Glenn Educates AOC About the Billionaires She Hates | Guests: Nick Shirley & Jack Carr | 5/8/26

In this episode of The Glenn Beck Program, Glenn Beck launches a scathing critique of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, challenging her view that billionaires inherently exploit the system by arguing instead that wealth is earned through innovation, service, and moral capitalism—citing figures like Elon Musk, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford as exemplars. Beck emphasizes that true capitalism creates value and transforms lives, contrasting it with what he sees as AOC’s ideological bias rooted in resentment toward success. The discussion expands into geopolitics with guest Jack Carr, who argues that the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan severely weakened global deterrence, emboldening adversaries like Russia and China, and warns against 'mirror imaging' in negotiations with Iran—assuming shared values where none exist. Carr also promotes his new novel, *The Fourth Option*, a modern Western-action hybrid about a protagonist who becomes the 'fourth option' when diplomacy, war, and intelligence fail. The episode further critiques the commercialization of political ideology, particularly the absurd merchandise at the Obama Presidential Center, including Legos based on 'Rules for Radicals' and 'social justice jewelry,' which Beck and guests mock as emblematic of cultural decadence. The tone turns sharply critical when they condemn Mark Hamill’s inflammatory posts on Blue Sky, calling calls for the president’s assassination despicable and a sign of a dangerous erosion in political discourse. Throughout, Beck champions moral leadership, personal responsibility, and the power of human connection to heal a fractured nation.