Ballroom; Cartels; Russia Sanctions; Gov Shutdown; Elections; Gaza; San Francisco | Yaron Brook Show
🎙️ Recorded live October 23, 2025

Chaos or Freedom? Cartels, Gaza, and America’s Collapse of Reason 

Can America survive when envy, fear, and tribalism dominate public life?

From the cartel wars to Russia sanctions, Gaza chaos, and San Francisco’s decay—Yaron Brook exposes the moral corruption behind today’s political disasters. What’s missing? Reason, capitalism, and individualism.

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🕒 Key Topic Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:00 Ballroom: Grace, hierarchy, and culture
14:40 Cartels: Violence, corruption, and failed moral premises
22:25 Russia Sanctions: Who really pays the price?
28:50 Government Shutdown: The morality of a bloated state
38:35 Elections: Fear, populism, and moral cowardice
46:15 Gaza: The West’s self-inflicted moral blindness
54:15 San Francisco: The death of a great city

💬 Live Audience Questions
1:01:17 Are Hazlitt’s “Economics in One Lesson” fallacies still relevant today?
1:03:21 Any plans for another conference in Australia?
1:04:02 Did Hazlitt ever interact with Ayn Rand?
1:06:09 Do anti-capitalists want no progress—or just less?
1:08:28 Why do some envy rational confidence?
1:09:58 “The Drug War isn’t a war… because wars end.” — thoughts?
1:11:10 Rand called it the “Age of Envy”—was she right?
1:12:33 How effective is the Democrats’ resistance to Trump?
1:16:06 Is self-discipline now considered “toxic” in psychology?
1:17:15 Mamdani’s rise and the politics of appeasement
1:17:54 The infantilization of citizens—intentional or inevitable?
1:18:37 From “A is A” to ethics: How does Objectivism get from is to ought?
1:22:05 Can we still move toward a rights-respecting government?
1:22:57 Stalin, torture, and the psychology of evil
1:24:59 Can democracy survive without capitalism?
1:27:09 China’s industrial policy and Western hypocrisy
1:28:17 See pinned comment for full question list

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