The Real Cost of Diversity with Gov. Tom Wolf

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Vivek Ramaswamy

Business, News, Government

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In this episode of The Vivek Show, host Vivek Ramaswamy welcomes Governor Tom Wolf, former governor of Pennsylvania, to discuss pro-American values, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in business and politics, and the challenges of leadership. Governor Wolf reflects on his time in office, emphasizing the importance of integrity, honesty, and competence. They engage in a thought-provoking conversation on DEI policies, meritocracy, race consciousness, carbon emissions, and the need for open and respectful conversations in America. This episode explores the complexity of American values, and the importance of genuine dialogue and leadership in politics.-- 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: 00:00:00 - Introduction and pro-American values discussion 00:02:22 - Governor Tom Wolf welcomed as a guest 00:03:13 - Governor Wolf reflects on his time in office 00:06:30 - Importance of integrity in business and politics 00:08:52 - Governor Wolf's background in business 00:09:25 - Motivations for running for governor 00:11:12 - Diversity and inclusion practices in Wolf's company 00:18:44 - Potential issues with DEI policies 00:22:21 - The importance of honest DEI efforts 00:28:04 - The idea of meritocracy in corporate settings 00:31:49 - Progress made in diversity in the workplace 00:34:11 - Limiting free expression in the workplace 00:38:02 - Addressing inequalities and moving forward 00:41:25 - The essence of the current DEI debate 00:47:26 - Meritocracy and Harvard's perception 00:48:40 - Race consciousness vs. colorblindness in hiring 00:51:30 - NASDAQ's approach to diversity and inclusion 00:53:14 - Not backsliding on DEI in the workforce 00:57:22 - Showing progress and moving forward 01:00:00 - The concept of externalities and carbon emissions 01:03:16 - State governor taking on global issues 01:06:20 - The importance of open and respectful conversation 01:08:58 - Honesty, integrity, and competence in governance 01:10:23 - Standing firm in beliefs rather than playing political games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've frequently said that the dividing line in American politics today is not between Republicans and Democrats, certainly not
0:18.0	between black and white, certainly not the divisions that they would have you believe in this country. I think it has to do with
0:24.8	whether or not you are pro-American or are you anti-American and I think there are strains of both in this country. To me being pro-American means that you believe
0:37.1	in the ideals that set this nation into motion 250 years ago. Do you believe in basic ideas like merit? Free speech and open
0:46.0	debate. Do you believe in the importance of self-governance over aristocracy?
0:50.0	This is part of what it means to be American. Are you willing to stand behind policies that advance those principles?
0:56.0	Or are you, as I think many people in this country, some people in this country increasingly are,
1:02.0	anti-American, insofar as it means that
1:04.6	you're apologizing for the existence of those values unwilling to stand behind
1:10.5	principles that advance those basic even if radical ideas that set our country
1:14.9	into motion two and a half centuries ago.
1:17.9	I think that there are Republicans who stand on the side of apologizing for those values. I think there are a rare few Democrats
1:24.8	and certainly a lot of politically unaffiliated people who will happily advance those ideas too.
1:30.3	I think the partisan distinctions matter less than what do you actually stand for and why do you stand for it?
1:36.4	Do you agree with those values? Great if so we're on the same team and if not great let's have an open conversation about it. I think that's the spirit with which we're
1:43.7	approaching this campaign. And with that in mind, one of the things that I'm aiming to do
1:50.4	with this podcast is not just to bring along a lot of people who facially agree with me on matters of public policy, even
1:56.8	people who pledge affiliation to the same political party that I do.
2:00.7	I'm a Republican running for U.S. President, but I think that if it's really true that we don't believe in these artificial distinctions nearly as much as they'd have us believe,
2:08.0	then we have to be engaging in conversations that go beyond our respective echo chambers.
2:13.0	That's something we're going to regularly do on this podcast,
2:16.1	and we're going to be doing it today.
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