Will MAGA become libertarian, nationalist, or both? | Vivek Ramaswamy | Just Asking Questions, Ep 34

[@quietus13]

Vivek is my avatar in modern American politics. I'm middle aged and he's the first political actor in my life that I feel enthusiastic about. I hope he can do well in the future, we will all benefit from his advocacy of our founding principles!

[@SirBlackReeds]

Stop allowing yourself to get conned. The fact that he seriously put forward creating an NRA chapter in Taiwan shows that he cares more about clicks and views than good policy.

[@quietus13]

@@SirBlackReeds his foreign policy does leave a little to be desired, but I can live with that. His protection of liberties and reigning in the state leviathan is huge, however. I would take that domestic platform over Trumpian and especially democrat foreign policy any day.

[@RiceBombzz]

No more masters

[@bperez8656]

I love how you call them actors

[@bullbutter9699]

Very Tan , he must come from the Sun Belt.

[@bmgmusa07]

This was actually a well done interview. Vivek does know how to layout his ideas and thoughts in a very clean and blunt manner.

[@SirBlackReeds]

That's why you should approach him with skepticism. He still hasn't copped up to the fact that he made millions off of a pump-and-dump scheme. That interview is still up on CNBC. Watch it.

[@HistoryNerd8765]

I wouldn't quite call his presentation "blunt," but it's definitely direct. Kind of refreshing.

[@georgelstuart]

I didn't know it was possible to like Vivek more than I already did. I would fight for the principles he is describing.

[@RegularSizeRick]

@@ajm-wu6wdtrump Vance 2024 then Vance Vivek 2028

[@SirBlackReeds]

He's vapid. He's just saying what he thinks will get Libertarians to vote for Trump. He still hasn't copped up to the fact that he got his foot in the door by arguing in favor of human-chimera hybrids. Nor has he admitted that Trump's administration has never been transparent on Niger.

[@rickierich4269]

​@@RegularSizeRickVivek/Vance would be better

[@josephrohland5604]

@@rickierich4269 Massie/Vivek 2028

[@stanleyshannon4408]

He would be met with even more resistance then Trump and with fewer allies

[@readwatchlisten2863]

I might be able to get behind a "Libertarian in one nation" as a stepping stone.

[@mrt094]

God as when I hear my Libertarians talk about things like open borders and this fantasy of this Libertarian world you guys sound as utopian as the Communist. And this is coming from someone who considers himself a right leaning libertarian.

[@thelookanchannel2560]

Kennedy 2024!

[@sulimanthemagnificent4893]

Reminds me of “socialism in one country” but instead “libertarianism in one country”

[@JP-ec9rl]

If they'd just teach and educate the Bill of Rights in the schools, our society would gravitate naturally towards a libertarian culture. They don't for a reason. They turn it into a brainwashed elitist cult in law school for a reason.

[@LibertarianLatina]

Same

[@libertyaboveall5960]

Love Vivek. I hope he becomes a staple of the right for next few decades

[@bullbutter9699]

Is he President of India?

[@jasonmarch1983]

Hopefully we will see this guy next presidential election

[@sully_n_dubs]

Vivek is easily the most thoughtful puiblic figure in my lifetime. IMO, leaders like Vivek and Thomas Massie are the future of this country.

[@barfo281]

Vivek is a weasel, Massie has integrity and actually believes the things he says.

[@araaraaura1887]

​@@barfo281What makes you think that?

[@barfo281]

@@araaraaura1887 Massie's record is proof. Vivian was an Obama supporter until recently. He's a lifetime leftist, just like RINO Trump. He's not a leader, he's a charlatan.

[@Melikebutter]

​@@araaraaura1887 Vivek is a failed politician 🤯 and only leads a pack of lost MAGA Hindus 😢

[@bharatdahya776]

@@barfo281Give proof for your claims. Convince us why Vivek should be regarded a “weasel” - or keep your opinions to yourself.

[@KennewickMan1954]

I agree with Vivek, however tariffs are part of a useful tool box to be used to ensure fair trade. We are victimized by other nations using slave labor, child labor, etc., to obtain a trade advantage. We need to balance the scale of international trade by using tariffs to maintain the necessary balance. Their use is not to reward or punish, but to obtain fairness.

[@vivienneoke]

Very sensible man, this Vivek

[@torikazuki8701]

One of the best things Vivek said during this interview (and, as a 53-Year-Old, White Male, with a lineage going back to the early 1800's, agree completely with,) is that America is Unique(?) as a Country FOUNDED by Ideals and UNITED by Ideals. Other than God, what higher Mental/Emotional/Spiritual aspiration IS there? Our minds, not just our Brains, our MINDS, are a gift and to push them to the limit, to try and use them for the most difficult, but most valuable function to which they can aspire, is the best way to honor that gift, and the One who gave it to us. So to have a Nation founded on that concept, means so much MORE than claiming a location because of an accident of birth. It honors everyone as an individual, it honors our collective desire for that and it honors the legacy of those who came before, who had the same aspiration. While 'American Exceptionalism' has certainly been used in a very arrogant sense (and let's call a spade a spade- many times for flat-out Evil), I want to reclaim that. I want America to be exceptional, not because of any inherent, unearned trait, but because it is a nation of people who ASPIRE to BE Exceptional.

[@chriflu]

As a Swiss-Austrian dual citizen with family in the US and in Taiwan, I wanted to commend you on the question mark you put after the word "unique". I do admire the US for being a country founded on values rather than, as you so aptly put it, the "accident of birth". I agree that this model of nationhood is quite rare in today's world, but it is not unique to the US. In fact, the American founding fathers studied the Swiss model quite extensively - i.e. the model of a sense of belonging not founded on language (we have four national languages with just 9 million inhabitants) or confession (we have, since the Reformation, been quite evenly split between Protestants and Catholics with only a very slight advantage for us Protestants), but on the firm resolution to uphold liberty, self-rule, direct democracy and economic freedom, ever since our ancestors made their famous oath of independence in 1291. Now, in the case of Switzerland and the US, it might also have been a lucky historical accident that our sense of nationhood is not founded on a "blood and soil" or "accident of birth" ideology because the "dates of birth" of our nations predate the modern concept of "blood and soil" nationalism, which was a brainchild of the 19th century. However, I see a similar idea of nationhood emerge in modern-day Taiwan - where, regardless whether they feel culturally Chinese, Taiwanese, aboriginal, Japanese or whatever, one People stands together to defend liberty, democracy, the rule of law, and its God-given right to freedom and the pursuit of happiness. In conclusion, while I think that nations that are founded on common aspirations rather than culture, language, ethnicity, you name it, are, in a way, exceptional and superior, I don't think that the US is the only one.

