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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of the book "America's Cultural Revolution: How The Radical Left Conquered Everything." They discuss how the ideologies of the radical left, such as critical race theory and radical gender ideology, have infiltrated and conquered various institutions in the United States. Rufo explains how he got involved in fighting against these ideologies and the importance of understanding their history and impact. They also touch on topics such as affirmative action, the role of corporations in pushing woke culture, the need for a substantive debate on culture and values; and much more.

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0:00.0	I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute
0:12.0	and author of the brand new book, America's Cultural Revolution, How the Radical Left
0:18.1	Conquered Everything.
0:19.7	Chris Rufo, my friend, welcome back to the Rubin Report.
0:23.7	It's great to be with you.
0:25.9	Chris, did they conquer everything?
0:29.1	Chris?
0:30.1	Yeah, I mean, obviously there's a little bit of fun and hyperbole.
0:34.8	Certainly they haven't conquered your studio or my studio, even though they might be banging
0:38.8	down the door at any minute.
0:40.9	But in all seriousness, they really did.
0:43.2	I mean, I think that's what we really learned in 2020.
0:46.3	All of a sudden, people looked around and they saw that all of their institutions had
0:50.0	been conquered by the ideologies of the left, whether it's critical race theory, radical
0:54.5	gender ideology, so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion.
0:58.3	All of our private companies were really riding that BLM line and so many Americans looked
1:03.8	around and said, well, what happened?
1:05.7	How did this suddenly occur that all of these neo-Marxist ideologies seem to be at the
1:10.8	forefront of all of our institutions?
1:12.5	And the reason I wrote this book was to answer that question and to dig deep into the history,
1:17.9	going back more than a half century, explaining how this happened, what is going on with our
1:23.2	institutions and how we can fight back?
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