Vivek Ramaswamy has cast aspersions on Black Lives Matter and “the death of merit”; mask mandates and U.S.-border protection; public-school curricula and the actor Jussie Smollett. And he is becoming a right-wing star.
A shadow flickered across Ramaswamy’s face. “Don’t talk about that so much,” he told her while also signalling to his wife and a body man who was travelling with him that it was time to move on. “Talk about what you want to replace it with instead—civic education, American history, patriotism.”
The creation of firms like Ramaswamy’s represents a countermovement to a phenomenon that itself was a countermovement. E.S.G. investing arose in part as a response to the concept of shareholder primacy, which Milton Friedman famously articulated in a 1970 essay in theCorporations should not be concerned with the public interest, such as reducing discrimination and pollution, he argued.
Some skeptics of Ramaswamy speculate that, for all his insinuations about Fink’s alliances, he’s part of a well-established campaign that is guided by right-wing mega-donors and is intent on sabotaging climate-change measures. Ramaswamy dismisses such notions; he’s down, he says, with the “grassroots” people—conservative patriots who are fuelling anti-E.S.G. backlash that has reached Republican-controlled legislatures from Texas to West Virginia.
But didn’t the enormous concentration of wealth in the hands of a few pose a serious threat to democracy? Not necessarily, he replied. “You can buy your yachts, you can buy your houses, you can buy your nice cars, but you shouldn’t be able to buy a greater share of voice as a citizen,” he said.
“I definitely find the idea of systemic racism revolting,” Ramaswamy told me. He allowed that it had existed in the U.S. at moments in the past, offering the era of slavery as one example. But racism was atrophying, he said, so societal goods should not be unevenly distributed on racial grounds.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Robert Holden demands NYC stop funding group with anti-Asian hateful rep“We cannot allow taxpayer dollars to be used to fund groups that engage in such radical and deplorable rhetoric,” Councilman Robert Holden wrote.
Weiterlesen »
15 Examples of 'Anti-Homeless' Hostile Architecture That You Probably Never Noticed BeforeHostile architecture is designed to deter people from sleeping or loitering in a certain part of the city. Click here to see 15 examples of Anti-Homeless devices!
Weiterlesen »
Sweden mosque condemns desecration of Quran in latest anti-Muslim attackImages released by the Stockholm Central Mosque of the attack show the damaged Holy book of the Muslims chained up and hanging from an iron railing outside the mosque.
Weiterlesen »
Op-Ed: My lonely boycott hasn't hurt In-N-Out Burger, but our small decisions do add upCalifornia's favorite fast-food chain hasn't changed its alignment with anti-vax and anti-LGBTQ politics. That's not the point.
Weiterlesen »
Attacker yells anti-gay slur at NYC straphanger, punches her in eye: copsAn unhinged man yelled an anti-gay slur and threatened to stab a 24-year-old woman in a Chinatown subway station over the weekend, then punched her in the face, cops said Sunday.
Weiterlesen »
Mosque leaders join CAIR-NJ to denounce anti-Muslim harassmentThere was a rally of solidarity Sunday in response to leaders from four New Jersey mosques saying their congregations have been harassed.
Weiterlesen »