i'm living in a constitutional monarchy, and we've got our jubilee celebrations coming up for elizabeth the second. The functions ofo a kind of modern, as you put it, ceremonial monarchy is not nothing. It's actually potentially quite significant. And i think if on the unhappy day that she dies, i think the world will see just how significant it is for the people of Britain to restore this role.
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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