Why US Politics Is Broken - and How To Fix It | Andrew Yang | TED

[@Anaerobic07]

End gerrymandering. Open primaries. Ranked choice voting. This is the way.

[@shotokanjav]

Abolish Electoral College

[@007NowOnline]

Also, end Citizens United and get money out of politics. Ban lobbiest and super pacs. And only allow small dollar donations with a limit per person.

[@The_Malaka]

@@shotokanjavwhy would you abolish the electoral college?

[@kalebbennett6047]

It is the way to establish one party rule. Some solutions not necessarily all the solutions is to balance the budget, which will over time eliminate inflation; dramatically decrease the permitting power of the federal government, many of these regulations are already done by the states, making federal permits redundant thus inflationary; allow health insurance to be sold across state lines which will bring down the cost of health insurance; school choice, which will allow kids trapped in failing schools a chance to escape. These are only some but they all have choice, freedom and prosperity. Peace.

[@Montfortracing]

Approval voting is better

[@Davidtyrell345]

These are the types of people who need to be president. Intelligent, collected, compassionate.

[@mikehughes8023]

Super PACs don’t want that.

[@dewilton7712]

And not on their deathbed.

[@TheArmouryOfficial]

He’s all talk, he took pac money himself in his run up to the mayoral race in nyc.

[@dewilton7712]

@@TheArmouryOfficial They are all crooked and do not care about us. We need to take money out of polittics or it will not change. The rich control the government.

[@bonkers33331]

@@mikehughes8023 superpacs wouldn't exist if this change is made nationwide.

[@Lou_Mansfield]

You will never hear these problems and the solution discussed from ANY politician. Thank you Andrew for doing the math and telling everybody how we can improve America in the most efficient way possible

[@andrewthomas695]

The problem is the American people, the lie of the American dream, and flat out greed dressed up as virtue. Politicians are merely a manifestation of the people of the day.

[@RealShaktimaan]

His solution won't improve America either. There is a reason no one voted for him.

[@coop4476]

Except RFK Jr of course

[@uberboat4512]

​@@RealShaktimaan Ah yes the whiteheads in office will solve all our problems 🤓

[@eyescreamcake]

Andrew didn't do the math. If he did he would support good voting methods, not RCV.

[@lylerasmussen5235]

Andrew Yang, smart, logical, and to the point. I've joined the "overhaul the incentives" team. Let's share the heck out of this video.

[@TechKingGame]

Dont forget his humor!

[@joedav02]

Not logical if you believe in basic income

[@chayankhoidream]

Paid shill

[@eyescreamcake]

Unfortunately he is misguided about RCV. It does not actually fix the spoiler effect or break the two party system.

[@ProfOnlyCrit]

​@@eyescreamcakeRight. In his 10 minute TED talk he didn't explain the breadth of the problems in U.S. politics, so he's wrong. 😂 Andrew Yang knows what he's talking about. He's significantly more qualified to run our government than any single congressperson or president we've ever had.

[@daniel23554]

Finally a political leader talking about the gross incentives in the political system! Thank you, Andrew Yang.

[@patrickklaas3902]

Never stop Andrew, you're one of the few people actively working to actually help this country move forward. A million times thank you

[@StarlordStavanger]

ya cuz he's done so much?

[@patrickklaas3902]

@@StarlordStavanger did I say the job was done? Go vote for one of the two parties, I'm sure that it will work out eventually.

[@ha-kh7ef]

@@StarlordStavanger things take time especially with people like you

[@ha-kh7ef]

@@StarlordStavanger also what is your solution?

[@AzumaRikimaru]

@@patrickklaas3902 i used to like andrew and no hes a shill just like everyone else lol it broke me to see him do what he did when he took money from Sanders to exit. Andrew knows he can hype up the youth, then leverage it to sell his spot and votes.

[@WinkActive]

Man this guy could have been our President.

[@zerotoux]

He SHOULD have been our President. le sigh

[@Charles-Darwin]

I get the rational sentiment, but idk I'm pretty sick of elites and elite servants, Bernie should have been our president. Not only that but Bernie has been pitching the same rank-choice voting for much much longer and he's got the unimpeachable record of doing what's right.

[@gettingintrospective]

I could have had a V8

[@sushi0085]

@@Charles-DarwinBernie endorsed Biden.

[@joncruz92]

Apparently Biden is better 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@djmaya3d]

I met him in person randomly when he was running for president and I remember telling him "I agree with everything you say but you are just to far ahead of the times for regular folk". I am glad he hasn't given up. He will be known as a visionary.

[@-Subtle-]

A libertarian isn't visionary.

[@AliasHSW]

Cool story bro! Just so happens he’s a “Random Guy Running For President” per Washington Post. Wish it happened though!

[@AB-wf8ek]

​​@@kknn523 You don't actually address the content of what he's talking about, you simply rely on stereotypes

[@eyescreamcake]

I just wish he understood voting system theory and stopped promoting junk like RCV.

[@LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

That's inherently the problem with democracy as a ideology, it hinges on the people actually knowing what they want rather than a emotional response to current politics.

[@ert435]

As a non-US citizen, I hope this guy become the president. I'm afraid it may not happen though because he is too far ahead of the entire US political system. Too smart!

[@mephista55]

Hope for America❤

[@hardwaysun]

The fact that this guy not even made to D party top 5 candidates, already prove how bad our system. We lack the mechanism to push capable people to lead country. Look what choices we have now, I feel guilty to select anyone on the ballot.

