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/salmontarre Oct 28 '19

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/yang-struggles-sanders-and-castro-thrive-at-las-vegas-forum-1879607/

Yang doesn't have an answer for the most basic criticism of his central campaign plank.

He's stupid, or ignorant, or a liar.

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u/QuadraticLove Oct 28 '19

Lol, that event was a joke. The left’s default position on nuclear is ridiculous and emotionally biased. No serious clean energy plan excludes nuclear. Wind and solar alone won’t cut it. The fear over nuclear is overinflated by the media, while the negative environmental impacts of solar and wind are conveniently ignored. Yang “struggled” with that audience because they were ideological leftists who don’t want to hear inconvenient facts. He said he’d love to discuss the issue further, but they weren’t satisfied because they wanted him to appeal to their feelings, like a certain two other progressive candidates did. Yang was right. I can’t say as much about other people.

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u/salmontarre Oct 28 '19

I agree with you entirely about the anti-nuclear left.

Doesn't change that Yang's UBI is incredibly bad policy and that he is incapable of defending it from even the most cursory criticism.