last but not least, yesterday we told you all about a new poll from the wall street journal showing the deterioration of key american values like patriotism and hard work. now, tech entrepreneur and republican presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy is pointing to the new norms that have taken their place. if you ask most people my age what it means to be an american today, you get a blank stare. faith, patriotism, family and hard work are disappearing. our inner animal spirit, he writes, has been domesticated by a new culture that celebrates victimhood and penalizes excellence. i don t agree with him. the pandemic, because now most people, 40% of your staff do not work in headquarters, we are starting to move h.q. out of certain regions like new york,
the inner animal spirit at the heart of the american soul used to be about pursuing excellence. that s now been domesticated. it has been tamed by this new culture that celebrates mediocrity instead. it s no longer cool to be excellent. we re teaching kids the cool thing to do is be mediocre and hide their own achievements. any surprise when the kids graduate school, join the work force and contribute to the american economy they embrace laziness instead of achievement in our economy as well? if we don t fix this, trace, mark my words, this ll be the beginning to the end of the american experiment as we know it. i don t think it s too late but we need to put merit back into america or else our national decline is really a preview of what s ahead. don t you love it when rich and powerful fly their private jets to some place to cure poverty and climate change? it s just astonishing. your thoughts? dab bose is the classic place of artificial snow, ok? they go there to pontificate abou
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