Difference between revisions of "8: Andrew Yang - The Dangerously Different Candidate the Media Wants You to Ignore"

[00:13:40] And I'd just sit there with my jaw on the floor thinking, what did you just say? And then he says like, I don't understand, maybe we hurt people in Ohio, but we helped a lot of Mexican peasants. And I'm thinking, so you think that the American voters who you've called jingoistic and, you know ultra, ultra nationalists are going to be very happy that you've, you've denigrated their patriotism and now what they have to show for it is, is that there are Mexican peasants who are significantly better off, which, I mean, who doesn't want Mexican peasants to be better off?

[00:13:40] And I'd just sit there with my jaw on the floor thinking, what did you just say? And then he says like, I don't understand, maybe we hurt people in Ohio, but we helped a lot of Mexican peasants. And I'm thinking, so you think that the American voters who you've called jingoistic and, you know ultra, ultra nationalists are going to be very happy that you've, you've denigrated their patriotism and now what they have to show for it is, is that there are Mexican peasants who are significantly better off, which, I mean, who doesn't want Mexican peasants to be better off?

'''Andrew Yang:''' [00:14:18] Yeah. And a lot of them are going to lose in my administration. Like I'm not a generally vindictive person-

'''Andrew Yang:''' [00:14:18] Yeah. And a lot of them are going to lose in my administration. Like I'm not a generally vindictive person-

'''Eric Weinstein:''' [00:14:24] No it's not I, look-

'''Eric Weinstein:''' [00:14:24] No it's not I, look-

'''Eric Weinstein:''' [00:14:26] I hope he has a happy, wonderful life.  

'''Eric Weinstein:''' [00:14:26] I hope he has a happy, wonderful life.  

'''Andrew Yang:''' [00:23:02] Into several aspects where you take a trucker who's on the road away from his family four days a week and say, you know, your a dad, you're like a consumer of, of hunting gear or you know, like you, um, there's more to you than being a trucker when they have shaped their life-

'''Andrew Yang:''' [00:23:02] Into several aspects where you take a trucker who's on the road away from his family four days a week and say, you know, your a dad, you're like a consumer of, of hunting gear or you know, like you, um, there's more to you than being a trucker when they have shaped their life-

'''Andrew Yang:''' [00:23:26] Around being a trucker. Because you know, it's literally, you're behind the wheel for fourteen hours a day. You get out, you sleep at a rest stop. I mean, these are all consuming types of existences that are filled by hundreds of thousands of american men, and you know, 94% of them are men. So, you know, it's not like, Oh, he just thinks they're all men, it's like, come on. 94% of them are. Uh, and so if you were to go to that person and then try and have them adopt a more holistic identity when they have essentially shaped their entire existence around, uh, their role in this real life, uh, like almost circulatory system, where it's like they're piloting this blood vessel that has a bunch of, um, Home Depot crap in the back or whatever the heck they're transporting on like a daily basis.

'''Andrew Yang:''' [00:23:26] Around being a trucker. Because you know, it's literally, you're behind the wheel for fourteen hours a day. You get out, you sleep at a rest stop. I mean, these are all consuming types of existences that are filled by hundreds of thousands of american men, and you know, 94% of them are men. So, you know, it's not like, Oh, he just thinks they're all men, it's like, come on. 94% of them are. Uh, and so if you were to go to that person and then try and have them adopt a more holistic identity when they have essentially shaped their entire existence around, uh, their role in this real life, uh, like almost circulatory system, where it's like they're piloting this blood vessel that has a bunch of, um, Home Depot crap in the back or whatever the heck they're transporting on like a daily basis.