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Midterm Elections Live -- From Rio de Janeiro | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 175)
Streamed live on November 3, 2026
Watch now: https://youtube.com/live/KO6lbnZGh58

What if the biggest winner of the 2026 midterms is the Democratic Socialists of America, and the man who handed it to them is Donald Trump?

Yaron Brook wanted Republicans to lose this election, and to lose badly. Live from Rio de Janeiro on election night, he explains why the 2026 midterms rejected Donald Trump and gave the socialist left no mandate at all. He also explains why Trump voters, and not their critics, own what comes next.

Democrats took both Carolinas. Jon Ossoff's Georgia race was called within minutes of the polls closing. Texas, Kansas, Ohio and Iowa all leaned blue as the night went on. Florida's Republican redistricting backfired. Yaron's explanation is blunt. Tariffs pushed prices up. A war in Iran was started and never won. Trump's government now owns stakes in 41 private American companies. Seven in ten voters said Congress has failed to check the president, and they're right.

Then the live audience gets its turn as Yaron takes on Objectivists versus libertarians, socialism's record around the world, and more.

Yaron Brook defends reason, individual rights, and laissez-faire capitalism against both the populist right and the socialist left.

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MAIN TOPICS
0:00 Intro
1:06 Live from Rio on midterm night
2:36 Why Yaron wants Republicans crushed, not just beaten
4:13 Trump owns stakes in 41 companies, so who's the socialist?
6:38 The worst outcome would be a night with no clear verdict
7:18 Georgia gets called in minutes, and Ossoff looks like a 2028 contender
9:25 Tariffs, an unwon war and inflation are why voters are furious
11:51 This was Trump vs. America, and it's no mandate for the DSA
14:37 Florida's gerrymander backfires
17:30 Senate races to watch: Michigan, Maine, Kansas, Texas
19:46 Republicans deserve to lose, even if Democrats don't deserve to win
27:57 The dirty "two Dan Sullivans" trick in Alaska
29:42 Vivek's disgusting ad sinks him in Ohio
32:08 Exit polls show voters angry about corruption and a Congress that won't check Trump
35:49 Roy Cooper flips North Carolina
37:34 No ICE at the polls, and Trump's election challenges look weak
43:28 The GOP purged Liz Cheney, and now both parties are statist
50:05 Greg Abbott should lose Texas

LIVE AUDIENCE Q&A
58:18 Will Democrats rein in ICE?
1:02:29 Why the GOP will blame the war instead of tariffs
1:09:45 Who's the bigger socialist, Mamdani or Trump?
1:12:41 Is Kant just Plato updated?
1:17:15 Is reason infallible?
1:27:32 Is libertarianism Kant plus Rand?
1:38:50 Yaron's new courses
1:44:56 Does envy come from "I could never do that"?
1:46:16 Does Finland prove teachers unions work?
1:48:57 Can cities recover from socialism?
2:06:15 If the state took your home, would you fight?
2:07:01 Can Milei make Argentina an AI hub?
2:09:42 What happens to the Iran war now?
2:11:16 How did Netanyahu do?
2:14:01 Does religion stop racism?
2:16:26 Did the dot-com crash prove capitalism failed?
2:20:16 Is Singapore's public housing a socialist success?
2:21:01 Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini?
2:21:35 Did America sabotage socialism in Burkina Faso?
2:23:40 Is AI a nuclear threat?
2:24:55 Are Objectivists too harsh on libertarians?
2:26:35 Is Florida's property tax repeal a big win?
2:28:12 Can Democrats impeach and remove Trump?
2:29:40 Will Democrats shut down AI data centers?
2:37:10 Why is the far left obsessed with Israel?
2:48:45 Can you teach ambition?

#Midterms2026 #ElectionNight #Trump #Republicans #Democrats #DSA #israel #netanyahu  #ForeignPolicy #socialism #FreeMarkets #Capitalism #Objectivism #AynRand 

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Hoppe: The Libertarian God that Failed | Yaron & Nikos Dialogues
(Yaron & Nikos Dialogues, Episode 17)
Streamed live on October 28, 2026
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What happens when a famous "libertarian" decides that kings are better than voters, and that some of your neighbors should be "physically removed"?

