Yaron Brook Show Drug War; HK Fire; Failure; NATO; Swiss Tax; Costco; Fuentes; Waymo | Yaron Brook Show
Dec 3, 2025
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Drug War; HK Fire; Failure; NATO; Swiss Tax; Costco; Fuentes; Waymo | Yaron Brook Show
🎙️ Recorded live Dec 2, 2025
Episode URL: https://youtube.com/live/VM1AIWgRPHg
Drug War Lies, NATO Weakness, Swiss Envy & a Culture Afraid to Fail — Yaron Brook Breaks It All Down.
America’s biggest battles aren’t only at the border or overseas — they’re in our ideas.
From the moral bankruptcy of the Drug War to the fatalism behind modern failure culture… from HK’s catastrophic fire to NATO’s long-term self-sabotage… this episode is a rapid-fire, no-holds-barred breakdown of today’s most urgent political and philosophical flashpoints.
Plus: Swiss tax myths, Costco praise, the Fuentes circus, and the future of self-driving freedom with Waymo.
And don’t miss the live Q&A — some of the sharpest questions of the year.
⏱️ Topic Timestamps
02:50 — The Drug War: moral rot meets political cowardice
34:15 — The Hong Kong Fire: what failed and why
40:35 — Failure Culture: America’s fear of risk
47:30 — NATO: freeloaders vs. free countries
51:20 — Swiss Tax: the myth of the “low-tax utopia”
54:25 — Costco: the beauty of business done right
57:10 — Nick Fuentes: the rise of unserious authoritarianism
1:12:00 — Waymo: when innovation outruns regulators
đź’¬ Live Audience Questions
1:25:25 — Was Rand’s personal life a moral failing—or a misunderstood context?
1:26:49 — Can good people evade—and what does Rand actually mean by it?
1:28:36 — Are Americans finally getting a real taste of fascism?
1:29:21 — Would Trump refuse to surrender power after a major loss?
1:30:57 — Should the next president prosecute Trump—or unify the nation?
1:33:05 — What happened to America’s moonshot mindset?
1:33:23 — Did Challenger kill ambition?
1:33:41 — Trump casinos in Moscow… with Taylor Swift in a burqa? (satire)
1:33:57 — Should builders design for 50-year durability?
1:34:22 — Who would sell mind-altering drugs in a free society?
1:35:14 — Why is the White House picking fights with pop stars?
1:35:41 — Why do so many Objectivists have Asperger’s traits?
1:36:05 — Does empiricism lead to rationalism—or undermine it?
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🎙️ Recorded live Dec 2, 2025
Episode URL: https://youtube.com/live/VM1AIWgRPHg
Drug War Lies, NATO Weakness, Swiss Envy & a Culture Afraid to Fail — Yaron Brook Breaks It All Down.
America’s biggest battles aren’t only at the border or overseas — they’re in our ideas.
From the moral bankruptcy of the Drug War to the fatalism behind modern failure culture… from HK’s catastrophic fire to NATO’s long-term self-sabotage… this episode is a rapid-fire, no-holds-barred breakdown of today’s most urgent political and philosophical flashpoints.
Plus: Swiss tax myths, Costco praise, the Fuentes circus, and the future of self-driving freedom with Waymo.
And don’t miss the live Q&A — some of the sharpest questions of the year.
⏱️ Topic Timestamps
02:50 — The Drug War: moral rot meets political cowardice
34:15 — The Hong Kong Fire: what failed and why
40:35 — Failure Culture: America’s fear of risk
47:30 — NATO: freeloaders vs. free countries
51:20 — Swiss Tax: the myth of the “low-tax utopia”
54:25 — Costco: the beauty of business done right
57:10 — Nick Fuentes: the rise of unserious authoritarianism
1:12:00 — Waymo: when innovation outruns regulators
đź’¬ Live Audience Questions
1:25:25 — Was Rand’s personal life a moral failing—or a misunderstood context?
1:26:49 — Can good people evade—and what does Rand actually mean by it?
1:28:36 — Are Americans finally getting a real taste of fascism?
1:29:21 — Would Trump refuse to surrender power after a major loss?
1:30:57 — Should the next president prosecute Trump—or unify the nation?
1:33:05 — What happened to America’s moonshot mindset?
1:33:23 — Did Challenger kill ambition?
1:33:41 — Trump casinos in Moscow… with Taylor Swift in a burqa? (satire)
1:33:57 — Should builders design for 50-year durability?
1:34:22 — Who would sell mind-altering drugs in a free society?
1:35:14 — Why is the White House picking fights with pop stars?
1:35:41 — Why do so many Objectivists have Asperger’s traits?
1:36:05 — Does empiricism lead to rationalism—or undermine it?
See Pinned comment for full questions.
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Continue the discussion by following Yaron on Twitter (https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and Facebook (https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )
Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the Ayn Rand Institute: https://bit.ly/35qoEC3
#YaronBrook #Objectivism #AynRand #DrugWar #NATO #HongKong #SwissTax #Waymo #NickFuentes #FreeMarkets #IndividualRights #Liberty #PoliticalPhilosophy #Economics #Capitalism #CulturalCommentary #USPolitics #Innovation #Freedom #YaronBrookShow #VenezuelaCrisis #DonaldTrump #ChinaThreat #Geopolitics #PoliticalPhilosophy #FreedomAndLiberty #TrumpIndecency #EconPolicy #MoralPhilosophy #ReasonAndFreedom #Philosophy #ForeignPolicy #aynrandinstitute #Individualism #Freedom #EconomicPolicy #GlobalNewsAnalysis #WesternCivilization #Rationality #Reason #AtlasShrugged #RationalEgoism #RationalSelfInterest #MoralClarity #MoralCourage #FreeSpeech
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