The intelligence in putens russia are still overwhelmingly westernized. There are plenty of smart russians who do not basically follow the anglo american antenna, but they're really in the minority. The thing is that he was at war against the entire world, and he was defeated by the entire world. And so, you know, we saw the worst sort of like,. it was very clear to the most basic observers of hitler from the thirties on, in germany and outside germany, that the regime was capable of the most outrageous criminality.
Former computer programmer and political theorist Curtis Yarvin is considered by many to be a dangerous thinker. He has been named in the New York Times and Vanity Fair as a founding member of the burgeoning 'New Right' and caused a stir on Tucker Carlson.
His theories of power seem to have made their way from the fringe blogosphere into the mainstream media. Now, people are trying to make sense of some of what Yarvin wants for the Western nations he criticises and where his thinking might go next.
One particularly bold claim made by Yarvin is that America would be better run as a monarchy, rather than a democracy.
To dig deeper into this esoteric political philosophy, Freddie Sayers invited Curtis Yarvin to the UnHerd studio.
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