Democratic debates so in this video not only are we gonna be talking to how

Andrew yang is the only candidate who seems to care about mental health but

we're gonna talk about how he made at this third round of debates and the

other things that he stands for so make sure you stay tuned what is up everybody

this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but

focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel I take a wide range of

subjects and trying to see what lessons we can pull from them to improve our own

mental and emotional well-being and something that I'm extremely extremely

passionate about is mental health so if you're into that stuff makes you

subscribe and ring that notification bell and if you're just now meeting me I

do care so much about mental health that actually write some books on it I'm not

a licensed therapist or a psychologist I'm a certified life coach and I've been

clean and sober for seven years I've battled depression as well as addiction

and anxiety and I write books about that stuff so check out my website

www.weg.net works for you all right so yeah anyways let's talk about Andrew

yang I did a video a while back about my first impressions of Andrew yang and

I've been kind of following him you know on Twitter and in the media and

everything just to kind of get a feel for him something that I want you guys

to hold me accountable for I need to read this book I need to read this

dude's book if you've read it let me know down in the comments below how you

liked it and your thoughts on it and things no spoilers haha I'm just kidding

anyways yeah I think I'm gonna go check it out from the library and try to knock

it out in the next week or two and maybe do like a book review on it but I really

want to get to know him more so I've watched you know both rounds of debates

so far and yeah like the first round of debates Andrew yang was kind of screwed

all right like he had the least amount of talking time and then it came out

after that his mic was being cut out all right and it's crazy because then he

ended up when for that on Twitter and we're gonna be

talking about Andrew yang on Twitter because he's doing it like a boss but

anyways what I felt interesting in the second round of debates was that he

still was at the very bottom for the amount of talking time that he had and

that's really fascinating to me because he's doing so well but even though he

had the least amount of talking time and both debates he still just made the

third round of debates he has a massive amount of support you might be part of

that yang gang and let's talk about how Andrew yang is seemingly the only

candidate who cares about mental health so here's kind of my philosophy on

politics my views my opinions um we all care about certain things all right

for example if you're a business owner you probably look at candidates and see

what their policies are for small businesses and things like that if

you're a woman or you care about women's rights you're probably looking at where

the can this stay or state they're at with abortion laws and things like that

and there's a lot of issues in this country so I think for me personally

it's important to kind of prioritize you know your own values and then really

look and see what the candidates are saying and my number one thing is mental

health so when I listen to these candidates talk I try to hear if they're

talking about mental health and here's one of the main reasons why this is such

a concern for me going into the upcoming elections next year in 2016

leading up to that you have so many candidates who were talking about like

the opioid epidemic all right I'm a recovering opioid addict I have seven

years clean and sober I've worked in addiction treatment mental health care

and addiction health care in this country absolutely sucks

and you saw a lot of candidates talking about the opioid epidemic and things

that they were gonna do but nothing's happened like even Trump talked about it

but nothing has happened right and this is something that we see with

politicians they pander right when they go to the Northeast

they'll talk about the opioid epidemic because that is one of the major

conversations because there's so many overdose deaths up there right so

anyways mental health addiction and all it's something that I'm very tuned and

on so I listen to these candidates so even though Andrew yang has had the

least amount of time in both Democratic debates he has brought up mental health

each time all right and like I think it's important that we really watch

candidates and we watch other people in our life see what they stand for see

what topics are on their mind and Andrew yang in my opinion he's the only one

that I see bringing up mental health on a regular basis without being prompted

all right so what that tells me as a voter that that is something in the

forefront of his mind and that's something that I'm very passionate about

now don't get me wrong all right before the hate comments come in I'm not saying

that nobody else cares about mental health but it doesn't seem to be in the

forefront of their top other thoughts right like when they're prompted or ask

questions you know some of them say some good things and things like that

but my question is when they get into office what are they going to make a

priority and trust me this country has a million issues all right but I think

mental health needs to be the number one priority because it helps with you know

the anger problems that we have in the United States right it's so decided and

people are just angry people are so angry I would say the majority of people

in the United States I would love to do a poll on this they're either one of two

things angry or miserable all right and that's

something that we need to take an account now there are plenty of things

that are contributing to that like the economy and all that kind of stuff but

if we start at the top and teach people how to improve their mental health

regardless of how much money they make and things like that like this is a step

in the right direction because some of us we have to humble ourselves and take

the opportunities that are presented for us and things like that but when we get

entitled I think we deserve all these things right then it's affecting our

mental health and that's just my opinion on it so I appreciate that

Andrew yang talks about this quite a bit now if you're part of the yin gang or

