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The Rubin Report

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🗓️ 18 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Vivek Ramaswamy about his book on woke capitalism, “Woke Inc.,” and his new book, “Nation of Victims”; the real reason corporate America got suckered into the social justice movement; why woke corporations are multiplying; how power players like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink are tricking corporations into the ESG scheme; why Vivek created Strive to combat the dangers of stakeholder capitalism; why Millennials and Gen Z have been suckered into victimhood culture; what conservatives get wrong about Big Tech; what Mark Zuckerberg understood about human instincts that made Facebook so successful; why we shouldn’t blame Instagram for the mental health problems afflicting youths; and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Dave Rubin and joining me today is the co-founder of Strive Asset Management, as well
0:12.5	as the author of the brand new book Nation of Victims, Identity Politics, The Death of
0:18.1	Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence, Vivek Ramaswami.
0:22.6	Welcome finally to the Rubin Report.
0:24.6	It's good to talk to you, man.
0:26.1	How are you?
0:27.1	I am doing well. I have wanted to have you on for quite some time.
0:31.2	And then about, I don't know, it was about four or five months ago, I was hosting a Prager
0:36.4	event, you, a Prager, you event in West Palm, and you were one of the keynote speakers.
0:42.8	And you actually blew me away.
0:44.5	You're a phenomenal public speaker, great way of connecting with the audience, talking
0:48.5	about all the things that I'm always yammering on about.
0:51.5	So that's what I want to dive into on the show today.
0:54.9	But before we get into business and why you're doing this in the book, give me a little
0:59.8	Vivek 101, little backstory of little Vivek and what got him to be this power player in
1:05.6	business and culture.
1:07.4	Yeah, I don't know.
1:08.4	I kept promise all the answers, but I can tell you a little bit about my story.
1:12.4	I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1:14.7	My parents were immigrants from India.
1:17.3	My dad came over in the late 70s.
1:19.8	My mom in the early 80s.
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