Elections Andrew Yang speaks some truth. America is becoming the New York Knicks

[VivaRevolution]

The Darkest Metaphor Imaginable: America Is Becoming the New York Knicks
By JIM GERAGHTY
October 24, 2019 3:21 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is likely to create a stir in the greater New York area with his assertion that the abysmal decisions of New York Knicks owner James Dolan are symptomatic of an arrogant, dismissive, and incompetent brand of leadership flourishing in American life:

You have a leadership that can’t get out of it’s own way and then, when a legend like Charles Oakley comes back, or when a fan criticizes Dolan, he literally kicks them out of (Madison Square Garden) or bans them for life or does something that to me is the opposite of what you’d want a manager or leader to do. And so if you look at this and you’re a fan of the team, you’re like, ‘Wait a minute, I’m giving this team my energy and emotional investment and the owner clearly doesn’t care about me or my opinion.’

This, to me, is an emblem of what Americans feel about various institutions in different walks of life. If you look at our trust in the press, or Congress, or unfortunately even schools and hospitals, they’re all at multi-decade lows.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...-america-is-becoming-the-new-york-knicks/amp/


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This really speaks to me because of where I work, and my long held view that the modern approach to executive decision making in corporate America has infiltrated our politics.

It is all about short term results, and when the inevitable cost to that approach becomes clear, there is zero accountibility, creating this arrogant, and incompetent form of so called leadership.

This is the real ideology that is threatening this country, not racism or the EPA.

Discuss......

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

New Yorkers don’t care if you say the Knicks are a joke because they realize that too.

 

[VivaRevolution]

New Yorkers don’t care if you say the Knicks are a joke because they realize that too.

Very true, but it is like calling Baltimore a shit hole. You have to be from Baltimore to say that.

 

[Rygu]

Very true, but it is like calling Baltimore a shit hole. You have to be from Baltimore to say that.

Nah you can just look at the amount of shootings that go on there to say that, whether you live there, or in Norway, Indonesia or Ghana.

 

[BEER]

Very true, but it is like calling Baltimore a shit hole. You have to be from Baltimore to say that.

Nah you can spend 30 minutes on the Inner Harbor to say that.

 

[Rhood]

Where's Patrick Ewing when you need him?

 

[xcvbn]

Is that why he supports a DOA Medicare public option? Overload the public system with inadequate funding to ensure failure so the American public never threatens the $100B for-profit healthcare industry again.

Honestly, Yang's watering down of Medicare For All- his proposed Medicare For Some Framework/public option is like how the Knicks constantly offer massive deals to veteran/over the hill/once-great players well past their expiration date like Carmelo Anthony and Baron Davis.

Yang is getting about as tolerable as Buttplug with this garbage politics. Stick to your UBI and championing of workers, stay away from everything else Mr. Yang.

 

[zebby23]

Is that why he supports a DOA Medicare public option? Overload the public system with inadequate funding to ensure failure so the American public never threatens the $100B for-profit healthcare industry again.

Honestly, Yang's watering down of Medicare For All- his proposed Medicare For Some Framework/public option is like how the Knicks constantly offer massive deals to veteran/over the hill/once-great players well past their expiration date like Carmelo Anthony and Baron Davis.

Yang is getting about as tolerable as Buttplug with this garbage politics. Stick to your UBI and championing of workers, stay away from everything else Mr. Yang.

Agreed. Who wants a smart guy with fresh ideas in the office? 4 more years, 4 more years

 

[HockeyBjj]

And what, the Monstars are gonna steal our talent?

 

[xcvbn]

Agreed. Who wants a smart guy with fresh ideas in the office? 4 more years, 4 more years

Leave 80,000,000 people uninsured/underinsured, 30,000 people to die every year from lack of healthcare, and 500,000 medical debt bankruptcies and you may as well start wearing your KAG hat today.

The idea that "big structural change" will come from politicians who represent the highly educated professional class is complete nonsense. If people like Biden, Warren, and Buttplug are truly about the change they proclaim, they will let down their entire base because it's the working class who is in desperate need of help- not the managerial class.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

Thread makes no fucking sense.

