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The CapX Podcast: Vivek Ramaswamy on the woke-industrial complex

John Ashmore
15 September 2021
'Fearless Girl', a statue commissioned by Wall St bank State Street (Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

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There’s a new, invisible force at work in the highest ranks of corporate America and it’s behind what may be the defining scam of our era. By co-opting social causes and embracing ‘wokery’ America’s biggest companies have pulled the wool over people’s eyes, subverting both democracy and the free market capitalism that made the country great.

But don’t take my word for it. Our guest this week, Vivek Ramaswamy, has seen this phenomenon first hand, from Wall Street internships to Ivy League classrooms and then as the CEO of a successful pharmaceutical company, he’s witnessed the emergence of the woke-industrial complex.
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His recently released book Woke, Inc. takes us behind the scenes, revealing the inner workings of the scam but also offering a better way forward.

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