[@ChristopherWanha]

Please identify your gonads, gonad orientation, and color of ball hair before answering. Otherwise you don't belong in 2024.

[@johammy]

Well stated. This starts in schools.

[@torikazuki8701]

@@johammy I would argue it starts in the Home, but certainly as some part of a Civics course, that would work as well. But as the past decade (actually, well over the last 100 years), academia is very open to infiltration and manipulation, so it should not be the primary means.

[@theOgaMike]

I agree 100%

[@Bob-cx4ze]

The outcome most want for the anger is JUSTICE. For those who violated the law on the left, they must face justice. We can NOT just walk away and say "what's done is done." We owe our future generations that lesson.

[@radiofreealbemuth]

Vivek would've been the best insurance policy for trump. And we need someone charismatic and revolutionary like Vivek to turn around our morale and culture

[@garykcarpenter]

In my opinion, Trump should have picked Vivek for VP

[@noneofyourbeezwax7284]

He’s so good. Man I wish Trump had named him Vice Prez.

[@skidmoda]

He will be involved in some way. Hoping foe a 2028 Vivek ticket

[@mrtruthandfactst832]

​@@skidmodaHe will be big in 2028 presidential race ..him and Candace owens ..would be huge..

[@fadedglory1045]

I have a feeling he wouldn't have wanted to be second fiddle. He is a leader. I think Trump asked.

[@payleryder45]

Maybe you guys shouldn't have pretended that "free trade" means trading with trade partners which have tariffs and state-supported industry.

[@denroy3]

They are liars, plain and simple. Free Trade has been a fraud...it's ruined the bottom half of this country...and these people turn my stomach by not acknowledging it. Top 20% now control 80% of American wealth. That's the system these people promote.

[@bbgun061]

Good point. Why has manufacturing left the USA? Because it’s expensive to manufacture in the USA. Why is it so expensive to manufacture anything here? Because our regulations uphold human rights and environmental protection. First we should eliminate every unnecessary regulation. Then we should score every other country on their regulations (including their tariffs and subsidies) and apply a tariff equal to the discount that they enjoy by not being subject to our rules.

[@hamsterg0d]

@@bbgun061 Applying tariffs in retaliation simply hinders exports even more. Learn trade mechanics.

[@Seaby41]

​@@bbgun061I'd generally agree with that. Some countries shouldn't be traded with at all

[@robertewalt7789]

In the 1990’s, the thinking was, international trade will bring better understanding of foreign cultures, and they will better understand us. And maybe move to more democracy, openness in government. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.

[@MillerFam14]

Deleting 9 minutes of an interview/debate seems very shady! Should've included it and given warning if there were so called technical issues.

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

💯

[@yboldt14]

@valcaron In an alternate timeline, Reason hasn't wrecked its reputation and could be trusted when stuff like this happens.

[@horserage]

@@yboldt14 When did they wreck their reputation? Not concern trolling, genuinely curious.

[@seanv5306]

@@horserage same here. also would like to know

[@Watcher4187]

Release the Snyder cut!

[@shiniquayakaachmiff6898]

I could’ve used another full hour of this. This was awesome!

[@jamesburke5839]

I think most MAGA want a traditional Constitutional Government based on our laws.

[@Thereminator101]

I'm glad that Vivek repeatedly pointed out that America is in itself, a reflection of the ideas in Our Constitution and Declaration of Independence...Not a Tribalist allegiance or a loyalty test thereof. I would've liked to hear him actually say that the idea is Individualism...an idea uniquely American and much more important than Democratic rule(an agent of change, good or bad). "The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power." _- Ayn Rand

[@hydra7427]

A big problem with libertarianism I’ve seen is they only care if the government is oppressing you, rather than being against oppression in general.

[@sanniepstein4835]

Anyone who claims to solve all problems is a fraud.

[@hydra7427]

@@sanniepstein4835 Nobody is saying to solve all problems. All anyone is saying is that maybe an overly powerful corporation is no different than an overly powerful government. Like, say, Google for example.

[@5050TM]

​@@hydra7427 Fair points.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@hydra7427 The biggest corporations are part of the government, or colluding with it. Ordinary successful, truly private corporations cannot be as bad as an oppressive state, because they don't have the police and military at their command.

[@hydra7427]

@@sanniepstein4835 Completely wrong. A common trend now for corporations is to use private security and terms of service that lock you into arbitration in order to take away your rights and seize all coercive power for themselves. And libertarians are fine with this because "at least its not the government :^)" Just look at the recent news that Disney is arguing that a TOS signed for its streaming service invalidates a wrongful death lawsuit at one of their parks, because the TOS locks you into arbitration. That's undeniably WORSE than any government, because at least a government will allow you a trial instead of just saying "sorry you signed this paper, we win, looks like you owe us instead".

[@syruptishuss]

Libertarians may be patriotic and love their country, but they don’t confuse the country with the state, and don’t typically favor loyalty tests. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution don’t define what it means to be an American; they define the philosophical and contractual limits under which the people consent to be governed. If the government of the state fails to uphold and protect those limits, libertarians might consider the government to be in breach of the social contract. Contracts that are repeatedly breached without remedy are in danger of being rendered void.

[@JackVz]

You mean the guys that explicitly say "we the people and our posterity"?

[@thelookanchannel2560]

Kennedy 2024!

