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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.
The Yaron Brook Show judges the news by one standard: reason, individual rights, and capitalism. No tribe gets a pass, whether left, right, MAGA, or the establishment. If you want more than one side's talking points, subscribe and join the live Q&A.
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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?
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*the overview above is written by YaronAi*
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