How to fix government | Vivek Ramaswamy and Lex Fridman

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@LexClips Ай бұрын

Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2m0nJJplpifi9k Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: lexfridman.com/sponsors/cv7985-sa See below for guest bio, links, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *GUEST BIO:* Vivek Ramaswamy is a conservative politician, entrepreneur, and author of many books on politics, including his latest titled Truths: The Future of America First. *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: lexfridman.com/contact *EPISODE LINKS:* Truths (new book): amzn.to/3XPgZJF Vivek's X: x.com/VivekGRamaswamy Vivek's KZbin: youtube.com/@VivekGRamaswamy Vivek's Instagram: instagram.com/vivekgramaswamy Vivek's Facebook: facebook.com/VivekGRamaswamy Vivek's Rumble: rumble.com/VivekRamaswamy Vivek's LinkedIn: bit.ly/4e5g0uv Vivek's other books: Woke, Inc.: amzn.to/4eqiDqs Nation of Victims: amzn.to/3Tu4259 Capitalist Punishment: amzn.to/3XOwi5c *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *Saily:* An eSIM for international travel. Go to lexfridman.com/s/saily-cv7985-sa *BetterHelp:* Online therapy and counseling. Go to lexfridman.com/s/betterhelp-cv7985-sa *NetSuite:* Business management software. Go to lexfridman.com/s/netsuite-cv7985-sa *Ground News:* Unbiased news source. Go to lexfridman.com/s/ground_news-cv7985-sa *Eight Sleep:* Temp-controlled smart mattress. Go to lexfridman.com/s/eight_sleep-cv7985-sa *PODCAST LINKS:* - Podcast Website: lexfridman.com/podcast - Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2lwqZIr - Spotify: spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 - RSS: lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ - Podcast Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 - Clips Channel: kzbin.info *SOCIAL LINKS:* - X: x.com/lexfridman - Instagram: instagram.com/lexfridman - TikTok: tiktok.com/@lexfridman - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: facebook.com/lexfridman - Patreon: patreon.com/lexfridman - Telegram: t.me/lexfridman - Reddit: reddit.com/r/lexfridman

@dudemcguy9595 Ай бұрын

No joke, a lot of bureaucrats could be replaced by a magic 8 ball, and you wouldn’t notice a difference in performance.

@rufussweeneymd Ай бұрын

Can confirm that, as a physician, the VA system is basically Parks and Rec. 80% are apathetic, 10% are antagonistic (Ron Swanson types), and 10% are amazing Leslie Knope types.

@mikehale1792 Ай бұрын

Same in large corporations. Our culture better make an adjustment before we collapse from the inefficient weight of out waste

@mikehale1792 Ай бұрын

I understand and like Vivek a lot more after listening to him on this podcast.. Good job Lex. Thank God for this medium otherwise the filters of society would never give anyone the time to explain their positions, thoughts and the values that formed them.

@marshallkobe Ай бұрын

Someone read Atlas Shrugged too many times. “If they would just get out of the way we could innovate”. Just ask the people who live near a fracking site and can light their well water on fire how that works out. And that’s even with his “wet blanket” of regulation.

@coreyw2124 Ай бұрын

I work at mid level job at a bank. The only reason I do my job for the money. The only reason anyone I know who does there job around me is for the money. This isn’t a passion project or my own business. This is a job. If the next guy offers my 5% more I’m taking that job. That’s reality. Vivek hasn’t worked as an employee enough to understand that.

@Sirrajj Ай бұрын

I recently saw video explaining how wealthy areas are directing huge funds to their schools & most of poor area schools are in bad conditions because of lack of funds, so there's still a mission for DOE, it's not efficient enough we should work towards making these institutions more efficient instead of completely abandoning them leaving poor unprivileged citizens to fend for themselves

@malcolm777b Ай бұрын

I worked for the federal government, DOD employee. The mission statement of the division I worked in was ALWAYS crystal clear. My suspicion is Vivek has a picture in his head that is not in line with reality.

@EliteClinicalResearch Ай бұрын

We need government to protect against the overrule of capitalism. If you think what is in our food now is bad just imagine after you start deregulating. If you thought the vaccine or medicines are bad, imagine how much worse they would be without any regulation.

@willieb.hardigan5780 Ай бұрын

No we don’t. In this day and age individual citizens have the power of instant communication, publishing, and speech to power in the palm of our hands. Unscrupulous companies will have to self correct in order to survive. The government give them protection now through corruption.

