Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "The Future of American Democracy: A Conversation with Andrew Yang (Episode #262)" video.

  1. Very interesting discussion with Mr Harris and Mr Yang. As an overseas viewer, I can only say that every single report we saw on television concerning Mr Yang running for president was very respectful and there was equal coverage to every other candidate. What I see going on in the American political spectrum is exciting. There has been and still is the Trumpian force(s) that befuddle just about everyone but I see Trump differently. I don't see quality but I don't see a torpedo man bringing down your republic by his antics and the snowball effect he has had on erroding democratic values. No; what I see is that everyone one of us is trying to figure out this new sort of media-explosion with an outdated instruction manual. We are aghast at the fact that the right hold on to absurd theories and alternative facts. We see a bombastic former President Trump come on TV interviews and say few truths and yet his lies stick like glue to his followers. Why? Because the people trying to debunk his lies quit before they have finished the job. We are all used to have someone like Sam Harris go on TV and point out the reason why this or that is a problem. Before, in times before mass-media, there were people like Sam, there was Walter Cronkite for example, what he said became the new benchmark for truth on a certain subject. That just doesn't exist any more. Each fact or alternative fact that gets spoken by talking heads on any media outlet is confronted with a medusa of public consciousness. There are suddenly a dozen versions of a single truth. What I believe we are doing wrong is going out there and disproving only once or a limited time someone's comment i.e. Trump's latest whopper, and then calling it a day. Un-huh; no way: you've got to keep throwing new reasons and proofs and statements and testimony until the lie-fire is out. The old way of dealing with the way people used to interact has taken a back seat to multiple sorties of gatlin gun facts or alternative facts and the only way to combat it is to keep going and find out what those people who believe in nonsense need to finally give in and realize their arguments don't hold any water. It means more work, endless attempts at putting things right, but as far as I see it this is one way ahead to save your democracy from caving in and getting side-lined. These are wonderful times in that every single thing we have held true is now up for debate. Okay, let's debate, but let's debate and win--
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