[@JakeBananas]

Yang is a tough pill for low attention span americans. Even in this video he failed to sum everything up succinctly. Best thing for supporters to do is spread the message by making it more digestible and obviously donate $.

[@demonte5305]

@@JakeBananaswell put tbh

[@joebob5170]

@@JakeBananasas a low attention span person, I disagree he is perfect for low attention span, he actually talks about what matters in an informative and clear way instead of all that meaningless yapping we usually see

[@RetroMotiveAdventures]

It truly is sad!!! The Democratic party has wasted the last 8 years only focusing on being anti trump instead of being pro future of the country... Truly is a travesty. Yang should have been given a chance.

[@naijaplayer]

​@@joebob5170yeah I agree with you more, I have massive ADHD and loved Yang's campaign and videos in 2019/2020. I think it's more that superficial voters and mainstream cable news types might have more trouble with Yang

[@kyoko703]

"If this dude can unite a KZbin comment section, he can unite a country."

[@kashmoneyrecord]

Good times that was a great slogan....

[@CompetitionSportsNetwork]

Yeah, because there is so many credible people in the comments section LOL

[@eyescreamcake]

I would love Yang if only he took the time to understand voting systems and stopped pushing junk like RCV.

[@matthewsnow6317]

@@eyescreamcake What makes you say RCV is junk?

[@michaelhartmann1285]

@@eyescreamcake I thought he did a pretty good job breaking it all down. RCV might actually improve on the status quo, and with the threats we already face it's tempting.

[@Lycan3303]

It's crazy how everything Yang warned us about 4yrs ago has come to pass ....Yang Gang !!!

[@Woeisme2]

Yes fellow rem lover. My first choice was Bernie. But Andrew Yang and Marriane Williamson were my other 2 choices.

[@anonymous0xIDEbb]

It’s interesting how his continual contributions are later integrated through a simulation test bed as evidenced from Covid stimulus money… we will have another Covid outbreak and another incident where his claims are attempted within the next 5 years

[@healingheart2008]

The system is so broken that it leaves anyone with common sense profoundly perplexed and disappointed. Thank you, Andrew, for providing much clarity amidst this chaos and hope for a better system!

[@yafzalloki]

Corporate America is really no different.

[@pedrocem3018]

So thank you Andrew how nice if the way you told us can get things done so effectively and save money and save our country ❤

[@DatsWahSheSaid]

We need to make this viral

[@amicablefire9693]

I remember first seeing Andrew in a damn Reddit comment section. Next thing I knew, he was on the Democratic debate stage. The most sensible, LISTENER I have ever heard. Please run again.

[@tingkagol]

I still remember him saying he'll do the state of the union address with a powerpoint presentation. That would've been exciting to see and hear folks from the opposite side argue the numbers

[@MemoriesOfAlaska]

I’m more republican than democrat, but this guy spits facts. I’d absolutely vote for him

[@carolcisko6768]

You mean what used to be Republican ✅

[@Betterlattethannever307]

I changed my party affiliation to vote for Yang back then. We need smart leaders with smart ideas to solve problems.

[@DCI-Woodwork]

Yang is more Republican than Democrat. Dude is almost a full blown Libertarian candidate

[@dr.chalmers7923]

@@DCI-WoodworkRepublicans are so far gone tho they really aren’t Republican anymore, also I think Dems at the time were less polarized than Republicans so he chose to side Dems in an attempt to grow his base.

[@dewilton7712]

@@dr.chalmers7923 Don't worry Dems are becoming more old school GOP. We will soon have two rightwing parties.

[@ElevenAce]

It's always fascinating seeing folks hate on Andrew Yang but never have a solution themselves.

[@alexnope1]

As someone that use to like him, nah, people have the solutions. His takes on UBI and ranked voting are still good. The problem is that he's trying to pander to a neoliberal moderate audience and system, which is fundamentally incompatible with these more leftist takes, watering down his entire platform. When someone comes to you with solutions, I suspect you have the classic response: "but thats just a pipe dream! That would never work! Just look at X failed country! (which the US conveniently overthrew)"

[@patrickklaas3902]

@@jav.3.air_ false, that narrative just perpetuates the two-party system indefinitely.

[@patrickklaas3902]

@jav.3.air_ it's incredibly disappointing that people just parrot that talking point of "a vote for a third party is a vote for the 'other side'. It is a talking point that the two parties (neither of which wants to help be part of a solution) have perpetuated and continue to do so.

[@mikemalachy]

@@jav.3.air_ How does this solution take away any votes from democrats? Again a complaint w/o a solution. the point is to 1. Allow more ppl to vote. 2. shift the candidates views to make them more palatable to the 90%

[@neetfreek9921]

@@patrickklaas3902 That’s because it’s true until it’s not.

[@__________5737]

Other key reforms: Zero stock trading for any govt employees while in office Pass laws to prevent ANY politician from working for lobbyists ever after office Same for military leaders and defense industry SCOTUS term limits Dramatic campaign finance reform (zero corporate dollars and even playing field for donors)

[@Gray_Bush]

Couldn't agree more. 5/5

[@danieldixon7389]

You would get some of these (in theory) by changing the voting system to more closely reflect the will of the people.

[@__________5737]

@@danieldixon7389 maybe but I doubt it because most of these are about money. They might work in a more bipartisan fashion but decisions would still revolve around their interests rather than what might be best for America.

