Hoppe: The Libertarian God that Failed | Yaron & Nikos Dialogues

Hoppe: The Libertarian God that Failed | Yaron & Nikos Dialogues

(Yaron & Nikos Dialogues, Episode 17)

Streamed live on October 28, 2026

Watch Now: https://youtube.com/live/nPdwprAS0j4

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