Iranian Revolution?; Venezuela Update; Mearsheimer; Waltz; Kelly; Mamdani | Yaron Brook Show

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📺 Live Jan 5, 2026
Iranian Revolution?; Venezuela Update; Mearsheimer; Waltz; Kelly; Mamdani | Yaron Brook Show

Revolution or Regime Change? Iran, Venezuela, and the Moral Limits of U.S. Power

Is the Iranian regime finally on the brink of collapse—or is “revolution” just another Western fantasy?
In this explosive episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron tackles the biggest foreign-policy questions of the moment: the possibility of an Iranian revolution, Trump’s shocking military action in Venezuela, and what real moral foreign policy should look like in an age of regime change, deterrence theory, and rising authoritarian powers.

Yaron dissects the ideas of John Mearsheimer and Kenneth Waltz, challenges conventional realist thinking, and exposes the philosophical failures behind America’s incoherent use of force abroad. From Iran and Venezuela to Mamdani, Kelly, altruism, Objectivism, and even Star Trek—this episode ranges widely, but always cuts to fundamentals: reason, morality, and individual rights.

The live Q&A goes deep and controversial, tackling Trump’s motives, U.S. military power, altruism, capitalism, foreign intervention, and whether Objectivism can help you flourish in an irrational world.

If you care about freedom, realism vs morality in foreign policy, and the future of Western civilization—this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

🔗 Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/kxl2zy1Qqko

⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
03:00 – Iranian Revolution?
29:45 – Venezuela Update
57:40 – Mearsheimer
1:05:30 – Waltz
1:12:10 – Kelly
1:18:30 – Mamdani

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
1:34:10 – Andor S2E10: “Make It Stop” — worth reviewing?
1:35:29 – Profit motive vs quality: McDonald’s vs Toyota
1:43:01 – Are Objectivists too timid about spreading their ideas?
1:43:52 – Trump in Venezuela: motive, message, and precedent
1:48:54 – Is feeling bad for the “less fortunate” a moral weakness?
1:50:50 – Can Objectivism help you flourish in an irrational world?
1:57:00 – Why is the stock market up today?
2:01:04 – Does altruism negate moral credit for helping?
2:06:07 – Does a president have unilateral authority to invade?
2:10:53 – Is Trump cognitively declining—and does it matter?

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Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.