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Vivek Ramaswamy dragged after wild rant on how American workers suck (newrepublic.com)

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Vivek Ramaswamy criticized American culture for prioritizing “normalcy” over excellence, which leads tech companies hiring foreign-born workers over Americans.

In a post on X, he argued that U.S. culture celebrates mediocrity and undervalues nerdiness, hard work, and academic achievement.

His comments sparked backlash across the political spectrum, with critics labeling him out of touch with American culture.

The controversy may jeopardize his standing in the Trump administration.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Link to the rant. That's some vomit!

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 3 days ago

In a post on X, he argued that U.S. culture celebrates mediocrity and undervalues nerdiness, hard work, and academic achievement.

I can't really argue with that part.

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[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 3 days ago

dragged 😒

[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As an anticap American, made so by our worship of greed and glut and sociopathic cruelty in the name of profit, I make it my mission at work to do as little as possible, and gum up the works at my greedy employer's as much as possible without it looking like I am.

I'm doing my part to stifle GDP! Are you?

(In a non-captured oligarchal dictatorship, if you wanted worker buy in, remake the tax code to punish corporations and incentivize cooperatives. That can't happen here, we're too captured, but theoretically)

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's kind of true. I don't think it's necessarily that there is a culture of mediocrity but that other foreigners have a really high bar to get citizenship here in the states so they have to be exceptional. Leading to a massive amounts of underpaid intelligent H1B people.

Also, America can't get shit done with technological improvements. Our infrastructure is shit, no high speed rail systems and we're dependent on oil. We try to change but change takes way too long. Take a look at China and Japan, these countries are living in the future and we're stuck in the past.

Edit: fixed visa type name

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