[@johnl9977]

Every jot and tittle of 40+ years of "Trickle Down" needs to be repealed. Since it was all added to the deficits, it has created over 2/3rds of the national debt we have now. Clinton had a budget that was balanced for 65 years, Bush, trump and the other Republicans, with their unfettered greed for the wealthy, ruined all that.

[@-Subtle-]

"Pass them" and who enforces them?

[@maxq96]

I really appreciate that instead of getting people to be afraid of the other side, his solution is to give more people a say that can lead to a positive solution rather than avoiding a negative one.

[@SoundBiteLord]

Yes, we need people like this who can help bring us together.

[@ShadyRonin]

Still blows my mind people didn’t vote this guy for president. I have never seen another candidate as practical and down to earth.

[@schloops8473]

yup. I'm not even from the US, Asian or anything and was super excited about him. Yang Gang!

[@lhwong7906]

Because the current system is so corrupt and bunch of politicians and elites are thriving off of it. They are doing everything in their power to keep it that way. Brainwashing and propagandise the public is one, demonization and discrediting the threat to the system when the threat is still weak and if the threat has grown strong and loud, they'll silence it directly. You know what I mean if you followed Andrew's presidential and mayor campaign.

[@writingref]

They never got a chance. He was gone by the time we got to Super Tuesday here in Texas. My best option left was E. Warren, and I barely got to vote for her before she too dropped out. Exactly the problem with our current primary system. He can do more good than Biden if he can help inspire the primary system of elections to change and give every American a real weighted voice.

[@sonikariuki1884]

Education is a huge factor in all this. Propaganda has been so successful that it's now home-grown in people's brains. Now propagandists can fully rely on subtle signaling to do the job. The lack of critical thinking in poorly planned, one-sided, severely underfunded education systems is the largest threat to the security of the US.

[@forjustice1]

Hope Yang will run again. America needs real leadership, brain, and heart

[@JaeohnEspheras]

Well mayor adams is in deep trouble. He should try mayorship again. He wanted to run a clean campaign which didn't work. He got criticized by his opponent and lost a trivial matters because the voters thought of him as being inexperienced and weak. He needs to be more combative with his ideas and policies. Be more mindful of his choices of words.

[@Kwansmusic]

@@JaeohnEspherasI know right... he was corrupted after all as yang said.

[@proudmadrugd]

As a Californian, I’m embarrassed that Alaska got ranked choice before us!

[@StarlordStavanger]

there's a lot more to be embarrassed about too! ha ha!

[@lpeabody]

For real. It was on the MA ballot a few cycles back and it somehow failed. Hoping to see it back on the ballot soon.

[@TheScarface6870]

Fun fact, but many cities in California (including SF) use ranked choice voting for their mayoral elections!

[@infinitebirch]

@@lpeabody I was so excited when that happened, but I think people didn't understand it, sadly. I hope it returns at some point soon

[@danoparis]

You had me at "as a Californian, I'm embarrassed"!

[@na3rial]

1) Implement ranked choice 2) Make voting an opt out system and make voting day a federal holiday (because are you kidding me why isn't it one) 3) Overturn Citizens United Do literally any one of these and it would fix American politics significantly

[@eyescreamcake]

Unfortunately not true. RCV doesn't actually fix anything, it still counts votes the same way as FPTP.

[@bobby45825]

@@eyescreamcake I like how he literally demonstrated, with real world facts, exactly how and why it would work and you're like "no, I just believe it wouldn't" and then walk away, pretending you even have a case.

[@eyescreamcake]

@@bobby45825 No, he didn't. Andrew Yang understands the problem, but he doesn't have a valid solution. Voting systems like Ranked Choice Voting and FPTP Open Primaries do not fix vote-splitting or the spoiler effect, and do not break the two-party system or reduce polarization. He is mistaken. They've been used in many places for a long time without accomplishing these goals. There are better voting systems that do fix vote-splitting and accomplish the things he wants, such as STAR Voting, Condorcet ranked systems, and Approval Voting, and he should be advocating those instead.

[@ouistone]

@@eyescreamcake thank you for introducing those voting systems. However after some googling, STAR and Condorcet seem to be a bit convoluted for sudden widespread public adoption. I don’t think I have found any countries or states that use those systems for political voting. However, RCV seems to be the next best step in balancing effectiveness and ease of implementation. Especially for the local scene.

[@eyescreamcake]

@@ouistone Where'd you get the idea that STAR or Condorcet are "convoluted"? They're both simpler than RCV. Anyway, that doesn't matter because RCV doesn't work. There's no point in wasting time and energy pursuing a "reform" that has the same problems as the system it's replacing and doesn't actually fix the two-party doom loop. Doesn't matter how simple it is or how much "momentum" it has if it doesn't work.

[@danielbuckman2727]

We really need dynamic leadership like this. The government is full of elderly people. The problem I have with that is elderly people reject the idea of any change. With the economic and technological trajectory we are currently on it could be dangerous.

[@grigorylugovoy6778]

I am from Russia. The problem is not only in old leaders but in their old mindset. In all quotes I see that current US politicians are absolutely sure that Russia is USSR. When Biden was young it was Cold War and that Cold War has bot end in his fleas unfortunatelly. It seems that he and his team can not accept that many things have changed. And as a result, millions of people suffer. Thousands are killed.

[@rosieE121]

Elderly people can have good character and seek best ways of doing things as well as any younger people.

