Yang: Political reform cannot happen from within the existing system
Andrew Yang · Andrew Yang Will Change How You Think About Politics · Joe Lonsdale · Jan 11, 2023 · at 30:49
Andrew Yang, founder of the Forward Party, explains why he created a third party outside the traditional two-party system.
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“And that's why I started forward is because there's no way to make it happen from within the system. Like the system will defend the system. And so if you want to reform the system, you have to come outside of it”
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