[@willard39]

Liz brings up a good point. I too am frustrated with some of the things coming out of the left. My biggest fears are that, as always, the pendulum comes back the other way, but while I'd like to see it back in the center again, I'm afraid it will go just as far to the right as it seemed to go to the left. Having come from center-left and finding myself suddenly to the right in 2016 like many people in my situation (I think Bill Maher has shared the same experience), I don't want to be suddenly thrust back to the left purely because I don't agree with every plank in the right's platform. The side that stops this postmodernist characterization of everything as either this or that with no exceptions, and holds the door open for dissenting opinions will always be the side I lean to. In my experience, those on the right have been more welcoming to that dynamic than the left, which has been, surprisingly exclusive since 2016.

[@JP-ec9rl]

I'm libertarian at heart but most libertarians are blissfully unaware that their ideals require them to carry a gun and enforce them with a degree of nationalism. Most libertarians have an unrealistic perspective of foreign policy.

[@RT-xj7el]

Vivek is the best in interview formats. Puzzling why he throws this out the door in debates. I hope he is much better in future debates. We need him in politics.

[@Reckless3057]

Vivek is the best messenger of our generation.

[@barfo281]

You're gullible.

[@juancuelloespinosa]

19:05 I'm from dominican republic, and at least in that case, it's not something we do that lets us have dual citizenship. the other country just sort of... Ignores that we pledged allegiance to another state. it's almost like they say "lalalala I can't hear you!" 😆 I was well aware of the oath I made at my naturalization, even as a teenager. I even stopped the process and asked the naturalization officer why my pledge is saying I denounce my dominican citizenship, since I always heard you kept both. He just responded "oh, don't worry about that". I just shrugged and said ok

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

@@juancuelloespinosa, BOTH governments are illegitimate anyhow. Respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations, caused by poor breeding strategies. 🤡 To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who exhibit leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, gynocentrism, socialism, multiculturalism, transvestism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@JackVz]

you wont hear anything from us if you renounce citizenship either

[@juancuelloespinosa]

@@JackVz what country are you referring to?

[@alesh2275]

I’m 98% for Vivek. The part I disagree with is on double citizenship: I have nothing against it. However, I am in favor of laws and procedures for stripping someone of us American citizenship if he or she has acted in a way that actively damages the interests of the US. Now that’s a big debate when it comes to the details, it once big picture, these are the ideas I am supporting.

[@juancuelloespinosa]

@@alesh2275 I'm pretty certain of you do something heinous enough, they can strip you off your citizenship, at least if you're naturalized

[@kunalseth6437]

Vivek 👍

[@cimmerian_savage9736]

I don't argree that Americans don’t have a blood and soil connection to the land, the Angelo's who founded America fought many bloody wars on are soil, i wouldn't be here if my pioneering ancestors didn't give their blood and sweat.

[@troy3456789]

Can you imagine what would happen in Afghanistan if Afghan nationalism started to win over the theocrats? It would be wonderful! Why would nationalism be wonderful for African countries, but horrible for the USA? Nationalism has zero to do with fascism. It means you love your country and want to showcase it to the world.

[@SirBlackReeds]

The theocrats are nationalists. Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't most nationalist movements in the US been ethnonationalists? There's also the fact that in spite of describing America as a nation, our country has acted more like an empire for much of its history. Heck, there's a reason why Vivek doesn't want to talk about the Mexican-American War.

[@troy3456789]

@@SirBlackReeds I spent over a year in Afghanistan. It is tribalism on steroids. It's exactly what the Democrats are doing to the USA right now, instead of uniting everyone under one flag as Americans. My wife was not born in the USA, but she proudly left her country behind to become an American citizen. You should come to a American citizenship ceremony so you can see what one is like. No, theocracy is not nationalism. When I was there, there was a very small group of Afghan nationalists that put their country before their religion. They're probably all dead now.

[@knaraya936]

With all due respect, I think that these kinds of discussions are really kids stuff - I don't mean that as an insult. Its useful to have these discussions, but we have to go way beyond this if we ever have to be able to define and implement a Government Framework based on libertarian and nationalist ideals. If libertarians and nationalists do not do this, then there is an army of neo-liberals/socialists/communists/marxists who will do it for them. So what we have had since 1865 is some hodge-podge of government frameworks in which socialists have had a field day. This is a very deep topic, so I will stop this thread as of now.

[@Sapwolf]

People...there is nothing inherently contradictory between nationalism vs libertarianism. Nationalism is at one end of an axis with Globalism on the other. Libertarianism is on an axis of individual freedom at one extreme vs totalitarianism on the other. You can be a Globalist but still libertarian, although it does not mesh well because Globalism takes very high amounts of top-down control as opposed to Nationalism where if it goes totalitarian it is within a country's borders. What we need is ORDERED LIBERTY. Think Kirk the conservative, who was very NOT fond of libertarians, and yet a right of center new red republic will be more open to libertarians, with limits on social libertarians to preserve the main unit of civilization, the family, along with individuals as opposed to the top-down powerful state. To Libertarians: lightly regulated selfishness will NEVER NEVER NEVER be able to take on evil, powerful, coordinated, hate-filled dialectic totalitarianism. Conservatives and those of the Nationalist bent will be the core of the rebellion and reform of the USA. It would be nice if we had help from libertarians in this struggle. Hopefully, it will be peaceful and over the next few years the discussion of an amiable split can get started.

[@AnthonyJones-px6ve]

Libertarian is what we need

[@chadofamerica]

Libertarianism is how we got here

[@governordog]

we need both

[@kkhunt7]

National Socialism without racism.

[@thelookanchannel2560]

Kennedy 2024!

[@kerwinbrown4180]

Not the branch that cucks to corpotism.

[@PatriciaAlden]

MAGA WE ARE ALL PROUD AMERICAN! NO SEPARATIONS! NO DIVISIONS!

[@MirandaMassoo-ks5nt]

Love Vivek ! He’s going to be president in 2028!