you follow anything about Andrew he talks about the $1,000 a month which

is the freedom dividend and let me tell you this like when I see people talking

about how this is unpossible or anything like or for example when like Bernie

Sanders so I'm gonna talk about in a minute when he talks about you know free

college and you know Medicare for all and everything like that I need to do a

whole video on Medicare for all or maybe on my podcast Leila's people like we're

we gonna get that money we're we gonna get that money like please all right

like when you realize how much money we are spending on offensive Wars all right

when you understand what our military budget is like a fraction of that like a

small tiny piece like we could take funds from that and take care of so many

things and still have the most bad military in the world all right so like

don't even hit me with that math like where's the money gonna come from like

there is plenty of money we are just putting it in the wrong places

but anyways talking about Andrew Yang and the $1,000 a month and the freedom

dividend one of the best books on depression out there all right is from

an unlicensed person some of you get that joke Johann Hari okay get the book

lost connections he's an investigative journalist his first book chasing The

Scream was about the addiction epidemic around the world this next book that he

wrote lost connections is all about the depression problem around the world he

talks about anxiety as well but anyways he focuses on a ton of different studies

so I did a video about this a long time ago that got like absolutely no views

but they actually did a study in Canada where they gave people money right kind

of like the freedom dividend and they saw massive drops in things like

depression things like anxiety they also saw massive drops in health issues like

heart disease because people weren't as stressed out so that freedom dividend

when I hear Andrew yang talk about it he also mentions the mental health aspect

of it and you have people who opposed that and say oh no this will just make

people lazy or people are just gonna spin that on drugs

or stupid things or whatever but the studies they talk about in lost

connections prove otherwise all right when people feel more safe and secure

and comfortable they're more likely to go out there and get jobs but one of the

things is is that they're going to get jobs that they actually like and

employers have to be better too because people don't have to settle for working

at a crappy place like it is such an amazing study I'm gonna see if I can

find out an article to link down the description below like I will but don't

worry I got you baby oh but anyways that's why I just love

what Andrew Yang's doing so how he made the third round of debates here's my

theory on it this dude is plugged in and connected all right like I follow most

of the Democratic candidates on Twitter and most of them like when you look at

their Twitter accounts you're like okay is this really them tweeting or did they

tell somebody what to tweet right and with Andrew yang you can tell it's him

not only is it him who's tweeting out but he's also replying to tweets I just

saw him replied to Casey nice nod and stuff like that but he interacts and

gets involved with people and like that's why although he didn't get that

much airtime on the Democratic debates like he just made it to the third round

and was able to raise the funds because this dude is an entrepreneur he's a

businessman he understands marketing and he understands the importance of

connecting with your audience so regardless of what the mainstream media

media does like cutting out his mic or you know being against his like freedom

dividend and all those other things he is plugged in with people like you and

me all right aside from that he also just went on the

h3 h3 podcast which is huge I remember seeing Roberto Blake mention that on

Twitter like a month ago and then it happened so I'm not saying Roberto

helped get those wheels of motion but I would have be surprised but anyways like

Andrew yang getting on these kind of small

level podcast everything like you know Bernie Sanders was just on Joe Rogan but

I think it's important that Andrew yang is connecting with the other people in

the community and not just going after like the biggest ones for the biggest

exposure and all that like like this kind of micro marketing is huge and

that's what I think Bernie had you know in in 2016 or 2015 before he kind of got

screwed by the primaries but anyways my final thoughts on this for now for now I

will be doing updates and I do want to do more videos on politics so make sure

you let me know down in the comments below there's things you want me to

touch on but anyways in my opinion I I still like personally I think Bernie has

a great chance maybe Elizabeth Warren I would prefer Bernie though but in my

like dream team scenario it'd be Bernie Sanders for his experience right and

everything that he stands for boom you get Andrew yang as the vice president I

think those two dudes would make some amazing things happen but yeah like just

when it comes to Andrew yang like it's just even though he he understands all

this stuff and he has some great views and great ideas in my opinion who just

doesn't have the experience of somebody like Bernie Sanders so that's why you

know I would kind of put Bernie and then Andrew but let me know your thoughts

down in the comments below let me know who you're rooting for and if you're on

the other side of the aisle that's cool too like don't get me wrong like I like

although I lean more towards the liberal side like I am just somebody who looks

at policies and what aligns with my beliefs all right but let me know your

thoughts down in the comments below and I will be doing follow-ups so feel free

to follow me on Instagram and Twitter if there's any topics that you feel like I

should cover on here or even on my podcast just let me know because you

guys I'll tell you this I'll say this at the end of every video about politics

like you have no right to complain about a damn thing in this country unless

you're following the candidates and what they're about and then get your butt out

there and because if you don't you have absolutely

no right to come to complain about anything go out there vote and also be

educated about what these candidates actually stand for all right anyways

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