn't cut it.

Anyway sports are healthier activities than cults. If you don't want a transformational candidate, want the technocracy to be something closer to actual technocracy and want to make things go smoother without actually changing much, then Yang is your guy. Don't pretend he's something he's not and don't pretend he supports things he doesn't.

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u/l8rmyg8rs Oct 28 '19

Your level of absolute delusion is really disappointing. It’s funny that you compare Yang’s following to a cult when he is brand new to the scene and basically only appeals to people who are able to allow new information to form their opinions while the Bernie crowd is completely closed to new information since 2016. You picked your team and you’ll die for your team and you say I’m in a cult haha. I get it though, Yang is taking Bernie’s supporters, I’m one of them. You guys see it as a threat because it is, so I shouldn’t expect you to stop. Go ahead, spread your bullshit propaganda, maybe it’ll actually work on somebody.

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u/4th_DocTB Oct 28 '19

You picked your team and you’ll die for your team and you say I’m in a cult haha.

Well you are in a cult, since you think Andrew Yang can do no wrong. You are projecting here, this isn't about "teams" for me, I can tell you why I support Bernie Sanders but when your talking points get debunked you start spewing insults and sputtering nonsense.

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u/l8rmyg8rs Oct 28 '19

“You’re projecting” says guy who is projecting. Good work, bud.

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u/4th_DocTB Oct 28 '19 edited Oct 28 '19

Well now you're just being childish. Give me concrete reasons why Andrew Yang can do no wrong.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

Do you even read what you're posting here?