[@danielbuckman2727]

@@rosieE121 in normal times I totally agree with you. But the future, the next 4 years especially will require a very quick thinker. We need a leader who is cognitively engaged, Not one that is in cognitive decline.

[@rosieE121]

I think we need a careful thinker, such as Biden. He has plenty of quick thinking cabinet members.

[@reystudio4317]

no never. young people including highly educated one are way more ignorant and naive than you think

[@libbybertrand9320]

Excellent talk! Love how Mr Yang presents - intelligent and clear communicator! Very interesting info on primary voting in Alaska. I am an independent in NY state and I am frustrated that I can not be involved in the primary process. This needs to be changed NOW!😄🙌🏼🇺🇸

[@darrenc5563]

Imagine having a competent president in USA! Make American Think Harder

[@LewisInc]

RFK Jr

[@jasona1106]

@@LewisInche said competent

[@LewisInc]

@@jasona1106 Exactly.

[@chayankhoidream]

The dirty trick of the District of Columbia class, and the military industrial complex is to always put someone in power that agitates the living shyt out of people as a subconscious play to inform them the presidents really aren’t in charge.

[@MauiCRF450Rider]

@darrenc5563 I like what you did there.

[@penguin32383]

The US Founders clearly did not want party politics. George Washington even devoted his farewell address to warn about party politics. Yet, by creating a winner-take-all system, they guaranteed the US would be a 2 party country. Too bad the Founders never had a chance to study game theory.

[@eyescreamcake]

Too bad Andrew Yang doesn't understand game theory, either.

[@thesean3194]

@@eyescreamcakeI will bet he is a lot smarter than you.

[@eyescreamcake]

@@thesean3194 Maybe on some topics, but not this one.

[@Stratelier]

The infamous stalled election of 1800 was a *DIRECT result* of organized political parties. Also, the last surviving author of the Constitution saw the first states adopting the "winner take all" method of picking electors and knew it was going to be a problem/danger, but was unable to do anything to stop it due to his age.

[@The_GuyWhoNeverUploadsAnything]

@@eyescreamcake and what part of this TED talk of his do you disagree with specifically?

[@nate4fish]

As an Alaskan that voted for RCV and open primaries this made me happy to hear. The vote was extremely close and you know it was positive when both parties came out swinging against it.

[@eyescreamcake]

That's not a positive. A positive would be when everyone is OK with the result.

[@munki037]

@@eyescreamcakehow can everyone be happy with a result?

[@wliaputs]

@@eyescreamcake If everyone is ok that means everyone is not ok

[@lxue5518]

@@eyescreamcake when everyone is not ok, meaning the result is temporary ok, that is the point of vote

[@eyescreamcake]

@@munki037 Because the voting system elects the best representative of the voters. Unlike systems like FPTP or RCV that suffer from vote-splitting and elect unrepresentative extremists.

[@Tubeytime]

This is Andrew at his absolute best, his first principles approach is why he makes waves.

[@AL-hz7fg]

There is so much frustration with our political system and I pray that it erupts in a way that brings positive change. We all feel stuck right now.

[@chayankhoidream]

If we were together anything is possible. When these people make war, its normal people fighting normal people

[@jayguilloty6560]

Bring Yang back.

[@kashmoneyrecord]

Yang gang baby

[@AliasHSW]

We need the Return of the Mack

[@kashmoneyrecord]

@AliasHSW if yang was to walk in on us that's the first song I'm playing lol

[@LFPAnimations]

Yang gang for life

[@QuarkWei]

Lots of people who call Yang a grifter haven't really listened to him speak. That standing ovation after he ended his speech was instantaneous!

[@kyleknight9686]

He's he definition of grift, doesn't support UBI on his party platform anymore, and casually supports the genocide in gaza - standing/clapping for an elitist is cringe

[@QuarkWei]

@@kyleknight9686 Putting UBI in a party platform in the USA is pure performative politics with how government functions right now. The reason Yang talks about open primaries in this video, and not UBI, is because open primaries and dismantling the defacto two-party system and opens the path towards making it possible for UBI (and other amazing change) to actually become a reality in the US. As for the Palestine/Israel, I'm not going to touch that topic, first because I'm not even going to pretend that I know enough about the history of that conflict to give a good take, other than saying that anyone who is squarely on one side or the other is full of it.

[@SeleckPlays]

Even grifters have the potential to provide reasonable solutions.

[@QuarkWei]

@@SeleckPlays Yeah you're right. Why do you think Yang is a grifter?

[@youruniquehandle2]

Two things can be true. Yang can be a grifter and correct about ranked choice voting.

[@360.Tapestry]

protect this man. put him in office, whether it's the highest or even top 25 offices, where his ideas can be implemented

[@Bohimen]

I really hope he runs again. He's got my vote any day.

[@michaelhartmann1285]

I guess that is why Andrew Yang actually got some attention in his run for President a few years back. He really sounds pragmatic and analytical.

[@hansb.jaeyni8230]

What's really horrific is how poorly public education systems teach students about the US election system. Most know about the electoral college but have no idea about how primaries work.

[@TheSunshineGroup]

I can tell you with confidence. They didn’t teach me that. I learned about the EC but primaries are a total mystery to me. Who in the world wanted Joe Biden over all the other democratic candidates? It’s very fishy.

[@Power_to_the_people567]

⁠@@TheSunshineGroupWell at least 80 million voters wanted Biden. So there is your answer.

[@TheSunshineGroup]

@@Power_to_the_people567 interesting, I haven’t met a single person that preferred Biden in the primaries. I’m traveling all across America this fall and I plan on asking people. Something’s very fishy.