 

[40's]

 

[Deleted member 159002]

Leave 80,000,000 people uninsured/underinsured, 30,000 people to die every year from lack of healthcare, and 500,000 medical debt bankruptcies and you may as well start wearing your KAG hat today.

The idea that "big structural change" will come from politicians who represent the highly educated professional class is complete nonsense. If people like Biden, Warren, and Buttplug are truly about the change they proclaim, they will let down their entire base because it's the working class who is in desperate need of help- not the managerial class.

What big policy changes do you think ought to be made to help the working class?

 

[TEKNO TEAM 2000]

other than his whole free thousand bux thing, what exactly is andrew yang running on?

 

[TEKNO TEAM 2000]

I mean he already raised his hand when asked about free healthcare for illegals when I pay out the ass for mine as a citizen, so I'm not voting for him, but he seems to just be a meme

 

[VivaRevolution]

Leave 80,000,000 people uninsured/underinsured, 30,000 people to die every year from lack of healthcare, and 500,000 medical debt bankruptcies and you may as well start wearing your KAG hat today.

The idea that "big structural change" will come from politicians who represent the highly educated professional class is complete nonsense. If people like Biden, Warren, and Buttplug are truly about the change they proclaim, they will let down their entire base because it's the working class who is in desperate need of help- not the managerial class.

I can make a strong argument for a public option, but I refuse to do so anymore than to say that you start with Medicare for all, and compromise with Republicans on a public option, not with other leftists. Art of the deal baby.

 

[Eusung]

other than his whole free thousand bux thing, what exactly is andrew yang running on?

Almost everything Tulsi and Bernie are running on apart from free federal jobs guarantee and a couple others... and a different spin on it + 120-ish policies outlined in detail on his website. And he keeps emphasizing he is willing to make changes if someone gives him a better idea.

 

[PEB]

Yang has a huge problem he's sounding more an more like former President Obama. He has voiced keeping Obamacare in its current state for now. Would be interested in making cuts to entitlements if he sees it is needed. His 1,000 to all may come with requirements beyond just getting this monthly money. He does not support a 15 dollar minimum wage increase.

 

[Ophydian]

The Darkest Metaphor Imaginable: America Is Becoming the New York Knicks
By JIM GERAGHTY
October 24, 2019 3:21 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is likely to create a stir in the greater New York area with his assertion that the abysmal decisions of New York Knicks owner James Dolan are symptomatic of an arrogant, dismissive, and incompetent brand of leadership flourishing in American life:

You have a leadership that can’t get out of it’s own way and then, when a legend like Charles Oakley comes back, or when a fan criticizes Dolan, he literally kicks them out of (Madison Square Garden) or bans them for life or does something that to me is the opposite of what you’d want a manager or leader to do. And so if you look at this and you’re a fan of the team, you’re like, ‘Wait a minute, I’m giving this team my energy and emotional investment and the owner clearly doesn’t care about me or my opinion.’

This, to me, is an emblem of what Americans feel about various institutions in different walks of life. If you look at our trust in the press, or Congress, or unfortunately even schools and hospitals, they’re all at multi-decade lows.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...-america-is-becoming-the-new-york-knicks/amp/


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This really speaks to me because of where I work, and my long held view that the modern approach to executive decision making in corporate America has infiltrated our politics.

It is all about short term results, and when the inevitable cost to that approach becomes clear, there is zero accountibility, creating this arrogant, and incompetent form of so called leadership.

This is the real ideology that is threatening this country, not racism or the EPA.

Discuss......

The analysis is pretty good and I think inevitable. All it takes is one person to take advantage of unwritten rules before the system breaks down. What is scary is a country that only has a 2-4 year forward looking agenda because of election cycles.

 

[ultramanhyata]

I am an MMA fan. I know fuck all about Round Ball.

Break this down for me... Is Yang saying the equivalent of America is becoming Chris Weidman???