[@shana4836]

Well said Vivek, Impressive! l really enjoyed listening to you guys... pleasant conversation! Ann Coulter couldn't answer what it means to be an American when asked. What a shame!

[@muralinarasimhan3863]

There is saying here in India which says that elephants have 2 teeth… one to show to the world and one to eat with.. the tusk which are shown to the world are magnificent.. You may choose to apply this analogy to all hypocrites like the American politician, the white man who says something for public consumption etc . You get the most homogeneous group together , they will find reasons to divide themselves!!

[@muralinarasimhan3863]

I have seen this attitude amongst my own relatives who are in USA who are dime a dozen

[@codymayak3920]

Wow refreshing in depth coverage and analysis from intelligent people discussing what actually matters. I’m subscribing to this channel and strongly support more of this.

[@honestcomments8053]

Love Vivek. Our future president!

[@honestcomments8053]

You also have to remember most of these educated legal immigrants are sought by America. They come to USA because America needs their talent and help to make progress....and because America invited them....otherwise America wouldn't be able to compete in international level without these immigrant scientists and program coders. America simply doesn't have talents or we simply do not want to work hard...because let's face it...it takes hard work to do some of these jobs done by legal immigrants.....not to mention sacrifice.

[@cimmerian_savage9736]

Their are plenty of intelligent American people, the problem is the government puts more resources towards these foreigners instead of cultivating Americans.

[@eagleclaw1179]

Nationalism Make America great , you would think is good enough to let that be known

[@toscanointeriors7082]

Love, love, LOVE Vivek!!!

[@ashanvhsk]

what an absolutely brilliant conversation to listen to, I feel enlightened everytime after I listen to Vivek and also I admire and respect a person who can handle another person for saying what Ann Coulter said and not bring more identity politics into it,infact what Ann said didn't seen to affect Vivek at all. That is brave and admirable and that is how a mature adult ought to be and if people were more like most of the western nations wouldn't fighting within itself between citizens over hurt feelings based on any of the so called protected characteristics!

[@logicking3765]

I used to think I was a libertarian until I realized the idea is just as unrealistic as the progressive liberal. This is why I am a conservative.

[@ianmcgeehan4627]

Libertarianism works.. if you don't have all the other ideologies trying to destroy you because basically they just want power and control and that is diametrically opposed to libertarianism

[@Remainsofaruineddeadcursed-d7t]

How realistic is it to believe Republicans will stop or turn back progressive policies? Because history has shown this never ever happens in American politics. Conservatives have taken nothing but loss after loss after loss. How is that repeal of the department of education? How about that repeal of obamacare? That never happened huh? Yea, it's because thinking conservatives thinking conservatives will cut spending, reduce debt or stop progressive schemes is about as realistic as thinking the libertarians will win the oval office. They have the same track record. You think conservatives can succeed because their voices are more in the mainstream, but the history of their failures is just as bad as libertarians. Except your track record is longer. At least libertarians haven't had power? What's conservatives excuse for not doing anything conservative in office? What legacy do they have? Wars, torture and spying? Things fundamentally anti American and thus anti conservative. That's what the conservative legacy really is in this country. Blowhards with nothing to show for it but failure and caving in to progressive demands. What realistic option to save the country it is huh? It's definitely not part of their tradition

[@McCarthy1776]

libertarian and conservative aren't contradictory terms. There are conservative libertarians and progressive libertarians. There's also authoritarian conservatives and authoritarian progressives.

[@agaperion]

The question is: What are you conserving? If the answer is something along the lines of 'American values' then that's liberalism - which Americans have come to call libertarianism because the term liberal was hijacked by statist progressives. The people Americans call liberals are actually not merely illiberal but many are in fact anti-liberal. Similarly, MAGA aren't conservatives; They're reactionary populists. At the moment, the real conservative position in the USA is liberalism. We who love freedom can either fight to reclaim the term liberal or accept the term libertarian. Those are the options.

[@logicking3765]

@@agaperion conserving what has always worked instead of what sounds good in terms of policy to foster a functioning society in which everyone has an equal and fair chance to succeed. Also, conservatism is not anti-change, but we prefer to take things slowly unlike the progressive because society needs to experiment with new ideas. Taking time will ensure the most organic way to accept changes (or reject the changes), while progressive prefers the compulsory changes enforced by the government which oftentimes leads to disasters.

[@mikebower9795]

"Blood and Soil" was crushed in Germany in 1945 and look at Germany today not to mention the rest of the European world.

[@audreelebdjiri727]

It looks to me like the days of thoughtful dialogue on the right ship has sailed, gone round the Straits of Magellan and gone round again.

[@Christmas-dg5xc]

Why cut out 9 minutes when you can simply add a disclaimer?

[@bozimmerman]

She said it was 9 minutes of unintelligibility. In their place, I wouldn't have put out the video at all and tried to schedule another interview. Instead, they gave us what they got.

[@Christmas-dg5xc]

@@bozimmerman "difficult to discern" were her words (and we can't be the judge of that?), and they obviously did not give us what they got.

[@clemonsx90]

@@bozimmerman You expect me to believe that Vivek Ramiswamy was unintelligible for 9 minutes?

[@elimarshall1497]

@@clemonsx90 He does tend to be a little over explanatory especially as someone that's been following him for a while and you've heard him answer the same questions multiple times.