Hans-Hermann Hoppe is the heir to Murray Rothbard and a hero to anarcho-capitalists and the new right. He called it "the so-called Holocaust" on stage. He argues that kings protected liberty better than democracy. In his ideal "covenant," people with the wrong lifestyles get "physically removed." Yaron Brook and Nikos Sotirakopoulos explain why Hoppe is the libertarian god that failed.

Yaron and Nikos play the clip of Hoppe comparing Gaza to "the so-called Holocaust." Then they trace how he got there. Hoppe's famous "argumentation ethics" claims that the act of arguing with someone proves property rights. Yaron calls it rationalism, meaning word games cut off from reality. Rights have to start from the nature of man. Human life depends on the mind, and force is the enemy of the mind.

Next comes Democracy: The God That Failed. Hoppe says a king cares for his country the way an owner cares for his house. Yaron answers with real history, from royal palaces surrounded by poverty to Henry VIII's bloodshed.

In the live Q&A, Yaron and Nikos cover:
why most libertarians lose interest the moment you bring up morality
what made Rothbard so hateful
whether fossil-fuel money hurts Alex Epstein's credibility
Israel's election and its Arab parties
why "conflict of interest" has become a weapon against the profit motive
 
Yaron Brook makes the moral case for capitalism, individual rights, and reason, against the left and the right.  

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Main Topics:
00:00 Introduction and announcements
05:48 Critique of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
12:02 Hoppe and historical revisionism
18:56 Argumentation ethics analysis
28:37 Rationalism vs. reality
38:47 Democracy and monarchy
51:58 The physical removal meme
1:03:42 Individualism and covenants
1:13:54 Alt-right and foreign policy
1:25:54 Morality in state conflicts

Audience Q&A
1:38:42 Why do libertarians tune out when you bring up morality?
1:45:46 Did Native Americans own the whole continent?
1:48:12 Can a contract force you to sell your shares if you change your beliefs?
1:49:25 What would Hoppe's "covenant" even mean under anarchy?
1:50:40 What's the best Christian Bale movie?
1:53:44 Should Arab parties sit in Israel's government?
2:00:17 Rothbard was a great economist, so why was he so hateful?
2:04:01 What's the best Richard Gere movie?
2:06:42 Is Hoppe's argument the best non-Objectivist case against force?
2:07:09 Habermas and critical theory: who gets the blame for Hoppe?
2:08:12 Does fossil-fuel money hurt Alex Epstein's credibility?
2:10:07 Is Spain's train crash a sign of Atlas shrugging?
2:12:22 Why are "hedonists" a threat to Hoppe's libertarian order?
2:13:20 Do corporations have personhood?
2:16:09 Should copyright last 90 years? The "Disney law"
2:17:23 Does force cut the mind off from survival?
2:17:41 Is "conflict of interest" just a smear?

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Israel Votes; Brazil Voted; Anthropic; Starlink: Cuba; Achievements | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 174)
Streamed live on October 27, 2026

Why would a government give people up to five years in prison for selling a satellite dish?

Cuba is jailing people for selling Starlink antennas. Brazil just gave an 80-year-old socialist a fourth term. Israel went to the polls in a vote that is really a referendum on one man.
Yaron Brook sorts out what it all means. In Israel, Yaron has argued that Benjamin Netanyahu himself is the only thing blocking a secular, center-right government without the ultra-Orthodox parties or Ben-Gvir. In Brazil, Lula da Silva came back to win 51.8% to 48.2%. He is the first president since 1985 to win after losing the first round, and Flávio Bolsonaro still refuses to concede.

Anthropic's IPO filing shows $16.3 billion in revenue and an $80.7 billion loss over six months. The filing also warns that AI could pose "existential risks," while the Pentagon brands the company a "supply chain risk." The episode covers Starlink, Cuba, and why a communist regime fears an internet connection more than a protest. It ends with this week's human achievements.

