There are numerous facts and statistics out there that prove why Andrew Yang is the most logical, forward-thinking, and factual candidate running in the 2020 Election for the Democratic

Party. And there are highly dedicated and educated people who use reliable sources and studies as evidence to persuade potential voters why Yang is the most ideal candidate that would help

move the country forward, as opposed to either left or right. The Yang Gang also has prolific journalists and writers who cover many important aspects of his campaign and provide timely

updates to keep voters from all political spectrums informed in order to bolster his support and fill in the gaps that the mainstream media has failed to cover. I have been part of the Yang

United States, nor could I easily attain data to prove to people that Yang is right about the threats of automation and job loss for half of the American people within the coming decade or

even sooner. In fact, someone out there already has presented the facts better than me and I’d just repeat what they said. However, even though I don’t know much about politics or the

economy (aside from the dire consequences of maintaining the status quo and the inevitably of economic collapse), I realize that this is truly important to me, so I’d like to explain why I

support Yang from a more unique perspective that others may not have covered yet, and I figured that a personal story (#MyYangStory) would be the best way to do so. WHO AM I AND WHAT IS THE

MAIN REASON WHY I SUPPORT YANG? I am a woman, a Millennial, an entrepreneurial-minded writer, a poet, an Asian-American, a college graduate with a math degree, an engineering drop-out, and a

middle-class person. Throughout my life, I have suffered from anxiety, depression, and hypervigilance and continue to suffer from mental health issues — and I still grapple with these

today. I have been mostly apolitical and disengaged from politics because as someone who’s determined to take control over my own life, I could never see how arguing over politics with

stubborn ideologues would ever help me advance myself or be practical with personal development. I am passionate about writing introspective essays that delve into mental health,

self-awareness, and creating a life that best aligns with who you innately are so you have the choice to thrive instead of being dictated on how you should survive. I also write listicles

because I’ve always been an obsessive list-maker since I was a child and articles in a listicle format are a great way for my brain to compartmentalize practical yet insightful points in a

manner that would enhance the way I think and maximize the efficiency of how I approach life. AS A WRITER WHO REALIZES THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS ENOUGH PRIVILEGE TO FOCUS ON PERSONAL GROWTH (DUE

TO HOW CUTTHROAT AND DEMANDING SURVIVAL CAN BE), I SUPPORT YANG BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY STARTED OUT, OUGHT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PURSUE WHAT THEY’RE NATURALLY

GOOD AT AND PASSIONATE ABOUT WITHOUT BEING PLAGUED BY FINANCIAL INSECURITY OR PENALIZED BY SETBACKS AND DISASTERS THAT THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER OR COULD HAVE PREVENTED IN ANY WAY. > I 

BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE, WHICH SHOULD BE > DEFINED BY THEMSELVES RATHER THAN BY INSTITUTIONS. THEREFORE, IT IS > UP TO HUMANITY TO DETERMINE WHAT WILL ADD VALUE TO

 THEIR OWN LIVES > AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN A WAY THAT ISN’T FORCED UPON THEM. THE FREEDOM DIVIDEND MEANS MORE THAN JUST $1,000 A MONTH I am a highly pessimistic person when it comes to

the reality of how the future will turn out. I see how horrifyingly bleak the socioeconomic situation is for the vast majority of people because of how scarce jobs are, how many jobs are

automated away, and how difficult it is to endure day-to-day life when you hate your job but you are completely swamped with bills and also the people above you on a hierarchy (an outdated

model prone to corruption and exploitation) are blaming you for not working hard enough, no matter how much you are obligated to work with just three hours of sleep while taking care of your

family — and with that much stealing your energy and livelihood away from you, how can you ever hope to survive, live in good health, and ensure a safer, healthier, and more peaceful future

for yourself and the next generation? _YOU CAN’T. _And those who claim that you aren’t doing enough haven’t lived as you have and don’t understand at all what the majority has to put up

with or how much they have to struggle and still can’t get ahead even with their earnest efforts. SURVIVAL SHOULDN’T JUST BE RESERVED FOR THE PRIVILEGED As an idealistic optimist, I do not

want essential human needs like livelihood or security to be reserved for the privileged few who are more likely to survive national catastrophes. I believe that all people deserve an

efficient and unconditional means of basic survival that doesn’t depend on serving institutions or corporate interests and it is entirely possible for the government to allocate what it