[@Power_to_the_people567]

@@TheSunshineGroup Interesting, you may be traveling all over the place, it doesn’t have anything to do with the results currently coming out if the primary vote counts. Biden is currently the Democratic candidate leading the Democratic Party. Are you suggesting that these votes are fabricated?

[@Descriptor413]

Most folks also learned very little about local governance, where you can also make the most difference.

[@edhamacek2469]

What Andrew descibes is very similar to the Preferential Voting system we have in Australia. This allows minor parties to influence the outcome of an election giving voice to a greater proportion of the populace.

[@passyourielts]

Plus everyone has to vote. I guess the upshot is nobody hates anyone over politics, nothing much changes, no major reforms ever. Not great, but highly functional in comparison to the American disaster we all see.

[@ayoCC]

​@@passyourieltsnothing ever changes enough to gradually move toward more prosperity. If there's turbulence and strife, it just lowers confidence in investments and spending, slowing down work done on making our quality of life better - instead those work hours go into the strife. Any work done in a stable era leads to a miniscule amount of progress to the utopia we wish for.

[@ccederlo]

Wait, isn't Australia still dominated by the duopoly? It seems like RCV is only marginally better than our current FPTP method. From what I've heard about STAR Voting or Approval Voting, I think those will yield better results.

[@passyourielts]

@@ccederlo RCV is better than FPTP for all the reasons Yang mentions. See the UK had Labor win 66% of seats with 32% of votes with FPTP. RCV doesn't necessarily break monopolies, but it does weaken them and allow the voter to vote tactically while also choosing their actual favourite candidate. We still get garbage politicians, but they are a lot better than UK or US ones.

[@kenhole00]

@@ccederlo in the Australian House of Representatives, the minority parties and the independents sometimes have enough numbers to hold the balance of power

[@WeAllLaughDownHere-ne2ou]

1) ranked voting 2) overturn citizens united 3) term limits and age limits for congress and scotus. 4) end gerry mandering 5) ban congressional insider trading. Open primaries fit in here somewhere.

[@eyoutube1]

We need to protect this man.

[@alexsummers9140]

His Political Party (the Forward Party) is in favor of term limits!

[@creytonloud5732]

The Forward Party can be your party too 😎 We'd love your help making this vision happen!

[@kyleknight9686]

and then immediately removed UBI as a basic platform policy, making it no different than an elitist circlejerk found in the upper circles of Republicans/Democrats - please don't fall for the bs

[@piamogollonartist]

I hope those term limits include the Supreme Court judges. It is so very important to do away with any lifetime appointments.

[@kyleknight9686]

they lost my support when they stopped supporting UBI - fake party

[@fullmetaltheorist]

I always thought term limits were put in place after Theodore Roosevelt ran for a third term.

[@mako9673]

I have been a fan of ranked choice voting for years. More states need to adopt the system.

[@eyescreamcake]

No, it's a junk system that only perpetuates the status quo. Learn more about alternative voting methods.

[@Montfortracing]

What about approval voting? It's cheaper to implement.

[@eyescreamcake]

RCV is a dead-end and should be opposed by everyone. We need voting methods that fix the vote-splitting effect, like STAR Voting, Condorcet methods, Unified Primary, and Approval Voting.

[@dewilton7712]

We may get it in Colorado soon, but it sounds like they will do limited testing for a couple of years first.

[@Montfortracing]

@@dewilton7712 is there a movement in Denver for approval voting?

[@Devillionaire]

Andrew’s easily one of the most important and visionary thinkers of our time. This man not becoming the President is one of the worst missed opportunities in American history. It'll probably now take another 100 years to get to where he could've gotten us in 8 years.

[@TheVampB]

Meh. The headwind against UBI is really strong apparently. And fortunately, he does not seem quite done yet.

[@cypher330]

Although I fully agree that he would make a great president but honestly he is not a visionary nor a thinker. State of the US politics is so dire that one just needs to stay logical and observe to be THE problem solver. His ideas are nothing new yet profoundly positive and correct nonetheless . There are so many Andrews in the US and in the world, maybe you being one of them, but the whole things is such a clown-show that Andrews stay silent and cannot do much.

[@ZarHakkar]

Give AI advancements a few more years to increase the pressure and maybe we'll see him in office

[@ZarHakkar]

Give AI advancements a few more years to increase the pressure and maybe we'll see him in office

[@DarkSpartan343]

During his campaign he went on a big "we're going to lose all our trucking jobs to AI, those truckers better learn to code". I learned to code during that time, but turns out the field is way over saturated and we've been seeing tech layoffs like crazy, now I'm looking to get my CDL A to become a trucker. His prediction didn't age well.

[@2LazySnake]

America, please do that. CGP Grey made a bunch of videos on this topic more than 10 years ago, and still it is just barely moved forward. This is very important to the world!

[@Alex52YT]

What were his videos called

[@worschtebrot]

@@Alex52YT If you search for "cgpgrey voting" you will find them.

[@sulljoh1]

Oh I loved those videos!

[@AlbertBalbastreMorte]

I kept thinking of the STV video.

[@eyescreamcake]

CGP Grey's videos literally say that RCV doesn't fix the two-party system...

[@BPMa14n]

Gives so much hope for humanity, civilization, progress and real democracy.

[@stephenyik3553]

Andrew is the solution guy! He not just identify the problem, but provide a great solution!