@alb4271 Ай бұрын

You would be right if there wasn’t corruption or privatize Monopoly

@chsims12 Ай бұрын

It would be nice if this was right

@winterfreshification Ай бұрын

Vivek truly needs to run in 2028

@garnetmasenda3232 Ай бұрын

The language 'send them home packing' shows how cruel and ruthless Vivek is. He doesn't care about the people losing jobs. Millions of people, go home, you're unemployed. That's his proposal.

@kaushikinazuma3053 Ай бұрын

When this government worker don't help the society you cry .

@JustinKCassidy Ай бұрын

He says wiping off 75% of federal workforce will lead to economic boom. Perhaps in long term. But short term you’ve just laid off over 1.5% of the federal workforce. You’re looking at an increase in unemployment spending followed by wage decreases as a result of increased labor supply. That stuff sounds cute on a podcast, but is half baked at best

@ShounenN Ай бұрын

Argentina is the literal proof of concept for this exact thing and showing the exact opposite effect of what you are saying.. When you talk about wiping 75%, it is not an important part..it is the part of the government that serves no actual purpose but to spend money for nothing, achieving nothing..unnecessary waste

@chsims12 Ай бұрын

Someone who sees the surface

@jonathanjones7751 Ай бұрын

They’ll be paying out severance on employees for about a year following that. Presumably it would be staggered. Now that would be a disaster but when the labor market gets itself together again it’ll be fine.

@Sirrajj Ай бұрын

Another politician arguing for further disarming & hollowing of govt for the good of "business" whose business? Definitely not yours cause you're just a employee who doesn't work for money but just to do more for the company & retire but oh wait you'll not get social security cause that's just too much bloat for govt

@chsims12 Ай бұрын

I wished the math worked out that way.

@frankportart8001 Ай бұрын

I would not work for any organization that would fire people as the guy described

@djjefferson4200 Ай бұрын

“How to fix the government”. Remember, the government doesn’t exist, but belief in it may. Also remember, you are dreaming rn. ❤️

@NoobRideseMTB Ай бұрын

Why does libertarianism sound just as pie in the sky as communism? Just as I try to imagine where communism ends up - I find it good theory to imagine where we would be if a libertarian mindset ruled until now… Also, and maybe a better rounded way of analysing; is that they are almost exclusively deconstructionist - offering solutions to problems that would never be so expansive had the old capitalist system never existed. Imagine an alternate reality, where: No capitalism = Communism would likely not have made a diary entry. Something far worse would be the normative system? No classic liberalism = Libertarianism would have withered under individualist hubris. And most likely resort to plugging gaping holes with a similar kind of tyranny that communists adopted? Mixed governance keeps the common good of all men in the public conscience? And the net benefit is foundational flourishing floats to the top. No matter the broken state of the system, it can always have new rules to break the calcification. Do away with all the rules, that made things so big they need fixing, is just trouble 101..?

@Sirrajj Ай бұрын

Most of America's problems can be traced back to unending corporate greed politicians are lobbied by them & cause of that institutions like department of H or FTC (who by the way doesn't need to raise ton of corporate money for election funding to get hired & are selected on their merit) don't have enough power to do their job effectively

@karin4942 Ай бұрын

The congress is the problem. Majority of the people who work at the bottom of the government are regular people like all of us. The problem is we are dealing with a small number of crooked people at the top. Getting rid the entire government and only leave the crooked at the top is a bad solution.

@morningsidedrive Ай бұрын

Send 75% of civil servants home. Who will manage Social Security and Medicare funding, which is what keeps people alive? Elected officials in Congress won't like that.

@GuyDownTheSt Ай бұрын

SS keeps people alive????

@marshallkobe Ай бұрын

@@GuyDownTheStpretty much.

@Lootalot Ай бұрын

If they would’ve put Vivek in I would’ve immediately registered as republican and voted in that direction. Those organizing the elections are so out of touch with the people to put Trump in again.

@HankSemoreButz Ай бұрын

Disagree

@ShounenN Ай бұрын

You are on the wrong side of history brother and you will literally realize this sooner or later.

@kynismos Ай бұрын

The Founding Fathers were isolationists. They never wanted and feared an empire or a strong federal government.

@enginerunsable Ай бұрын

7:47 do more for more money. Money is the motivation do not undermine that fact. Once a person has the needs to self sustain (and a little more) then the need to “do more” comes into play.

@1isaM111er 2 күн бұрын

Welcome to the Tea Party!

@mikehale1792 Ай бұрын

Task Force idea is legit, wicked smart. There is always another problem within gov to solve, instead of losing their job just jump to another task force.

