Cotis bet: I think a lot of what you said, a lot of people would agree with. You say the solution to it is to go in a kind of chinese direction and just vote in or choose some kind of technology enabled silicum valley overlord - except that we are serfs this new regime. That bit i think most people would resile from. Tell me why i'm wrong and why we should follow you to the ends of this plan. cotisbet: Yes, i think there is a technique for getting over that reaction. The right to matter has become essentially symbolic,. casting it aside, in a way, is this ironic gesture of freedom.
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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