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

3:40 Oh?? nation: a population, normally residing in the same geographic region, in which most all the citizens share a common race, religion, language, and culture. This word is VERY often used erroneously in the stead of the term “country”. Therefore, it is highly suggested that one refer to the Glossary entry under “country”, in order to understand the distinction between a “country” and a “nation”. Unfortunately, an enormous percentage of the population has been indoctrinated by leftists to regard NATIONALISM as a malevolent ideology, when in fact, the adherence to a nationalistic framework is beneficial to both the citizenry of a nation and to the world as a whole. Multicultural societies are constantly fraught with conflicts, due to the incompatibility of competing ideologies and practices. Imagine, if you will, that the million most conservative men from an Islamic nation in Middle-east Asia, such as Afghanistan, and the million most feministic women from a liberal country like Canada, were taken to some barren island and asked to establish a new civilization. How harmonious and prosperous do you believe such a mismatch of persons would be? TOTALLY discordant! Furthermore, a variety of national identities is intrinsically beneficial, for nobody would want to travel to another nation if that nation was fundamentally identical to their own nation, except to experience the unique geographical features, diets or climates. I, for one, am glad that I can visit a nation such as Japan in order to experience its unique culture and language, then choose to visit or reside in nations such as Ireland and Egypt in order to experience the unique languages, food, art, dance, cinema, music, religion, and customs of those two nations. Of course, if I decided to reside in a nation where the language and culture differed radically from my own, I would need to adapt. For example, if I were to migrate to a Middle-east Asian nation, such as the one mentioned above, I could not openly criticize the Islamic faith (and especially its founder) without putting my very existence at risk. Upon moving to the Philippines over a decade ago, I found it EXTREMELY easy to acclimatize to its culture, since it is very much a Westernized nation, not dissimilar to the country of my birth, The Southland (that is, “Terra Australis” or “Australia”, as it is known in the Latin tongue). “Nation” was first recorded in the thirteenth century, from the Middle English, from Latin “nātiōn-” (stem of “nātiō”), meaning “birth” or “tribe”, equivalent to “nāt(us)” (past participle of “nāscī”, meaning “to be born”) + “-iōn-”. “-ion” a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used in Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives.

[@bestvideos35]

Why Would you want Muslims who doesn't subscribe to the idea and libertarians? You are so wrong.

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

@@bestvideos35, respected British anthropology professor, Dr. Edward Dutton, has demonstrated that “LEFTISM” is due to genetic mutations, caused by poor breeding strategies. 🤡 To put it simply, in recent decades, those persons who exhibit leftist traits such as egalitarianism, feminism, gynocentrism, socialism, multiculturalism, transvestism, homosexuality, perverse morality, and laziness, have been reproducing at rates far exceeding the previous norm, leading to an explosion of insane, narcissistic SOCIOPATHS in (mostly) Western societies.

[@macro8236]

Ironically you are the one conflating terms , modern day nationalism was in earnest invented by Napoleon . Patriotism is the love of a country( a geographical place) nationalism is the superiority of your nation above all others . Nations are arbitrary and change constantly. For the longest time the Irish weren't considered truly American and didn't belong to the nation until they were . Nationalism by it's very nature requires to otherise another group or it falls apart .

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

@@macro8236 That is rather PRESUMPTUOUS of you, wouldn’t you agree, Slave? Presumption is evil, because when one is PRESUMPTUOUS, one makes a judgement about a matter, despite having insufficient facts to support one’s position.

[@elizabethfrownfelter2531]

Put an End to Communism 🇺🇲 America loves Freedom 🇺🇲 🇺🇲♥️🇺🇸 Trump 🇺🇸♥️🇺🇲

[@elkinjohn]

In 1776, I would have been Thomas Paine; would he pass your citizen test?

[@aescubed]

Do you know how ridiculously easy a US citizenship test is? If you are hal-f interested in the country, you can crack it.

[@Melikebutter]

In 1776 Vivek would have been a slave 🤯

[@Melikebutter]

​@@aescubedAnchor ⚓ Baby Vivek's Indian citizen 🇮🇳 dad has never pass the US citizenship test 🤯 neither has Vivek

[@yj9032]

@@aescubeddo you know how ridiculously difficult to get a visa to the USA?

[@chadofamerica]

The propositional libertarian nation is how we got here, It's logically inconsistent & doomed

[@RayZde]

Vivek is very smart. Ron Paul vibes.

[@FoundWorthy]

Smile 😊

[@ryanboyle6434]

If we had ranked choice voting, we’d have a libertarian president within one or two election cycles.

[@CalebAsmussen]

Libertarian is principle based as decentralized government, I’d like to see a break up of the states of government completely. We get to run and choose exactly what we spend our taxes on, and nobody is forcing federal policy that has anything to do with more than 1-3 percent taxes for simple border, foreign policy, federal law preventing any state going outside the constitution. That’s it.

[@thelookanchannel2560]

Kennedy 2024!

[@garychartier8365]

Libertarianism is fundamentally committed to moral universalism, to the view that everyone has the same moral standing and moral rights, and therefore that everyone is fundamentally equal in authority, so that any authority one person exercise is over another is justified by the consent of the person over whom it is exercised. That means, in brief, that you can't be committed to libertarianism in one country. In practical terms, libertarian ideals may succeed in one political environment before they succeed in another. And libertarians .ay rightly cheer for the demise of coercive, hegemonic institutions and the devolution of power to smaller ones. But, fundamentally, libertarianism is a universal ideal, so that it sits very uncomfortably with any kind of nationalism.

[@ZacharySkipworth]

It actually doesn’t, because our founding is very libertarian and, therefore our national identity.

[@ubermensch0072]

It takes a national front to preserve liberty in the face of theocratic encroachment. Universal libertarianism requires authoritarian protections against sharia, levitical law or corporate fascism for example. I think the current libertarian party or even the greater movement is conflating libertarianism with anarchy in a blinding, ferocious hatred of the current powers that be. America is suppose to be setting the example of how to preserve individual liberty, but someting has gone wrong.

[@thelookanchannel2560]

Kennedy 2024!

[@xanderLudahl]

@@thelookanchannel2560 A Democrat? You're joking

[@xanderLudahl]

Good points. Obviously moral univ. is problematic. Belief systems aren't equal, some are dangerous or violent

[@ChiTownOriginator]

I know Vivek has zero actual political experience, but god damn does he have 11/10 charisma. Great speaker, always presents very professional, and a great debater. Should have been VP.

