Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence

The New York Times bestselling author of Woke Inc.

and a 2024 presidential candidate makes the case that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically and reject victimhood culture.Hardship is now equated with victimhood.

Outward displays of vulnerability in defeat are celebrated over winning unabashedly.

The pursuit of excellence and exceptionalism are at the heart of American identity, and the disappearance of these ideals in our country leaves a deep moral and cultural vacuum in its wake.But the solution isn’t to simply complain about it.

It’s to revive a new cultural movement in America that puts excellence first again.New York Times bestselling author Vivek Ramaswamy makes the case from firsthand experience that the essence of true American identity is to pursue excellence unapologetically—no matter your skin color or where your parents came from.Leaders have called Ramaswamy “the most compelling conservative voice in the country” and “one of the towering intellects in America,” and this book reveals why: he spares neither left nor right in this scathing indictment of the victimhood culture at the heart of America’s national decline.