I'm not against the idea of a 3rd party but I am against the idea that Andrew Yang is the one to do it. I organized for Andrew Yang in California, Washington, Nevada and Iowa. I am also a founder of Humanity FWD. Time after time Yang's inner circle showed themselves to be way above their heads and were terrible at identifying experienced people. When he put Liam in charge of Iowa my ideas of Yang started to crack. Liam wasn't even 20 years old. He had never ran a presidential campaign. He'd never even participated in one as a voter. Nevada was a huge fiasco where Snoop Dogg was on deck to interview Andrew Yang but his team just screwed that to hell and after everything was royally screwed Zach said "What's Snoop Dogg going to do to help get white voters in Iowa?" A month later they were grovelling for Dave Chappelle. Also do you remember his team not filing correctly in multiple states so he wasn't even on the primary ballot in those states? And then that tweet was dumb. That's why he lost in NYC. I wish the Yang Gang would say it, because at least then I'd know they were still in reality and not just in a cult. The point I'm trying to make is that while there is some merit to the idea of a 3rd party, this dude didn't lose twice because the establishment cheated him, Obama faced worse, it's because he sucked at organizing and his incapable of forming an effective team. He's way too loyal to subpar people that are more interested in advancing their career and pushing their unconventional ideas than learn how to win a Democratic race. Yang's platform isn't some revolutionary change, a lot of it is the Progressive agenda. If the Yang Gang actually stuck around and helped out in the Democratic party they'd realize that they have allies. Instead this cult of personality has blinded everyone to a very glaring fact that Yang sucks at delivering.
There is some truth to what you say, and I could agree that Yang is too idealistic to run a party. But I disagree that being loyal to people who believe in you and your ideas (as inexperienced and stupid as they are) is that bad. I don't know who this Liam is, but I suppose he was as new to politics as Yang was; I hope he learned from this and would not make the same mistake again. I have the feeling that you want new policies implemented by the same "old" politicians, and unfortunately it doesn't work that way.
What we need is a party based on the tenth amendment, return nearly all government to the states, locals and the people.
What we need is a party that realizes that the old world has past and states aren’t powerful enough for some things entrusted them.
I know this is a really old comment, but we tried that already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
I'm not against the idea of a 3rd party but I am against the idea that Andrew Yang is the one to do it. I organized for Andrew Yang in California, Washington, Nevada and Iowa. I am also a founder of Humanity FWD. Time after time Yang's inner circle showed themselves to be way above their heads and were terrible at identifying experienced people. When he put Liam in charge of Iowa my ideas of Yang started to crack. Liam wasn't even 20 years old. He had never ran a presidential campaign. He'd never even participated in one as a voter. Nevada was a huge fiasco where Snoop Dogg was on deck to interview Andrew Yang but his team just screwed that to hell and after everything was royally screwed Zach said "What's Snoop Dogg going to do to help get white voters in Iowa?" A month later they were grovelling for Dave Chappelle. Also do you remember his team not filing correctly in multiple states so he wasn't even on the primary ballot in those states? And then that tweet was dumb. That's why he lost in NYC. I wish the Yang Gang would say it, because at least then I'd know they were still in reality and not just in a cult. The point I'm trying to make is that while there is some merit to the idea of a 3rd party, this dude didn't lose twice because the establishment cheated him, Obama faced worse, it's because he sucked at organizing and his incapable of forming an effective team. He's way too loyal to subpar people that are more interested in advancing their career and pushing their unconventional ideas than learn how to win a Democratic race. Yang's platform isn't some revolutionary change, a lot of it is the Progressive agenda. If the Yang Gang actually stuck around and helped out in the Democratic party they'd realize that they have allies. Instead this cult of personality has blinded everyone to a very glaring fact that Yang sucks at delivering.
The speed with which you write and submit these is stunning.
There is some truth to what you say, and I could agree that Yang is too idealistic to run a party. But I disagree that being loyal to people who believe in you and your ideas (as inexperienced and stupid as they are) is that bad. I don't know who this Liam is, but I suppose he was as new to politics as Yang was; I hope he learned from this and would not make the same mistake again. I have the feeling that you want new policies implemented by the same "old" politicians, and unfortunately it doesn't work that way.