I never speak in earnest or even politically on Facebook anymore; however, I saw a lot of people I know at the Trump rally on the news in Toledo, Ohio and I feel compelled to say something now.

I know why a lot of you are there. You lost jobs, opioids are ravaging the town and The Glass City, which was once a bastion of industry for many years, is a mere husk of what it once was. You voted for Trump because he didn’t call you “deplorable.” He seemingly embraced your plight and spoke out against the coastal elites who benefit from your hard work while taking more for themselves — despite the fact that he is one of them. You’re a city without a culture and his message of nostalgic rhetoric hearkened to a bygone era in which you could afford a decent life on a working man’s wage. You don’t want “more”, you just want to live.

But has the situation really improved?

I see a lot of your social media posts. You are losing family, friends and neighbors to drugs constantly. There are no jobs there anymore. Last time I visited it seemed like almost every store was closed, barren or moved to Perrysburg. My old neighborhood had houses that were once gorgeous but are now uninhabitable squalor. It seems to only be getting worse.

But the cause isn’t “liberals.” It isn’t the mainstream media. The American economy will eventually fall and it isn’t because someone from the Left thinks that gay people have rights too.

Trump isn’t a cause of everyone’s problems, nor is he a savior to them. Trump is a symptom of a much larger issue.

You are losing your way of life due to advancing technology and a caste of billionaires exploiting you, your information, data and livelihoods for profit. As a species, humans are on the cusp of the next great wave of transformation due to automation and a changing marketplace that values information more than hard goods and your labor.

Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs but machines are.

If you were at that Trump rally last night, I am not going to cast aspersions on your character. But instead of embracing someone who is selling you a lie, I ask you to look elsewhere.

Please, please, please google Andrew Yang.

Andrew Yang is the only candidate who seems to be addressing the systemic problems that our country is facing while also not preaching something as stupid as socialism. His policies are alarming to someone who prides themselves on “traditional American values” but if you read and consider his campaign then you might be surprised like I was. Yang is not talking about left vs right but instead, he is talking about moving forward.

At the very least, if you actually read up on him, you can only reaffirm your belief that Trump is the solution. I bet you will be as surprised as I was at what you will find.