@Dreams_of_Halcyon Ай бұрын

This guy wants to fire people based on social security number? 😂

@dbatteries1 Ай бұрын

Its one way of doing randomization

@Dreams_of_Halcyon Ай бұрын

@@dbatteries1 So lazy. How about putting some thought into the problem? It wouldnt be hard to figure out which departments are less productive per dollar than others. But cutting that much isnt realistic anyway sonits all just talk.

@marshallkobe Ай бұрын

@@Dreams_of_Halcyoni don’t agree with him but he is probably right if you want to avoid lawsuits.

@jivananda108 Ай бұрын

Vivek is the most well spoken man in American politics right now

@sorrow_Sam Ай бұрын

Problem is, it doesn't matter because he's still extremely wrong.

@sammen89 Ай бұрын

@@sorrow_SamNothing wrong with wanting to keep more of your money. Nothing wrong with staying out of foreign conflicts and focus those resources here in America.

@marshallkobe Ай бұрын

@@sammen89that’s the rub, all those idiots who claim that we don’t spend it here never put forth bills that would spend it here. If they stopped foreign aid tomorrow they would tell you to pull up your bootstraps.

@juanggtube Ай бұрын

He likes the sound of his voice…😂

@HankSemoreButz Ай бұрын

And so do many others…😮

@jonathanlee4571 Ай бұрын

an unpleasant version of Andrew Yang

@timothyjjcrow Ай бұрын

This guys is such a grifter it’s crazy.

@kevinkanzler495 Ай бұрын

He crushes standard bull shit arguments because he's generally informed on the subjects he speaks on. He'd crush yours too if you cared to make one. But you didn't make one. If youre capable of making a specific argument or claim that isn't plain ad-hominem.. Id be happy to respond from a similar perspective

@jamesnguyen7385 Ай бұрын

@@kevinkanzler495”he’s a grifter” is the default response for anyone who doesn’t bend the knee to the Democratic Party.

@worldturt Ай бұрын

Vivek is THE grifter. The most uncanny corporate man in America?

@fredjacobs3074 Ай бұрын

@@jamesnguyen7385 Not a Democrat, I actually hate that party and it's clear to me Vivek is extremely phony. Intelligent, yes. Knows the right things to say, yes. But comes across as incredibly fake in a way where he is extremely untrustworthy.

@jamesnguyen7385 Ай бұрын

@@fredjacobs3074 fair enough, he does seem to have a “snake oil salesmen” vibe when he’s talking. But that alone doesn’t disqualify his opinions.

@bskinny9009 Ай бұрын

I can't believe people look at Vivek as an honest actor.

@kevinkanzler495 Ай бұрын

The question isn't how to find some perfectly honest actor at this moment. It doesn't exist. Its how to find someone strong and consistent enough to fight as many of the crucial fights as possible. He's clearly beholden to less entrenched interests than any of the primary candidates for either party. He's got the balls to say real shit and has been consistently saying it

@bskinny9009 Ай бұрын

@@kevinkanzler495 Ha, he wrote a book where he called out trump.for Jan.6. Now he totally backtracked because he wants a job in his adminstration.

@jamesnguyen7385 Ай бұрын

@@bskinny9009He was able to change his mind once he did further research? Commendable

@jjwalker8682 Ай бұрын

Hahahah hes Thanos

@John-tx5or Ай бұрын

GREED... is BAD. Fkn FG.

@ryanmcclary7034 Ай бұрын

This guy been drinking brain juice his whole life

@taffiejosh Ай бұрын

It amazes me how anyone can think that the US is the greatest country on earth. I have traveled all over the globe, and by far, the US had to be the worst western country I have ever experienced. LA and New York were absolute filth holes. Disgustingly dirty and there isn't homelessness like that anywhere else in a developed country.... The vast majority of people I met were incredibly ignorant to anything else that wasn't in their own bubble, and so incredibly stupid compared to other nations. I have never felt more unsafe anywhere else in the world. I can only assume that the people who think that the US is the greatest country in the world are the 0.5% who have made a lot of money, and don't live like the vast majority of society.... And those that are too ignorant that they don't know any better. The greatest nation in the world, shouldn't be the most hated nation in the world. It hold power due to manipulating global trade transactions and owes half the global debt yet spends more than all countries combined on military. In a non fraudulent system, the US would have gone bankrupt decades ago, and hundred dollar bills should be as valuable as toilet paper. The rest of the world is trying to become the greatest world in history, and it's a big stupid bully that is holding it back.