Vivek Ramaswamy
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That's what it makes a law. These are more like edicts. Yeah. Edicts come from a king. Yeah. Because you can't vote them out. This doesn't come from a king, but it's a new kind of. edict of a bureaucracy.
That's what it makes a law. These are more like edicts. Yeah. Edicts come from a king. Yeah. Because you can't vote them out. This doesn't come from a king, but it's a new kind of. edict of a bureaucracy.
That's my most foundational principle. It so happens in my own politics. I'm generally pretty libertarian. I tend to be against, I think most of these regulations tend not to be productive. But sometimes you need regulation. But the most important principle is if you're going to have it, at least let the people who it affects. Yeah.
That's my most foundational principle. It so happens in my own politics. I'm generally pretty libertarian. I tend to be against, I think most of these regulations tend not to be productive. But sometimes you need regulation. But the most important principle is if you're going to have it, at least let the people who it affects. Yeah.
That's my most foundational principle. It so happens in my own politics. I'm generally pretty libertarian. I tend to be against, I think most of these regulations tend not to be productive. But sometimes you need regulation. But the most important principle is if you're going to have it, at least let the people who it affects. Yeah.
To say, if it's not working out for me, I want to be able to vote you out. I need to be able to vote you out. That's the most important principle.
To say, if it's not working out for me, I want to be able to vote you out. I need to be able to vote you out. That's the most important principle.
To say, if it's not working out for me, I want to be able to vote you out. I need to be able to vote you out. That's the most important principle.
There's certainly malicious people in all kinds of domains of life. Yes, yes. And the government is no exception to that. Right. And you can see some egregious examples of it. But by and large, I think what we're talking about, the regulatory state, The overwhelming majority of federal bureaucrats who I've met are good people because most people are good people.
There's certainly malicious people in all kinds of domains of life. Yes, yes. And the government is no exception to that. Right. And you can see some egregious examples of it. But by and large, I think what we're talking about, the regulatory state, The overwhelming majority of federal bureaucrats who I've met are good people because most people are good people.
There's certainly malicious people in all kinds of domains of life. Yes, yes. And the government is no exception to that. Right. And you can see some egregious examples of it. But by and large, I think what we're talking about, the regulatory state, The overwhelming majority of federal bureaucrats who I've met are good people because most people are good people.
And they believe what they're doing is not for the detriment of the American people. It's for the betterment of the American people. But it's for the betterment of the American people. It's a kind of elite benevolence. Yes. And it's sort of skeptical of democracy because the idea that you could just leave it to ordinary people to decide this complicated stuff.
And they believe what they're doing is not for the detriment of the American people. It's for the betterment of the American people. But it's for the betterment of the American people. It's a kind of elite benevolence. Yes. And it's sort of skeptical of democracy because the idea that you could just leave it to ordinary people to decide this complicated stuff.
And they believe what they're doing is not for the detriment of the American people. It's for the betterment of the American people. But it's for the betterment of the American people. It's a kind of elite benevolence. Yes. And it's sort of skeptical of democracy because the idea that you could just leave it to ordinary people to decide this complicated stuff.
We can't leave it to ordinary people because they're going to harm themselves. They're too dumb. We have to make that. Exactly. Exactly. And that was the whole premise of the British monarchy. It's kind of the whole premise of the modern federal bureaucrats. But I get that.
We can't leave it to ordinary people because they're going to harm themselves. They're too dumb. We have to make that. Exactly. Exactly. And that was the whole premise of the British monarchy. It's kind of the whole premise of the modern federal bureaucrats. But I get that.
We can't leave it to ordinary people because they're going to harm themselves. They're too dumb. We have to make that. Exactly. Exactly. And that was the whole premise of the British monarchy. It's kind of the whole premise of the modern federal bureaucrats. But I get that.
They're running into a fire. And it's the same thing you see, and it's such a great example because you see that same type of incentive structure show up all the time where someone at the FDA- They rarely will get hauled in front of some hearing if they fail to approve a drug that saves lives.
They're running into a fire. And it's the same thing you see, and it's such a great example because you see that same type of incentive structure show up all the time where someone at the FDA- They rarely will get hauled in front of some hearing if they fail to approve a drug that saves lives.
They're running into a fire. And it's the same thing you see, and it's such a great example because you see that same type of incentive structure show up all the time where someone at the FDA- They rarely will get hauled in front of some hearing if they fail to approve a drug that saves lives.