[@JamesZ32100]

Man, wish he kept running

[@kvm1992]

I'm glad he's not because he has became a headache in my life due to all the hogwash he has been putting out. He's no different than any other politician who seeks the presidency. He thinks he's clever by stating the obvious but that's not going to do it for me. Not easily convinced and I already know what he doesn't. I'm still waiting to be told something I don't know already and he's not doing that. Nor is anyone else.

[@StarlordStavanger]

that was never the plan!

[@Fortwenyfilms]

The DNC shut him down. He should’ve run with the GOP.

[@Omegeddon]

He never had the support to go the distance but I hope someone who does picks up the torch.

[@DSAK55]

wish he kept running away

[@misterfamilyguy]

In Nevada we voted up ranked choice, but there was a small trick played on us where we have to vote that in 2 more times before it's enacted.

[@darylhenry9595]

We really gave the duopoly way too much power & control over our political system

[@ReaperTheRager]

You know it must be the correct solution when they want to block it that badly. Keep up the fight!

[@Thurrak]

Then do it.

[@DylanC333]

@@Thurrakyeah that’s the plan, the problem is that now they have a lot more time to poison peoples minds against the idea or put in policies that may work against it before the next votes have a chance to happen. Also that even though they voted in support of ranked choice, forcing them to do it 2 more times for no good reason means it won’t happen this election cycle

[@NewToneProducer]

Two? No, just one more time this November.

[@NewYork7914]

America needs new politicians like him🎉🎉🎉

[@morethanjustasloth5528]

Yang was one of the first candidates I was ever enthusiastically behind- because he's one of the few in American politics that runs on solid plans rather than vague rhetoric and emotion.

[@justinleemiller]

Yang is a great man. One of the few honorable people with the guts to get into politics.

[@fungbros]

Makes sense to me.

[@NewToneProducer]

Fung Bros! Thanks you for a always giving Yang a chance.

[@BobbieColeman-xg7tq]

Andrew Yang - Your TED Talks segment was dynamic, visually appealing, and very informative. I've enjoyed watching it 2x - you are giving all of us vital information to boost our understanding of what is integral to fixing politics in the US -- no matter the tribe or long-held political belief structures. Kudos Andrew! 5⭐️

[@jk3jk35]

I want to remind everyone this is a TED and not a TEDx and therefore the speaker is actually qualified

[@immersion9880]

I could listen to Andrew talk all damn day. Strait facts. Strait solutions. No politics.

[@dakotamashak3400]

I'm so happy we have Andrew Yang. We need more Andrew Yang's.

[@CompetitionSportsNetwork]

You mean more grifters?

[@dakotamashak3400]

@@CompetitionSportsNetwork considering the man has pushed more qualified candidates than we've seen in the last 30 years of our ridiculous political history than either major party has due to zero limitations on term limits, i would take someone you consider "a grifter" over the maniacal idiots that have been in power for too damn long and can't understand basic technologies, etc.

[@dakotamashak3400]

@@CompetitionSportsNetwork what's your solution to politics, Mr 30 subscribers?

[@eyescreamcake]

I would love Yang if only he took the time to understand voting systems and stopped pushing junk like RCV.

[@dakotamashak3400]

@@eyescreamcake except he knows ranked choice voting is not the end-all be-all, and pretty sure he's been clear on that. I'm pretty sure he's only ever said ranked choice voting is the first step. There's other voting systems out there, like STAR, but like every other system, it has its positives and it's flaws.

[@BucPucker]

The fact he went to public school in Schenectady and became as kind and successful as he is made him earn my utmost respect.

[@marie2511]

He should've been President in 2020, tbh. I was rooting for him even though others didn't share my sentiment or knew who he was, honestly. That opening line is BRILLIANT 🔥🔥🔥 and perfectly describes the U.S. He cooked.

[@matthewbishop7547]

I loved Yang. First and only political campaign I ever donated to. He makes me feel so much saner every time he speaks.

[@eyescreamcake]

Too bad he doesn't understand voting systems :/

[@annharms6410]

He has energy for us all.

[@aliameagan7240]

He had my vote then and now. Still.

[@cheftylink]

Me too

[@JADiaz10]

There have been a lot of things you can say Yang was right on since his presidential election.

[@annesk9809]

What a breath of fresh air

[@cgrado]

The system isn't "broken", it's operating exactly how it was intended to- concentrate power in the hands of a few. The only way out is to stop trying to exert power over other people.

[@twocents856]

Andrew doing the lords work! Thank you sir. I hope you never stop.

[@brucehuang3964]

Thanks for inviting Mr. Andrew Yang! He is such a true teller~

[@NoExitLoveNow]

Such a narcissist.

[@AB-wf8ek]

​@@NoExitLoveNow What are you talking about? How is a presentation on rank choice voting narcissistic?

[@NoExitLoveNow]

@@AB-wf8ek I'm talking about him.

[@Sunmoon46805]

@@NoExitLoveNow Prolonged wars are the cause of chaos and uncertainty. In the name of world peace, we must avoid terrorism and unnecessary arms production.

[@Moymentous]

Very succinct description of a key systemic problem plaguing US politics and a tangible first step towards the solution. Go Andrew, let's all make this happen!

[@apex9806]

succinct, never heard that word before.

[@random65992]

He laid out a play book before and he's done it again. Great work Andrew!!

[@jefflotts1843]

Thanks!

