Has anyone noticed the viciousness with which

[JMCKUSICK]

Ramsswamy speaks of the poor and wirking class?

[Xavier Breath]

1. To me he was hands down the meanest one on that stage tonight.

And damn, that's really saying something. He is one nasty individual.

[kimbutgar]

2. His family must have been a lower caste in India

That’s a good reason why he was the meanest.

[Sky Jewels]

5. I'd bet good money that it's the opposite.

They’re probably very wealthy Brahmins who had the resources to establish themselves in the United States. They’re used to thinking of themselves as superior to everyone because they were born at the top. They probably had many servants. Non-Brahmin people are lessers not worthy of their consideration.

[kimbutgar]

6. I've known people like this when I worked in the financial industry

[Sky Jewels]

8. Yes, the dad of my best friend in high school

was a Brahmin in global banking. He was an absolutely horrible, controlling person. Somehow his brilliant daughter turned out to be wonderful.

[stopdiggin]

7. I think that's much more likely

an inbred disdain for those born (or fallen) lower ..

[hlthe2b]

10. I agree with you. No way he was lower caste.

[RobinA]

11. Yes, I Worked

in a hospital for awhile and from time to time would run into members of this crowd as family members of patients. The level of condescension is off the charts, including to their own female family members. As a female American I have been condescended to plenty, but NOTHING like I observed from this culture and SES. Yikes!

[MrsCoffee]

15. You would be right.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/03/vivek-ramaswamy-2024-presidential-gop/

‘Kings were below us’

About 40 years ago, Ramaswamy’s parents moved from India to Ohio. As he recounts it, his father came to the United States on a student visa and became an engineer at General Electric and his mother came on a green card and became a geriatric psychiatrist.

Ramaswamy likes to stress that the family entered the United States legally, a dig at undocumented immigrants. But while the candidate’s immigrant story is part of his pitch, and his family’s hometown of Vadakkencherry was lacking in “first-world comforts,” he hardly came from humble roots. His family were Brahmins, members of the highest Hindu caste. Ramaswamy says he also learned about status and inequality between Brahmins like his family and the rest of Indian society.

“Kings were below us,” he wrote in his book, “Woke Inc.”

[Sky Jewels]

16. That explains a lot.

Thanks!

[UTUSN]

3. K&R - "meanest" will be a selling point for wingnuts

[Basic LA]

4. I understand he's Tamil Brahman.

High caste.

[Skittles]

9. how does that differ from most repukes

*noting I did not watch the "debates"

[dalton99a]

12. The cruel sadistic monster is a perfect fit for the GOP

[malaise]

13. The Indian Caste system

He is a true representative - he has the same contempt for people who have lived in the US for four centuries longer than his folks.

He's a fucking asshole in every sense of the word. He also has utter contempt for women which is part of the package.

[Hotler]

14. It's what repug voters want. Someone that will be as mean and cruel as they are.

It's all they care about is hurting Dems and Libs.