Andrew Yang on Why Democrats Are in Crisis

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

News

4.7 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Yang is a popular commentator and former presidential candidate. In his latest book, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, he advocates for economic reforms like Universal Basic Income and political reforms like ranked choice voting. In this week’s conversation, Andrew Yang and Yascha Mounk discuss how today’s political campaigns are run, why Democrats struggle to connect with voters, and whether or not third parties can be part of the solution. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: podcast@persuasion.community Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by John T. Williams, and Brendan Ruberry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	BAM, picture this! You're watching your favorite artist,
0:03.4	play. Not that artist!
0:05.4	Ha ha, yeah, that's you!
0:08.0	You look down at the red can in your hand, or is it?
0:11.4	No, it's a Pepsi Max.
0:13.0	The COLA over 70% of the UK prefer.
0:16.0	You props prefer it too. Go on, try it.
0:19.0	Pepsi Max. Lastly for more.
0:23.0	UK Blind Taste Test with over 54,000 people versus UK's biggest selling full sugarcola.
0:27.6	For verification go to Pepsi.
0:28.9	Code at UK slash FAQ.
0:30.6	Race is a very real thing in racism is a FAQ. there's much more that unites us than that separates us and if you ask most
0:45.2	Democrats around the country whether they agree with that statement they do. It's like a
0:49.2	small subset that think that everything should be framed in terms of racial identity or some other form of identity.
0:57.0	And now the good fight with Yasha Monk. It has been about a week since the off-cycle elections in the United States, but I am still thinking about them intensely.
1:15.0	This was a very urgent warning to Democrats.
1:20.0	The fact that they lost an election in the now pretty solidly blue state of Virginia to a Republican
1:29.2	candidate, a reasonably clear margin margin shows just how much democrats will have to change to make sure
1:38.4	that they stop Donald Trump or one of us accolades from coming back to the White House in 2024.
1:45.0	This is the simple state, I think, of where America is at today.
1:51.0	Donald Trump is way out of the cultural mainstream.
1:54.9	Most Americans do not like him, they do not like what he stands for,
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