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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction & Welcome
05:15 - Israel Votes: Political Crossroads & Regional Shifts
22:40 - Brazil Voted: Free Markets vs. Statism
45:10 - Anthropic & AI Safety Guardrails
1:08:35 - Starlink in Cuba: Breaking Information Monopolies
1:30:20 - Celebrating Human Achievement Against All Odds

1:51:10 - Q&A: Can Israel survive without compromising individual rights?
2:03:45 - Q&A: Is voting enough to stop a slide into authoritarianism?
2:18:20 - Q&A: Does corporate AI censorship pose a bigger threat than state regulation?
2:30:05 - Q&A: Can satellite internet permanently dismantle dictator firewalls?
2:45:30 - Q&A: Why do modern intellectuals hate human achievement—and how do we fight back?

#IsraelElection #Netanyahu #BrazilElection #Lula #Anthropic #ArtificialIntelligence #Starlink #Cuba #Musk #bolssonaro #ForeignPolicy #socialism #FreeMarkets #Capitalism #Objectivism #AynRand 

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Elections: Brazil, Israel, USA; France Riots; Starlink | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 173)
Streamed live on October 25, 2026

Can you save a country from socialism when the only other candidate isn't a capitalist?

Brazil's 80-year-old socialist just won a fourth term. Yaron Brook was in Porto Alegre on election day, making the case against Lula da Silva. He explained why Flávio Bolsonaro was still the right vote, even though "he's no Milei."

Israel votes Tuesday, and Yaron points to the one thing blocking a secular, center-right government. That obstacle is Benjamin Netanyahu himself. Also in this episode: France's riots show that tough policing works, the Starlink slowdown over Ukraine leaves Musk and Trump blaming each other, and the US midterms could turn into a mess.

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Timestamps
0:00 Live from Porto Alegre, Brazil
1:20 The $100,000 Atlas Shrugged essay contest
3:10 Taking the case for capitalism across Latin America
7:25 How Brazil got here: "Less Marx, More Mises" to Lula's arrest
19:20 Lula vs. Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff
22:10 Why Flávio Bolsonaro is no Milei
30:50 Crime and a rogue Supreme Court: the case against Lula
32:25 The Brazilian left has no bench
34:10 Serbia votes against an authoritarian
36:00 Israel's election is a vote on Netanyahu
52:40 The 62-seat coalition only Netanyahu blocks
57:50 West Bank settler violence must be stopped
59:35 Nvidia is 2% of Israel's GDP
1:01:25 US midterms and Trump's Alaska lawsuit
1:03:20 France riots: 70,000 police change everything
1:08:40 Starlink throttles Ukraine as Musk and Trump trade blame
1:15:20 Iran plots attacks on US diplomats
1:17:30 British Columbia elects conservatives for the first time in 98 years
1:18:35 A new drug cuts lung cancer deaths by 58%

Live Q&A
1:20:40 Does Starlink need a real competitor?
1:21:35 If good feelings are the goal, why not do cocaine?
1:26:05 Would socialized medicine in America hurt the whole world?
1:28:00 Is Europe's decline real or hype?
1:31:05 Does Objectivism want to break up the family?
1:32:30 Is Putin behind Europe's riots?
1:33:25 Why do rich CEOs beg to be taxed more?
1:34:35 Why do some people lie as a way of life?
1:35:15 What if Aristotle had never answered Plato?
1:35:50 Why are young people falling for Marxism and antisemitism?
1:37:45 Did Ayn Rand delay the West's collapse?
1:38:40 Will the next generation be better?
1:40:05 Is tribalism making everyone angrier?
1:41:55 Would Trump use force if he loses Congress?
1:43:45 Does "Democrats are the party of Jim Crow" make sense?
1:45:55 Why is the US Navy in the North Sea?
1:47:50 Does France prove democracy fails?
1:49:40 Should Musk be sent to The Hague?
1:50:25 Should private prisons exist?
1:53:10 Why is "affordability" an anti-concept?

#BrazilElection #IsraelElection #Lula #Netanyahu #Starlink #ElonMusk #FranceRiots #Midterms2026 #Cronyism #ForeignPolicy #socialism #FreeMarkets #Capitalism #Objectivism #AynRand 

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