Remember my foreshadowing about how I would answer a question from the book? Well, the teacher changed that, so now I'm selecting two Confucius quotes I would tell a presidential candidate. So that means we're getting into politics! Sorry for anyone who doesn't like modern day politics.
I'm selecting these quotes for my 2020 Election pick, Andrew Yang. He probably won't win, but I really want a president who knows technology.
So here are my Confucius quotes for Yang:
XV.20: "What the superior man seeks, is in himself. What the mean man seeks, is in others."
This quote says that good people tries to improve themselves, while bad people put down others to make themselves look better. It's the difference between good self-esteem and arrogance.
I chose this quote because some candidates think that ranting on Donald Trump is the best way to win the election. This is flawed because, when he gets out of office and they reverse his bad policies... now what? What's their main goal besides beating Donald Trump? It gets even more terrible when you realize that if the impeachment process causes Trump to get kicked out of office, they have to mainly rely on their own policies to make themselves good candidates.
And that's what Andrew Yang needs: to be himself. Instead of proving that he's the savior against the already-falling Trump Administration, he needs to prove that he is a good person and president. Because ultimately, people will remember what the president did themselves, not who they beat (except for Hillary Clinton and Al Gore, but they're the exception).
XIV.29 "The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."
Politicians like to talk about their policies, but not actually show how they can do it. Why else to people call politicians liars?
Andrew Yang needs to say a detailed plan on how he can improve America. He especially should explain how he would gain money for the "Freedom Dividend," because there are over 200 million people in America (that's $200 billion every month). If he can show how America can support the plan, and how it can improve with the plan, he will be on the path to winning the election.
Also, he should be "modest in his speech." He shouldn't brag about how great he is, because then the Democrats would think he's another Donald Trump. If he wants to win the election, he should remain humble.
So that's what happens when you let me talk about politics. I tried not to talk about my opinions about Donald Trump too much in this blog post because, ultimately, I didn't want to anger or annoy people by ranting on Donald Trump (the media does that enough already; I would probably say what they have said twenty times).
Until next time!
It's a sheep, because the Chinese word for sheep is 羊 (yang). It's a mnemonic I use.
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