🚨 August 11, 2025|  | DC takeover; Export Tax; "Journalist" Killed; CDC; Gay Marriage; Rare earth; UBI | Yaron Brook Show

Washington’s Power Grab, Media Lies, and the Rise of State Capitalism: From a shocking D.C. takeover to dangerous new export taxes, Yaron dives into the latest threats to freedom and prosperity. He unpacks the killing of a so-called “journalist,” the CDC’s overreach, the fight over gay marriage, the geopolitics of rare earths, and why UBI could be economic poison.

Along the way, Yaron answers your toughest live questions—on immigration crackdowns, the threat of dictatorship in the U.S. vs. the EU, the moral bankruptcy of both leftist and right-wing authoritarianism, free speech under fire, whether Ayn Rand prevented an even darker world, and more.

If you care about capitalism, free speech, and the future of liberty, this is one you don’t want to miss.

Key Time Stamps:
01:10 Lisbon Reflections
02:15 Upcoming Shows Schedule
03:00 DC takeover
24:30 Export Tax
46:30 "Journalist" Killed
59:25 CDC
1:01:55 Gay Marriage
1:05:05 Rare earth
1:10:10 UBI

Live Questions:
1:28:34 I am troubled by the last two episodes of My Country. The hero, who saved his old friend who had betrayed him so often, seemed altruistic and unjustified to me. Thoughts?
1:33:07 Did you see ICE agents tearing up that Mexican restaurant?
1:36:41 Emergency on immigration, in LA & now in Washington. I think we are witnessing the downfall of America & descend to authoritarianism. As a prediction would you think EU or US is more likely to see a dictatorship first?
1:41:30 Is it possible humanity wipes itself out before Objectivism takes hold?
1:41:55 Is Putin a nihilist or a power lusting mystic?
1:42:22 Is anti-semtism worse today than anti-black racism?
1:43:08 Should jury duty be mandatory?
1:44:12 One of the arguments against allowing the Nazi's to march in Skoki was "They don't have a right to try and persuade other people to throw me in an oven". Is this legitimate?
1:49:49 If Hitler had invaded England instead of Russia, could he have won the war?
1:51:40 I was listening to Andy Bernstein complain about the left, and he kept saying they are all Marxists. Wouldn't the mainstream modern left be more postmodern/Rawlsian egalitarians rather than Marxist?
1:55:47 Does JD Vance deserve any credit for shaming Europeans over their free speech restrictions?
1:57:22 WSJ headline— The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics. Is that deliberate perversion (Banner) or just misunderstood?
1:59:26 Any good economic history books in favor of capitalism? 
2:01:27 See pinned comment for timestamps of additional questions

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