Left & Right & The Horseshoe Theory | Yaron Brook Show
Channel: Yaron Brook
Date: 2024-02-21

00:00 Intro
01:27 Left & Right & The Horseshoe Theory
02:48 Reminders
05:03 We need a Yaron Brook state of the union address!
08:25 Left & Right & The Horseshoe Theory
11:44 The Right
12:20 The Left
13:00 Extremes
15:04 A Package Deal http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/package-dealing,_fallacy_of
17:05 Tribes
18:48 Empty Concepts
19:58 The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America
28:07 Individual Rights http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights
36:08 There is no candidate moving us towards freedom
39:53 What we need

Live Questions:
53:39 Canadians and Australians seem fine with authoritarianism. People getting arrested for speech. People's bank accounts being frozen for protesting. As much as we complain about America, we are light years ahead of other developed nations.
58:39 Do christian conservatives oppose the welfare state and emphasize work, not because they respect individual rights, but because they think work is suffering? Work is anti-happiness and joy, we all suffer at work as a duty?
1:04:02 Did most Jews in Europe know fluent Hebrew before the holocaust? How did they get all these German, Polish, Russian, and Hungarian Jews to start speaking Hebrew in 1948 to coordinate a war of self defense?
1:12:36 Same question as Daniel ... Is there any prospect of a better, viable 3rd party?
1:15:18 Do you see a 3rd party gaining traction this election? Maybe Haley/Romney or Romney/Manchin. Not holding my breath, but it wouldld be nice.
1:20:01 To what do you attribute that the population seems to want to outsource the responsibility to think for themselves to a political leader? How do the intellectuals factor into the blame?
1:24:28 Hi, Yaron, made a live show! Also, thanks for ther great interview with Jason Rheins a few days ago.
1:26:45 Talking politics from a philosophical perspective can be hard as people aren't familiar with terms. Sometimes it seems it would take days for them to get what I'm asserting. What's your method of getting around this?
1:28:25 I am usually reminded of the horseshoe theory when seeing how similar both far left and right behave. More willing to sacrifice their ideals and engage in hypocrisy just to oppose the other side.
1:30:16 I saw Michelangelo’s David a few months ago. Saw Wing Victory yesterday stunning. With art like this, how does Europe go so wrong?
1:32:39 I think authoritarianism offends the sense of life of many Americans, including immigrants who came to the U.S. seeking freedom. How can we appeal to that sense of life to move from fear to liberty?
1:36:01 Why are many rational people, eg people who do think Independently in their professions, generally uninterested in politics? It’s like politics is left to idiotic tribalists unchecked by rational people who opt out.
1:37:39 Did you like the show Seinfeld? I never thought it was funny. Jerry Seinfeld just seems like an arrogant prick. And the man is worth billions. Bizarre.
1:38:32 Thanks for another great show.
1:38:41 Did St. Augustine name his theory about war the Just War Theory? If not , then who named it as such, and were the Founders familiar with it?
1:42:19 Hey Yaron thanks again for a great show!!
1:42:31 What are some things that Objectivists can do to promote going beyond left and right? I have some private ideas to share , will write you.
1:48:12 What's your most favorite visited geographic location?
1:49:45 Veach and the Conceptualists tried but didn't come close to solving the problem of universals. Besides Objectivusm has any philosophy emerging today come close?
1:51:47 Do you ever watch "Jeopardy"? Would you ever go on? You'd probably clean up, no?

1:52:14 Outro

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