Robert Stark

Feb 2, 2024

My ranking of the 2024 Candidates:

A: Robert F. Kennedy Jr (independent)

B+: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai (independent), Peter Sonski (American Solidarity), Michael Rectenwald (Libertarian)

B-:Donald Trump (Republican), Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican, withdrawn), Russell Cohen (independent),

C+: Marianne Williamson (Democrat), Chase Oliver (Libertarian)

C: Ryan Binkley (Republican), Cornel West (independent), Jill Stein (Green), Cenk Uygur (Democrat)

C-: Francis Suarez (Republican, withdrawn), Doug Burgum (Republican, withdrawn), Larry Elder (Republican, withdrawn), Ron DeSantis (Republican, withdrawn), Dean Phillips (Democrat), Claudia de la Cruz (Socialist)

D+: Joe Manchin (independent, undeclared)

D-: Joe Biden (Democrat), Tim Scott (Republican, withdrawn)

F: Nikki Haley (Republican), Mike Pence (Republican, withdrawn), Chris Christie (Republican, withdrawn), Asa Hutchinson (Republican, withdrawn)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s signature issues include, civil liberties, taking on the oligarch/corporate control over government, promoting good health, and environmentalism. RFK jr. has the most crossover appeal, with some more conservative and libertarian stances. For instance, he is moderate on guns and immigration. Basically RFK jr. is most in line with a kind of centrist populism or anti-establishment center, which combines aspects of both the left and right.

Trump’s initial appeal was this populist centrism, though he went in a much more conservative direction. RFK Jr is also much more intellectual and thoughtful than Trump. Like with Trump, RFK jr. is detested by the corporate media, which shows he is a major threat to power. RFK jr. is the closest to my views of any candidate, except he is more to the left on race relations. Maybe if RFK jr. were for freedom of association, which not even Trump would support, and a bit more to the right on racial issues, he would be close to perfect politically. However, it’s rare that a candidate perfectly matches my views.

Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai

Source: wikipedia.org

Like RFK jr., Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai strikes me as a nonaligned populist, though he detests RFK jr. Dr. Shiva takes a lot of similar stances as RFK but says he is a phony, with his main disagreement with RFK jr. being that he is a staunch opponent of Zionism. Dr. Shiva uses heated rhetoric, like saying that he is the only candidate who does not suck Zionist c*ck, which is funny and appeals to some, but probably turns off a lot of people, including those otherwise open to his message. Regardless, he invented the email and has impressive credentials, including MIT, so he is not some conspiracy crank. Not to mention he was married to Fran Drescher.

Like RFK jr., Dr. Shiva is outspoken against Modern Monetary Theory and the technocracy, and is also sympathetic to old school left concerns, such as labor rights and income inequality. Dr. Shiva also has more libertarian views, and previously ran for Senate as a Republican. Like RFK jr., he calls out a rigged system, favoring the ultra-wealthy, where many just can’t compete. He is also sympathetic to the decentralization of power, while warning against a globalist homogenized world where most people become slaves. However, he supports an amnesty for illegal immigrants who want to work while wanting to deport Americans who refuse to work, which sounds more neoliberal.

Dr. Shiva stands out as brilliantly unique from all other candidates in his embrace of the engineering Systems Theory and physics as a force for political change. He says that one needs a clear vision for what one wants and then a clear framework, which is how engineering works. The science of systems is a mechanism to uncover scientific principles and create self-organizing, self-sustaining systems. This is crucial for creating alternative institutions and one can’t defeat the elites without a knowledge of Systems Science.

Dr. Shiva also calls out the neo-caste system, making parallels between the Hindu Caste system and America’s elite and corporate structure. Like RFK jr., he talks about the breakdown in community as a major reason for the decline in life expectancy. He is also kind of New Agey, which I like, such as talking about change via raising consciousness and reviving ancient systems of knowledge. He also has interesting things to say on psychology, such as a video on different types of intelligence, with the highest being intuition.

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