[@subbukumar4068]

Vivek is by far the most visionary and articulate speaker in the anti left-liberal arena

[@P0RKINS2]

I’d say Trump is a combination of 1992 Clinton/1980 Reagan/1992 Buchanan on policy. He’s a total rejection of Neo-Conservatism but he’s more of a Buchananite/Bircher. That has good things for foreign policy/deregulation but not sure about economics. If by protectionist, Trump means the only major taxes/regulatory burden U.S. consumers will face is tariffs & not much else whilst going all in on his schedule F reforms; that’s a train I think even libertarians might hop on.

[@sokolmihajlovic1391]

I get very cautious and hasitant, when people answer questions, nobody asked.

[@pratikgore12]

A silent majority does not comment and does not favor him either.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

I have such massive respect for him. He is always interesting to listen to. Always gets me to think deeply! The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, however are not sources of morality. They are outlines for citizen expectations and government structure, very good ones. We as citizens must continually agree to come together under them because we also have a sense of Higher underpinning morality, broad civilizational culture, and trusting bonds holding us together. From which moral claims of legitimacy and eternal Truth must out of necessity originate. Our founding documents and the claims made in them must stand on something. They cannot simply be self-referential and therefore empty.

[@getaclew]

Switched parties a few months ago to LP, love Vivek, voting for Trump, not ideal but better than the dems lol. They're nuts.

[@barfo281]

Lifelong NY liberal democrat Donnie Chump is a bigger leftist than Obama. And he does more leftism than Obama, but with no republican resistance.

[@cimmerian_savage9736]

I think we need to be governed by are own people who descend from the founding stock, bloods thicker than water.

[@sanniepstein4835]

Keir Starmer disproves your belief.

[@cimmerian_savage9736]

@@sanniepstein4835 🤣

[@trevormannion14]

What the hell is a libertarian nationalist?

[@ReverendDr.Thomas]

nation: a population, normally residing in the same geographic region, in which most all the citizens share a common race, religion, language, and culture. This word is VERY often used erroneously in the stead of the term “country”. Therefore, it is highly suggested that one refer to the Glossary entry under “country”, in order to understand the distinction between a “country” and a “nation”. Unfortunately, an enormous percentage of the population has been indoctrinated by leftists to regard NATIONALISM as a malevolent ideology, when in fact, the adherence to a nationalistic framework is beneficial to both the citizenry of a nation and to the world as a whole. Multicultural societies are constantly fraught with conflicts, due to the incompatibility of competing ideologies and practices. Imagine, if you will, that the million most conservative men from an Islamic nation in Middle-east Asia, such as Afghanistan, and the million most feministic women from a liberal country like Canada, were taken to some barren island and asked to establish a new civilization. How harmonious and prosperous do you believe such a mismatch of persons would be? TOTALLY discordant! Furthermore, a variety of national identities is intrinsically beneficial, for nobody would want to travel to another nation if that nation was fundamentally identical to their own nation, except to experience the unique geographical features, diets or climates. I, for one, am glad that I can visit a nation such as Japan in order to experience its unique culture and language, then choose to visit or reside in nations such as Ireland and Egypt in order to experience the unique languages, food, art, dance, cinema, music, religion, and customs of those two nations. Of course, if I decided to reside in a nation where the language and culture differed radically from my own, I would need to adapt. For example, if I were to migrate to a Middle-east Asian nation, such as the one mentioned above, I could not openly criticize the Islamic faith (and especially its founder) without putting my very existence at risk. Upon moving to the Philippines over a decade ago, I found it EXTREMELY easy to acclimatize to its culture, since it is very much a Westernized nation, not dissimilar to the country of my birth, The Southland (that is, “Terra Australis” or “Australia”, as it is known in the Latin tongue). “Nation” was first recorded in the thirteenth century, from the Middle English, from Latin “nātiōn-” (stem of “nātiō”), meaning “birth” or “tribe”, equivalent to “nāt(us)” (past participle of “nāscī”, meaning “to be born”) + “-iōn-”. “-ion” a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, used in Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives.

[@labrat324]

He spells out exactly starting at 13:17. A return to classical conservative views rather than neo-conservative views. At 15:28 he says exactly what he calls "nationalist libertarian."

[@trevormannion14]

@@ReverendDr.Thomas oh, buddy. I was being facetious. The ideology of nationalism is wholly incompatible with liberal individualism, i.e: libertarianism.

[@bionicsentinel1529]

I suppose libertarian ideas practiced domestically, with a foreign policy standpoint the focuses almost exclusively on putting the nation ahead.

[@trevormannion14]

@@labrat324 right. But Vivek says it. So let’s take it with a grain of salt because he is a moron.

[@baronkimble5378]

Vivek is a very effective communicator

[@mikebower9795]

We don't need ANY police state!

[@chadofamerica]

What we see is the libertarian paradox of tolerance playing out in real time Doomed to fail

[@FazeParticles]

Liberal tolerance.

[@Wadiyatalkinabeet_]

Libertarian Tolerance is a contradiction. I will not tolerate advances against my rights

[@sleeping_ophelia]

​@@Wadiyatalkinabeet_it is not. Tolerance doesn't hurt your personal rights. Tolerance is about you to agree not to intervene other people's way of life with aggressive violence. Actually, libertarianism is all about tolerance

[@imnotanalien7839]

I just listened to a speaker in Liberia, demanding that her country become nationalist. The implication, I think, was to throw off any cultural identities to western countries. She lined up mainly culture, not indicating change in government policy. Different countries define nationalism in different ways. I think her definition was a good one. She felt that western culture and Liberia’s culture clash, was the cause of degradation of Liberia. When you are in a canoe with many people, if they are not pulling in the same direction.. you go nowhere, and then there is fighting and turmoil. Nationalist, or nationalism in the U.S. has a negative connotation…in other countries around the world nationalism is something to work toward. Marxist’s use the word nationalist as a synonym for fascism…in Liberia and other countries nationalism means peace and freedom from colonial imperialists. Nationalism can be a good thing.

[@SuperFinGuy]

Peter Thiel is not paying you to cut parts of the video WTF?

[@RubenLopezJr-y4k]

Vivek is awesome

[@sgtcrtrdnl]

Vivek is the future of America First politics.

