Vivek Ramaswamy

I mean, it's the truth, right? Universal school choice. That happens, by the way, not at the federal level. It's part of what I'm thinking about my own next step that happens at the state level. That's really where these changes happen. I think that restoring at least a norm in the country of a solid family foundation.

I mean, it's the truth, right? Universal school choice. That happens, by the way, not at the federal level. It's part of what I'm thinking about my own next step that happens at the state level. That's really where these changes happen. I think that restoring at least a norm in the country of a solid family foundation.

Does that mean that somebody who grows up in a broken family environment or a single parent household can't achieve great success? No, of course not. But all else equal, it tends to be from a stable family, generally two-parent upbringing, you're going to be able to jump higher if you're jumping from a ground that isn't shaking, but a ground that's stable. So I think it starts early.

Does that mean that somebody who grows up in a broken family environment or a single parent household can't achieve great success? No, of course not. But all else equal, it tends to be from a stable family, generally two-parent upbringing, you're going to be able to jump higher if you're jumping from a ground that isn't shaking, but a ground that's stable. So I think it starts early.

Does that mean that somebody who grows up in a broken family environment or a single parent household can't achieve great success? No, of course not. But all else equal, it tends to be from a stable family, generally two-parent upbringing, you're going to be able to jump higher if you're jumping from a ground that isn't shaking, but a ground that's stable. So I think it starts early.

And I think a disproportionate focus on high-quality education starting young, on measuring that achievement starting young, and then some cultural... and you tend to get more of what you valorize as a culture, right? So I think it's fantastic that we valorize a lot of different things in American culture that are great because we produce great comedians. We produce great athletes.

And I think a disproportionate focus on high-quality education starting young, on measuring that achievement starting young, and then some cultural... and you tend to get more of what you valorize as a culture, right? So I think it's fantastic that we valorize a lot of different things in American culture that are great because we produce great comedians. We produce great athletes.

And I think a disproportionate focus on high-quality education starting young, on measuring that achievement starting young, and then some cultural... and you tend to get more of what you valorize as a culture, right? So I think it's fantastic that we valorize a lot of different things in American culture that are great because we produce great comedians. We produce great athletes.

We have historically produced great scientists and engineers. It's great. You get more of what you valorize. But what I've seen a little bit that concerns me in... probably the last 20 years, you could say, you could blame some of this on the woke left, but it's not exclusively at the feet of the woke left, is penalizing excellence, right?

We have historically produced great scientists and engineers. It's great. You get more of what you valorize. But what I've seen a little bit that concerns me in... probably the last 20 years, you could say, you could blame some of this on the woke left, but it's not exclusively at the feet of the woke left, is penalizing excellence, right?

We have historically produced great scientists and engineers. It's great. You get more of what you valorize. But what I've seen a little bit that concerns me in... probably the last 20 years, you could say, you could blame some of this on the woke left, but it's not exclusively at the feet of the woke left, is penalizing excellence, right?

Penalizing the person who works hard and wins and instead of rewarding the victim. And I think that if you reward victimhood, you get more victimhood. And if you penalize excellence and hard work, you're going to get less excellence and less hard work.

Penalizing the person who works hard and wins and instead of rewarding the victim. And I think that if you reward victimhood, you get more victimhood. And if you penalize excellence and hard work, you're going to get less excellence and less hard work.

Penalizing the person who works hard and wins and instead of rewarding the victim. And I think that if you reward victimhood, you get more victimhood. And if you penalize excellence and hard work, you're going to get less excellence and less hard work.

So I think it's going to be a combination of policies that allow people to have access to the best possible education at a young age and start measuring and rewarding for success earlier. Merit-based pay for teachers, not just everybody just getting the same thing for treating kids like they're on an assembly line, but actually measuring and pinpointing the people who are putting kids...

So I think it's going to be a combination of policies that allow people to have access to the best possible education at a young age and start measuring and rewarding for success earlier. Merit-based pay for teachers, not just everybody just getting the same thing for treating kids like they're on an assembly line, but actually measuring and pinpointing the people who are putting kids...

So I think it's going to be a combination of policies that allow people to have access to the best possible education at a young age and start measuring and rewarding for success earlier. Merit-based pay for teachers, not just everybody just getting the same thing for treating kids like they're on an assembly line, but actually measuring and pinpointing the people who are putting kids...

on even a little bit of a trajectory that's different when they're four years old, by the time they're at 12th grade, you could run a truck through that, okay? So those increments of difference starting even young, that's a big freaking difference.

on even a little bit of a trajectory that's different when they're four years old, by the time they're at 12th grade, you could run a truck through that, okay? So those increments of difference starting even young, that's a big freaking difference.

on even a little bit of a trajectory that's different when they're four years old, by the time they're at 12th grade, you could run a truck through that, okay? So those increments of difference starting even young, that's a big freaking difference.