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I think a lot of people, especially on the right, that is establishment Republicans, don’t realize that Donald Trump actually did create a third party. He bulldozered right over the old line Republican party, which did not support him until very late in the election season, and then only reluctantly. It’s not clear whether Trump’s movement will continue if he decides to quit playing, but he has changed party politics forever.

Arguably, Barack Obama changed the Democrat party as well. He introduced a radical left orientation to what had been a big tent, working class oriented party. A new generation followed him into politics that is more interested in radical transformations such as in energy, social reprogramming, anti-racism, etc. Indeed, their priorities have little in common with the working class people of America. He effectively handed the Democrat party to a rich, elitist cabal that is interested in change at any cost. They sneer at the Constitution and freedom.

Where does Yang fit into this picture? He’s an elitist who wants to impose all kinds of so-called reforms on the people. Among other things, he wants to ban beef. You’re not going to ban beef without some kind of authoritarian heavy-handedness. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

I wish we could just get rid of politicians, especially those who want to transform our society for us, and just make government smaller and get out of the way so that we can do what we ought to be doing, which is building a great economy, innovative technologies and products. To get rich is glorious.

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