[@luz-7411]

I Love ❤️ Vivek !

[@TheReneepruitt]

Also we can in the rep party disagree on many things but still be together on the core principles

[@Blademaster865]

Solid interview. The mission of the RLC is to propel the r3VOLution forward and Vivek is really doing a great job in doing just that. Libertarians I believe are most effective engaging in constructive coverings with MAGA USA and working to define what is MAGA and America z first for the long run.

[@jrsands]

As long as “progressivism” is defeated!

[@xanderLudahl]

Nationalism, sure. A good country with a value system - people ought to celebrate their country, above others. Cultures are not equal

[@thebaysix]

I was skeptical about Vivek's message here, but it seems like he may have an opportunity to make good on some of these aspirations as part of DOGE? I still don't know, every time I see promises to shrink or optimize government it seems to grow and bloat further. I'll believe it when I see it... hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

[@michaelmckenna9022]

We should at least investigate covid and who is responsible. Millions of people died from this, for their sake we shouldn't let the guilty go unpunished.

[@SirBlackReeds]

"In this era, nationalists are themselves the biggest menace to liberty in most Western nations, including the United States. They favor as much or more government spending and government control of industry as most left-liberals do. And, they throw in protectionism, massive immigration restrictions (which themselves are a grave threat to the economic liberty even of natives), and culture war-driven regulations of personal behavior on top of that. On the latter front, they go so far as to advocate escalating the already awful War on Drugs into a real war by attacking Mexico. For these reasons and more, a libertarian-nationalist alliance makes no more sense than a libertarian-socialist alliance would." - Professor Ilya Somin "With all due respect to Ramaswamay, [your libertarian-nationalist alliance is] a load of crap. The current wave of nationalism sweeping the right wing of American politics is not about innocent-sounding things like restoring national pride. Its proponents are quite open about the fact that they want to grow the power of the state to pursue things like industrial policy, aggressive deportations, and even very silly stuff like banning lab-grown meat... Ramaswamy was once a college libertarian and may at times still espouse libertarian ideas-indeed, he was sometimes the most libertarian candidate on stage during the Republican primary debates earlier this year (though he was also often one of the loudest advocates for authoritarian ideas.) None of that matters right now, because Ramaswamy's _job_ through the first week of November is convincing people to vote for Trump. Libertarians should not be naive about this." - Eric Boehm "Ramaswamy also pledges to shut down 'the administrative state' and eliminate government agencies starting with the FBI, IRS and the Department of Education. 'I stand on the side of revolution,”'says the rich guy who came out of nowhere. 'We need a revival of the American Revolution and its ideals' such as “self-governance over aristocracy” and free speech without 'elite interference,' explained the aristocratic alum of elite Ivy League universities who vows to govern unilaterally. This budding ideologue is a bundle of contradictions. Ramaswamy pitches himself as the voice of younger voters then proposes to disenfranchise most of them by raising the voting age from 18 to 25. He’d allow 18-year-olds to vote only if they perform six months of military or first responder duty or pass a civics test first. Basically remove millions of largely Democratic-leaning Gen Zers (with exceptionally high voter turnout) as a Republican threat... Lost to Ramaswamy is the awful precedent of a former U.S. president whose lies about a rigged election culminated in a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by a Trump mob out to hang the vice president and forcefully prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Instead, he bleats about 'corrupt federal police' coming after a political opponent at the behest of 'one politician' and _rationalizes_ mob justice." - Marilou Johanek Also, does no one else find it rich that Vivek says we don't believe in some king or monarch, yet he keeps licking Trump's boots clean? Trump has made it clear that he wants absolute loyalty. That's the kind of conduct you'd see from a freakin' *despot.* Am I the only who remembers that Vivek's own corporation is backed by BlackRock and the others? Am I the only one who remembers that he made millions off of a pump-and-dump scheme? That interview is still up on CNBC. I implore everyone who sees this to give it a watch.

[@antonchigurh7820]

I'm a nationalist and don't give a rats ass about your liberal take. Go vote for your 'queen' and quit preaching and lecturing us conservatives...

[@ThePoisonDrummer]

He's not a Libertarian.

[@ozkifovxvypyvp3574]

Is the important thing satisfying the label of Libertarian or discussing, promoting and enacting libertarian ideas and policies? I would say the later, but maybe you think differently.

[@shaun7142]

@@ozkifovxvypyvp3574 Considering he hasn't really expressed any significantly libertarian ideas, I don't see how your statement is relevant.

[@blakemiller9661]

Good

[@D3G4355]

if the libertarian party ever won a presidential election, Libertarians would say: “he’s not a real Libertarian”

[@wayward03]

Yeah he's more thoughtful and articulate than any libertarian political figure I've ever heard.

[@VeniVidiVid]

I agree with much of Ramaswamy SAYS. For some reason, I have trouble trusting his integrity. I have no demonstrable reason for this, so I’ll keep listening and see if he can change that feeling.

[@MacheteProductions13]

@@VeniVidiVid he says exactly what he thinks people want to hear. Especially here with libertarians. Just another crooked politician

[@VeniVidiVid]

@@MacheteProductions13 Yeah, that’s certainly my suspicion. Most politicians are that way. Still, I’ll continue to listen and see if his future statements corroborate your point.

[@Poly-ticks-pv6ro]

When a business guy does a "pump & dump", it does make it somewhat more difficult to trust his integrity.

[@shaun7142]

He is a supporter of Trump, who is a believer in the strong unitary executive (basically, giving the president even more power). So this guy wants to take power away from bureaucrats (very good) but supports someone who would give more power to one guy to act virtually unilaterally (very bad). Needless to say, his words don't come off as particularly meaningful to me.

[@barfo281]

@@shaun7142 He's a mealy-mouthed weasel. He's a younger, well spoken version of Conman Donnie, the leftist.

[@andrewb8235]

I like a lot of what Vivek Ramaswamy has to say about civic nationalism, repudiating identitarianism, and free markets, but I don't see how those principles bring him to the conclusion that we should vote for Trump, unless his argument just reduces to, "Harris will be even worse than Trump with respect to these principles."

