China's Infiltration of Western Institutions with Monica Crowley

Truth with Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy

Business, News, Government

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this eye-opening episode of The Vivek Show, host Vivek Ramaswamy is joined by guest Monica Crowley to explore the complex history and future of US-China relations. The discussion covers a range of topics, from the initial strategies of Richard Nixon to China's strategy of elite capture and the implications of a codependent economic relationship. With insights on the importance of a shared American identity and a look at the missed opportunities to strengthen US-India relations, this episode offers a comprehensive analysis of the geopolitical chessboard and its impact on the world. -- Donate here: https://t.co/PE1rfuVBmb For more content follow me here: Twitter - @VivekGRamaswamy Instagram - @vivekgramaswamy Facebook - http://facebook.com/VivekGRamaswamy Truth Social - @VivekRamaswamy Rumble - @VivekRamaswamy -- Time-codes: 00:15 - The importance of capitalism in uniting diverse groups and the dangers of politicizing capital markets 01:36 - Misguided attempts to use capitalism to bridge international divisions between the U.S. and China 05:02 - Monica Crowley discusses her experience working with Richard Nixon and his early thoughts on China 10:09 - Nixon's foreign policy strategies and how they set the stage for Ronald Reagan's presidency 13:00 - Evolution of the US-China relationship and the unforeseen diplomatic, military, and cultural competitions 19:33 - China's growth and the West's historical lack of focus on China due to more immediate adversaries 21:57 - The mutually codependent economic relationship between the US and China 30:21 - Ramaswamy on the potential decline of America's superpower status 32:02 - Ramaswamy shares his personal experiences in China and the risks he now faces 34:06 - The importance of a shared American identity for making sacrifices in foreign policy 40:34 - The need for a pragmatic approach to decoupling from China and seeking self-sufficiency 41:31 - The missed opportunity in improving the relationship with India to counter growing Chinese power 45:49 - The controversial suggestion of improving the US-Russia relationship to counterbalance China Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So one of the things we've learned in the United States is that capitalism brings different people together within our country.
0:15.2	It's part of why I've been on a crusade against the politicization of capital markets
0:21.6	through the rise of ESG and the stakeholder capitalism movement in America.
0:26.2	Tocville famously said when he traveled this country that a diverse divided body politic that's a democracy like America.
0:35.1	It's not supposed to stand. It's supposed to crumble under the weight of its own division
0:39.8	unless there's something greater that binds us together across that diversity.
0:45.4	And capitalism provided us one of those spaces for us to come together, whether we're black or white,
0:51.7	whether we're Democrat or Republican for that matter.
0:55.0	It was one of these apolitical sanctuaries
0:58.1	that allowed people across the divides of partisanship
1:01.1	to come together.
1:01.9	And that's why I think it's such a danger for that
1:04.0	capital market and for that private sector to become politicized. But that philosophy
1:09.1	I think works within the United States, binding us together
1:13.8	amongst diverse attributes as one people.
1:17.8	I think one of the areas where we did take that philosophy
1:20.4	with the best of intentions in the wrong direction was on the international stage.
1:25.0	Believing that we could apply that same principle of using capitalism as a vehicle to sew over
1:32.0	international divisions, particularly those between the US and China.
1:36.4	And I think in retrospect now if we look back at the experiment we began 50 years ago in
1:41.8	this country of using capitalism not as a vehicle to bind Americans
1:46.2	together within a common nation, but instead to potentially bind together China and America,
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