[@TJJ117]

Been saying this for years, our voting system is such a massive failure and it’s caused us to fail as a country

[@lylerasmussen5235]

Agreed, here's our chance to fix it. Time to share this talk and volunteer with RepresentUs or the Forward Party.

[@Bierman2121]

133k views in 3 days. That’s not enough. Get this video shared. It’s such a simple change. What we’re currently doing isn’t working and I think most people would agree.

[@simonking3949]

KZbin algorithm will not promote this guy, his idea is too dangerous to those who secretly controlled this very media.

[@PatriotMapper]

I disagree with Yang on several issues, but he sure is a great guy and a damn good speaker. He’s absolutely right on a lot of things.

[@andrewrice9383]

That makes sense, can’t agree on everything. Politics is essentially the practice of determining how influence and decisions work across a large group of people. Disagreement is a part of that naturally, the idea of politics is to guide decisions and actions amongst the varied perspectives and viewpoints to reach some kind of outcome that pleases as many people as possible.

[@ironfistalexander3246]

PLEASE READ IF YOU LIKE RANKED-CHOICE: I encourage you to do research on STAR voting (score then automatic runoff). The idea is the same, increase third party viability but there are some minor tweaks which make it objectively better than ranked-choice. I'm surprised Yang brought up the 2022 Alaska election because it's a famous example of the center-squeeze effect and the fatal flaw of ranked choice. Basically, if you stacked Begich vs. Peltola and Begich vs. Palin and went through ballot by ballot, Begich would've won both match ups. He did this because he had a broad coalition of 2nd place votes but he got eliminated because he didn't get enough 1st place votes to make it through the first round. He was the candidate which closest represented the most people so in my opinion, that is the candidate who deserves to win. It's happened in multiple other elections as well and it happens frequently enough to where it's an issue. There are other problems as well, it's more complicated (there were miscounts in a California AND New York elections). And it requires the tallying to be centralized (less secure). STAR voting avoids a lot of these issues and it's more intuitive to vote because not only can you can which candidate you prefer, you can say HOW much you prefer them. Everyone wants to get rid of the two party system. There's a lot more I could get into but I hope I at least peaked your interest. TL;DR: I used to be a RCV supporter but after learning about STAR the choice was clear, it's just that less people know about it. Approval is good too.

[@NewToneProducer]

My advice to you: support both. I'm a STAR supporter, but when STAR supporters come out against RCV, it ruins it for both STAR and RCV supporters.

[@eyescreamcake]

Thank you! It seems like there is 1 smart comment like this for every 500 "RCV is great and will fix everything" comments. So frustrating.

[@eyescreamcake]

@@NewToneProducer No, support STAR and oppose RCV. RCV is junk that perpetuates the status quo and makes real reforms more difficult. The RCV lobby is actively attacking better reforms like Approval and STAR in Eugene and Seattle. They are not good people and their system is not an improvement.

[@Montfortracing]

STAR voting and Approval voting are better options than RCV. Both voting methods are cheaper.

[@lylerasmussen5235]

Our immediate priority is to replace the current plurality system, which is an abomination. A significant upgrade is needed ASAP, and to date, RCV is used in far more elections than either STAR or Approval. Let's get past the crisis by supporting all 3 upgrade systems, and not play them off against each other.

[@Muzick]

This man has never stopped helping America after he ran for president in 2020. Andrew Yeng has once again shown us there is a better way, no matter if you are left, right or center.

[@AliasHSW]

Humanity First

[@TheJetbreaker]

2 party system is a bottleneck for solving problems. We need a 3rd party to hold these extreme left and right accountable.

[@mostbestjia627]

Yang is a real thinker, not those spreading hate, from both sides. I’m with Yang!

[@lylerasmussen5235]

Well said, I totally agree!

[@evanpatten4101]

I've been an independent since I could vote. I find it very frustrating that I'm essentially forced to choose often between two options I don't want. In my state, OR, around a decade ago they made it even harder to vote as an independent. I have so many people say I'm wasting my vote by not joining either party and I refuse to do so. That isn't freedom of choice and to me very unamerican. I have gone unrepresented for nearly 2 decades. It is time all votes matter.

[@AliasHSW]

The standing ovation is the power of Yang effect

[@richardm8807]

Andrew, please run for president right fucking now. Thank you. Either way, I'm writing you in because if you are taking up for a convict or a corpse, you are not a serious person and not a patriot.

[@gocybertruck8189]

Let’s adopt Alaska reform. After all, it’s citizens is the foundation of America.

[@kayrealist9793]

Andrew, keep working to improve our country for the better regardless of what reign of power you hold in the public sphere. Thank you.

[@Spidey_Ethan]

Born a Republican, currently an unaffiliated moderate conservative… Andrew Yang would have been the first (and probably only) time I would have gladly voted democrat in 2020.

[@dane.5772]

Have you considered getting involved with the Forward Party.

[@Spidey_Ethan]

I considered it several years back, yes. Ultimately didn’t, but not because I didn’t like the party and candidates. More so just that I find I hardly agree with any party more than 60% it seems. So, I feel more independent (not to be mistaken as “independent party”) with conservative principles.

[@Spidey_Ethan]

Also, frankly, I’m not much of a party person I decided. Haha. I prefer to study my candidates rather than go with what a party offers, but I know not every American has that time to dive into third party candidates. But, I do like the Forward Party overall.

[@vernabailey3671]

He’s the only candidate I ever voted for at all. I was never a registered voter until him.

