"The simplest way to suppress democracy, what we call sort of the force of actual democracy in the world to day, is politics or populism," he says. "If you want to basically turn down the power on democracy, basically call it this other word politics, which means the same is bad." He goes on to say that for politicians to have control over the government is traditionally wrong. 'You're not really electing anything like a ceo of the government'
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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