[@Lukas-d7m]

Trump facilitates these ideas in his policies, particularly strengthening the free market through protectionism. I can explain that specifically more if you want me to.

[@pavelow235]

Isn't that politics in general, it is all vague nonsense. If you chose to vote, you vote with your gut instinict. I'd lean towards Trump if nothing else, he is less likely than a President Harris to provoke Russia for a wider war....That alone is worthy of a vote, World Wars do humanity no favors....

[@andrewb8235]

@@christianstewart8442 My writing was ambiguous: I meant Vivek repudiates identitarianism, not that he repudiates free markets. I'm opposed to protectionism too.

[@Lukas-d7m]

@@christianstewart8442 the free market can only stay free if it is protected. Companies like the EV producer BYD are subsidized to the point of operating at a loss so they can sell dirt cheap EV’s. Those cars would dominate the US market if unchecked, since they are back by a literal government. As such, national markets must be protected through tariffs. On the domestic side of things, however, it is not the US government’s job to play favorites between American businesses, so no subsidies. We keep foreign governments out of the economy (National) as well as the US government (Libertarianism).

[@barfo281]

@@Lukas-d7m Protectionism is NOT free markets. What is wrong with you? Leftist Donnie is NOT a free market guy.

[@laughingman630]

Libetarianism is what got us here in the first place.

[@RikkiLane]

Vivek is the future

[@macsnafu]

I dunno. I'd think there would be some inherent tension in being both libertarian AND nationalist. I suppose you could pick and choose elements from each, but I doubt you could make it consistent and principled. Technical difficulties? Oh no, libertarians are human, after all! ;-)

[@dillansmith6833]

Vivek is so sharp

[@TheDragonHoard_com]

Everytime I hear Vivek speak I like him more. I don't agree with everything obviously

[@frankrafie908]

What difference does it make listening to someone that doesn’t INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE. Can’t stand speaking engagements of FJB, or Giggling KH! Vivek must have a press facing role in the administration!

[@McCarthy1776]

I wish Vivek applied his libertarianism to the working and middle class not just the rich. His tax plan would have raised taxes on the poor and drastically cut taxes on the rich. I loved Vivek a whole lot more before I read that tax policy.

[@Heather-t1u]

I kind of hope both and the more the merrier. Whatever it will take to prosper as America in what has become a multipolar world. For instance, in my lifetime this is the first time I have ever seen America on top as acsuperpower idea without policing the world. I like that idea. Except whole bunch of neocons not quite up to speed yet.

[@xiaoliu8993]

To pursue liberty, one must embody a combination of nationalism and classical liberalism, akin to the old Whig party, while opposing modern left-wing liberalism and laissez-faire.

[@xiaoliu8993]

Nation and state are distinct concepts; a sense of nationalism is crucial for the existence of a commonwealth. We can oppose a large government to preserve a responsible, limited one, but how can we resist without a nation? If we deny the existence of an American community, what meaning does the American spirit of freedom hold? What significance does the history of independence for the sake of freedom retain?

[@GranMastaDee]

So, no more penal system? No more bail? No more punishment for crimes? - just like a woman.

[@jackdonovan554]

I think Trump is more of a Libertarian, than a conservative at heart. But he listens to the people, not the party. He is a true leader and the only one who can fix what the democrats have broken.

[@brentwells8963]

I agree with a lot of his views and I’m a republican

[@africkinamerican]

10:21 if youre not out for vengeance, youre not paying attention.

[@DanMccollum-om5mz]

She doesn't want to punish political opponents??? There is no other choice to effectively prevent their future abuse of our legal system.

[@Jayremy89]

For the most part I am not a nationalist, but what makes me feel it necessary to be one is keenly in a sense of being anti-globalist and the interest of globalism which is people who have no loyalty or care for you your community your ethnicity your heritage or any of those things. And even more so is the illegal immigration problem, not just that but mass migration policies or inducing policies that create massive sweeping changes that demographics faster than we should be expected to adapt to, as they become difficult to adapt to and rapided mass numbers. Now my hate for mass illegal immigration may not exist If not for us having a welfare state and extremely bloated government, But still Eileen against it as I feel that cultural & civics concerns are another important part of the issue.

[@Tj930]

Quite very good. I feared it was going to be yet another authoritarian activist, playing at being a journalist and interviewer. Liked the balance,. Refreshing, even

[@prajwalpramod3970]

Over the last few months, as I have heard Vivek's views and have learnt more about political ideology in general, I increasingly think that categorizing politicians as "Democrat" or "Republican" is meaningless and outdated. I think we should commonly use at least FIVE categories to group politicians: - Hard-core left wingers - Neoconservative left wingers - Neoconservative right wingers - Nationalists - Libertarians I might be wrong about this, so feel free to throw in suggestions. 😁

[@expo2000000]

MAGA is easily defined into national conservative wing... DJT is not an typical "libertarian" but he has lean that way several times.. DJT is the GOPs version of "JFK".

[@TchaikovskyListener]

That’s so funny and stupid at the same time.

[@TchaikovskyListener]

Tramp is a Progressive.

[@pavelow235]

Trump veers toward popular ideas. He has always had wishy washy principles.

[@sanniepstein4835]

@@pavelow235 He's been saying the same things about trade and defense for 30 years.

[@shaun7142]

Trump is about as much of a libertarian as Biden. Both of them have "leaned" in favor of quasi-libertarian policies, but that is so meaningless that I don't see why we should call either libertarians, even in quotations.

[@pennyandrews3292]

I feel like in some ways, all the talk about capitalism and communism has obscured a truth about human nature that used to be obvious. And that's... that humans are actually mostly tribal and want policies that they think are good for their country and people. They want their country to prosper in terms of power and wealth, that's what they want most of all. Very few people are so ideologically pure that they would be happy another group of people following their ideology is prospering more than their own people. They won't be happy to see others prospering as their own country falls behind, even if their ideology is being followed perfectly in both places.