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Hoppe: The Libertarian God that Failed | Yaron & Nikos Dialogues
(Yaron & Nikos Dialogues, Episode 17)
Streamed live on October 28, 2026
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*What happens when a famous "libertarian" decides that kings are better than voters, and that some of your neighbors should be "physically removed"?*
Hans-Hermann Hoppe is the heir to Murray Rothbard and a hero to anarcho-capitalists and the new right. He called it "the so-called Holocaust" on stage. He argues that kings protected liberty better than democracy. In his ideal "covenant," people with the wrong lifestyles get "physically removed." Yaron Brook and Nikos Sotirakopoulos explain why Hoppe is the libertarian god that failed.
Yaron and Nikos play the clip of Hoppe comparing Gaza to "the so-called Holocaust." Then they trace how he got there. Hoppe's famous "argumentation ethics" claims that the act of arguing with someone proves property rights. Yaron calls it rationalism, meaning word games cut off from reality. Rights have to start from the nature of man. Human life depends on the mind, and force is the enemy of the mind.
Next comes Democracy: The God That Failed. Hoppe says a king cares for his country the way an owner cares for his house. Yaron answers with real history, from royal palaces surrounded by poverty to Henry VIII's bloodshed.
In the live Q&A, Yaron and Nikos cover:
why most libertarians lose interest the moment you bring up morality
what made Rothbard so hateful
whether fossil-fuel money hurts Alex Epstein's credibility
Israel's election and its Arab parties
why "conflict of interest" has become a weapon against the profit motive
Yaron Brook makes the moral case for capitalism, individual rights, and reason, against the left and the right.
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Main Topics:
00:00 Introduction and announcements
05:48 Critique of Hans-Hermann Hoppe
12:02 Hoppe and historical revisionism
18:56 Argumentation ethics analysis
28:37 Rationalism vs. reality
38:47 Democracy and monarchy
51:58 The physical removal meme
1:03:42 Individualism and covenants
1:13:54 Alt-right and foreign policy
1:25:54 Morality in state conflicts
Audience Q&A
1:38:42 Why do libertarians tune out when you bring up morality?
1:45:46 Did Native Americans own the whole continent?
1:48:12 Can a contract force you to sell your shares if you change your beliefs?
1:49:25 What would Hoppe's "covenant" even mean under anarchy?
1:50:40 What's the best Christian Bale movie?
1:53:44 Should Arab parties sit in Israel's government?
2:00:17 Rothbard was a great economist, so why was he so hateful?
2:04:01 What's the best Richard Gere movie?
2:06:42 Is Hoppe's argument the best non-Objectivist case against force?
2:07:09 Habermas and critical theory: who gets the blame for Hoppe?
2:08:12 Does fossil-fuel money hurt Alex Epstein's credibility?
2:10:07 Is Spain's train crash a sign of Atlas shrugging?
2:12:22 Why are "hedonists" a threat to Hoppe's libertarian order?
2:13:20 Do corporations have personhood?
2:16:09 Should copyright last 90 years? The "Disney law"
2:17:23 Does force cut the mind off from survival?
2:17:41 Is "conflict of interest" just a smear?
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