[@dane.5772]

​@@Spidey_EthanI feel similarly, but I joined to give more momentum to it to promote some of the ideas I agree with, and because if the other members are also frustrated with the current two parties they would hopefully be willing to compromise in the interest of the current best solution to any particular issue while still being open to new ideas. If you are independent, you could probably add some valuable perspective to others in the group from you district. If the support for ranked choice voting keeps moving forward, you could still be a member of the Forward party and vote for other independents or party members that align with your vision for the future. Also, thank you for your response.

[@jodenclash]

Sadly, this threatens the very existence of the two party system, which thrives off of 'but at least we're not the other guy'. Although we can hope.

[@zapermunz]

Yea that tribal mentality is not only killing America but almost every democracy around the globe. We the people need to ask ourselves why political parties try so hard to fool us, it's almost like they got addicted to wealth and power when politics should be about bringing rational solutions to problems.

[@Dystopia3030]

Man, we needed this years ago. It would cut off propaganda machines like fox news at the very base because theres no longer any incentive, like andy yang said

[@GregMerritt-ws8tq]

After hearing his platform during the '20 election, and then seeing how everything has played out since, I'd say this gentleman is perfect speaker for this topic. Thinking of writing him in on the ballot this year.

[@lylerasmussen5235]

Agreed, and doing what he asked at the end of the talk, sharing this talk, and getting involved in the process. The Forward Party and RepresentUs are groups to follow up with.

[@whatisgoingon5378]

It is so refreshing to see you out here speaking again! Please don't stop trying to move this country forward!

[@NewToneProducer]

Just a few states adopting Alaska's system of a Nonpartisan Open Primary system combined with Ranked Choice Voting for the general could significantly enhance how our government serves the people. While there are various ideas to improve our government, changing our voting system is perhaps the most impactful and efficient way to bring about the necessary changes. Fix the incentives and we fix the system.

[@jacobzindel987]

Alaskan here. Our ranked choice /jungle primary voting system was basically put in place to keep a very powerful lifetime incumbent senator from ever being primaried again.

[@cbuck1669]

voting system should absolutely be changed but Approval or STAR are way superior to ranked choice. if we're going to do it, we should do it right

[@eyallevin6302]

@@cbuck1669 Better to do a method which has been tried before at a large scale

[@eyescreamcake]

No, Open Primaries held using FPTP and RCV are undemocratic junk and would make representation even worse. Learn more about how RCV works. There are great voting methods that fix these problems, but RCV does not.

[@NewToneProducer]

@@eyescreamcake the system Yang is proposing is quite literally NOT first past the post since the top 4 or top 5 make it to the General.

[@thedude4794]

The world is far to gone with murder, wars, rapes, abuse, corruption, drugs, homelessness, For 1 person to be in charge of any country.

[@GREENACEx009]

Ranked choice is voter friendly not politician friendly. Thats how it should be. We shouldn’t have to vote for “the person we hate less” we should vote for who we think is best for the job without fear of “wasting a vote” and then our second or third choices have a chance as well. This eliminates the us vs them parties, allows other parties to have a chance, and in a way will make politicians have to focus on promoting their actual policies/beliefs/plans instead of just lying and trash talking the single opposition candidate/party. Tl;dr ranked choice is a real democratic system unlike the false choice we currently have voting for the “lesser of two evils” every single election.

[@accountisdisabled]

Well said.

[@ZachGood]

This is my favorite Andrew Yang. Big ideas and big solutions.

[@gameburn178]

I still think Bernie was better at this. But he made the mistake of getting far enough along to be defeated. If Bernie had been the nominee in 2016, a lot of America's recent messes could have been avoided. No Trump, no Republican supreme court, no dark money. Even if he didn't get to implement the changes he wanted, he would have prevented the recent decline. And it is a real decline I'm afraid. All of the Trump era changes will have to be reversed. This will take a decisive election, and some imagination -- and some luck.

[@kingerfd3341]

We need this dude back in front of everyone again!!!

[@clarkli6026]

Andrew Yang is just amazing, thanks for sharing

[@seanchang4442]

A intelligent candidate like Andrew is too good for America.

[@a.m.7438]

Please back and share about Andrew's Forward Party. Help diversify politics and break up the duopoly problem.

[@beckettjeffries131]

You have my vote if you go again Andrew .

[@LayneSadler]

1. Prevent corporations from supporting politicians 2. Vote third party representatives into congress 3. Websites where voters define the issues that matter to them and candidates define their stance on those issues... better than random names on a ballot

[@skane3109]

Listening to this talk was the best 10 minutes I’ve spent all week. 👍

[@lylerasmussen5235]

Agreed, and sharing may be even more important. Let's help make it happen!

[@alainbrouillaud484]

Andrew Yang DROPS THE MIC 🎤 again!

[@bunksoup8137]

I would love to see like a full hour version of this lecture where Andrew really goes into detail and spells out this path to success in depth. I feel like the 2020 campaign didn’t really allow him to do that, and you would have had to already know about his other interviews. Ted is the perfect stage to amplify these ideas and I can’t think of any more important right now.

[@LordDonnington725]

This is a solid step and seems more plausible than some other things which should be addressed (Gerrymandering and max term limits), mainly because those others would never make it into law as congress would do everything in their power to suppress those. Since these ranked voting systems are done by state, congress cant interfere and perhaps once the incentives change, maybe the rest of the dominoes fall. Hopefully this gains popularity and we see initiatives in other states as well

[@bradleyhasse5220]

Andrew Yang 2024