According to Ramaswamy, “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence,” and it all dates back to 1990s sitcoms and America’s preference for the jock and prom queen over the “math olympiad champ” or valedictorian.

Americans have become mediocre and lazy from binging on culture like Friends, Vivek Ramaswamy said. In an appeal to hire migrant workers that sparked a furious row in Maga circles, Donald Trump ’s incoming government efficiency tsar attacked American culture for “venerating mediocrity over excellence”.