Original Live Title: 🚨 August 17, 2025 | MAGA & Tucker,Socialism/Feudalism?; Ageism; TikTok; Engineers; Military & Drugs | Yaron Brook Show

Is America drifting back to feudalism under the banner of MAGA populism and Tucker Carlson’s “anti-capitalism”? Yaron Brook takes on the growing assault on freedom—from right-wing populists and their cozying up to socialism—to the moral panic over TikTok, discrimination cloaked as “ageism,” the cultural status of engineers, and the dangerous mix of the military and drugs. Plus, a deep dive into an Institute for Justice case that could reshape property rights.

In the live Q&A, Yaron weighs in on Agustina Vergara Cid’s new OCON 2025 talk, lessons from the Obama years, and whether JD Vance is a modern Ellsworth Toohey. He tackles questions on cartel power, writing sci-fi worlds with corporate quasi-feudalism, politicians’ evasions on spending, and the perennial challenge of voting when there’s no capitalist option on the ballot.

Key Time Stamps:
01:05 – MAGA & Tucker: Socialism or Feudalism?
32:40 – Ageism
43:40 – TikTok
48:40 – Engineers
57:40 – Military & Drugs
1:08:10 – Institute for Justice Case

1:17:40 – Live Questions
1:35:55 Do you think that JD Vance is evil , like Ellsworth Toohey? 
1:37:32 How much bigger do the cartels need to get before they're effectively the government? 1:38:38 Working on a Sci-fi story with cyborgs, AI, extreme longevity. If people voluntarily live under a CEO/celebrity; in a corporate town/skyscraper, is that quasi-feudalistic? How to separate the ideas? 
1:39:50 Why can't politicians understand the need to cut spending? Are they being dishonest and evasive? Do they understand budgets? 
1:42:16 Being that there is no capitalist party in my state, how would you vote? Least evil theory? Third party? Not vote?

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