Gloves Come Off: A New Strategy for Fighting the Woke | Ted Cruz
Dec 17, 2023
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Ted Cruz discusses his book 'Unwoke' and the urgent need to reclaim institutions controlled by the radical Left in the US. He outlines strategies to combat woke ideologies, increase costs for adopting woke beliefs, and invest in acquiring media outlets. The podcast also touches on appealing to liberals, defending free speech, and sharing personal anecdotes between Ted Cruz and another individual.
Understanding and challenging cultural Marxism is crucial in reclaiming institutions and preserving the country's values.
Increasing the cost for individuals and institutions adopting woke ideologies and acquiring platforms of communication are effective strategies to combat woke culture and promote alternative voices.
Deep dives
The Rise of Cultural Marxism
The podcast delves into the rise of cultural Marxism and its infiltration of various institutions such as universities, K-12 education, journalism, government, big business, big tech, entertainment, and science. The guest explains how cultural Marxism views the world through a conflict lens, pitting oppressors against victims based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. The podcast highlights the importance of understanding and challenging these ideologies in order to reclaim the institutions and preserve the country's values.
Strategies to Combat Woke Culture
The podcast provides strategies to combat woke culture. It emphasizes the significance of sunlight and transparency in exposing the unpopular ideas of the radical left. It also discusses the importance of increasing the cost for individuals and institutions to go woke, citing examples of corporations facing significant losses when prioritizing woke ideology over their customers. Additionally, the podcast highlights the need to fight back in the arena of ideas by acquiring platforms of communication and promoting alternative voices.
Engaging Liberals and Preserving Freedom
The podcast explores the potential for engaging liberals and bringing them to vote for conservative principles. It highlights the role of free speech and the necessity to defend it, contrasting the silencing tendencies of the left with the belief that more speech is the best response to bad speech. The guest talks about the importance of sharing personal stories and experiences to convey the consequences of radical ideologies, such as the impact of communism in his father's life. The podcast also encourages the acquisition of organs of transmission of ideas to provide alternative avenues for communication and the dissemination of conservative values.
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Senator Ted Cruz about his new book "Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America"; how the radical Left has seized control of major institutions in the U.S., including universities, K-12 education, journalism, government, big business, Big Tech, entertainment, and science; how this takeover has led to a crisis that threatens the country's future; his plan to take back these institutions; how to increase the cost for individuals and institutions adopting woke ideologies; why conservatives and libertarians need to follow Elon Musk’s lead and invest in acquiring the organs of the transmission of ideas, such as TV stations, radio stations, publishing houses, movie studios, and record labels; and much more.