would have spent wastefully towards a Freedom Dividend to place into the hands of the American people — and they can decide for themselves how they want to proceed in life without any

paternalistic and incredibly wasteful bureaucracy to dictate what they must do with it under their conditions. I used to think that politics didn’t matter as long as I kept my head up and

did the best I could with my education and skills (yet I realize how this is a wrongful and ignorant mindset that comes with middle-class privilege), and Yang influenced me to acknowledge

how there are so many people who never get a chance to grow up in safety or pursue a lifetime of self-actualization because they got pushed by the wayside and have to be forced into

survivalist mode with a scarcity mindset (which then depletes mental energy that could have been allocated towards long-term planning and self-awareness), since the market doesn’t value them

as much as someone who grew up in a higher socioeconomic class. PEACE OF MIND AND MENTAL HEALTH An unconditional safety net will alleviate my mental health issues so that I would have less

of a need to worry about losing everything I have due to corruption, emergencies, and basically any other catastrophe that I cannot prevent — yet I know I’d be penalized if I were to be in a

difficult situation regardless of how much I prepare for it. I struggle with depression, anxiety, and hypervigilance, which are still not taken seriously enough by career politicians and

corporatists because people right now are treated like replaceable (and ultimately worthless) cogs in a machine and it will remain that way until a pragmatic visionary steps up and reforms

the economy by establishing humanity-centered capitalism — I believe wholeheartedly, based on his solutions-oriented and abundance mindset, that Yang is the only candidate whose motive is to

help people liberate themselves and choose to forego the traditional path of remaining stuck as a wage slave being used (or worse, exploited) as a means to an end, which the status quo

demands right now (yet that is a 20th-century way of living that will not sustain itself in the 21st and 22nd centuries). SOCIAL DARWINISM IS SOCIETY’S GREATEST EVIL AND IT’S NO WONDER MOST

PEOPLE CAN’T PLAN FOR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL I do not believe in Social Darwinism. Our current society is a dystopian nightmare and the only ones benefiting from it are the corporatists and

those who promote Tribalist stances to control the masses and limit their power, which then makes populations weaker and less likely to prioritize self-advancement. For our country to

flourish and truly be a safe and healthy place that fosters everyone’s growth and wellbeing, it’s important for underprivileged and marginalized people not to be penalized or screwed over

just for something they cannot control (where they were born, who their parents were, what educational level they have attained, which neighborhood they grew up in). It is unreasonable and

downright classist to demand that they rise to the same level as someone who grew up privileged to prove their worth because the playing field isn’t level and the whole game is rigged and in

favor of those who started out with more. The Freedom Dividend doesn’t just provide cash, it serves as a means for people to move themselves forward, starting at $1,000 instead of $0

because it is unjust to expect someone to win a game while starting at $0 (there may have been exceptions with popular rags-to-riches stories, but they are all based on survivorship bias

while glossing over the harsh reality for the majority). I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY FORWARD IS TO PROVIDE A PATH AHEAD FOR ALL AMERICANS, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC

STATUS, POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, AND UPBRINGING. Yang is the only candidate who is genuine, refreshingly different, and compassionate and it is incredibly clear that he cares about not leaving

anyone behind. His campaign has attracted many genuinely empathic and forward-thinking people who believe that the way forward is to lift every American up and maximize the efficiency of our

broken system run by corporatists who only serve themselves and exploit those they deem as less valuable and less worthy to survive. As someone who’s moderately skeptical, I would say that

I normally have no business in politics and if the presidential race were full of candidates who stubbornly promote their ideologies and bring more division than unity without presenting

clear solutions to dire problems, I would not want to get involved and if that were the case, it’d be best to live my own life and still remain politically disengaged. BUT WHEN A PROMISING,

DATA-DRIVEN CANDIDATE ENTERS THE RACE AND BRINGS LOGICAL REASONING, EMPATHY, AND EFFICIENCY TO THE FOREFRONT OF HIS CAMPAIGN, I KNOW THAT SUPPORTING HIM AND SHOWING HOW MUCH HE STANDS OUT

FROM 20TH-CENTURY TRIBALIST POLITICIANS WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY ME BUT EVERY AMERICAN. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS PRESENTED AN EFFECTIVE AND UNIFYING PLAN TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD, FROM

HERE ON OUT.