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Ep 60: Curtis Yarvin on Monarchy as the Way to Be

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The Ideal Scenario Is That You Don't Have Absolute Power

The ideal scenario for someone with a high degree of power is that they are comfortable withe the idea that it's going to last. But i often think about, if you were to actually move towards this, is that that person who gathers absolute power is not so much interested in the long term economic output of the country but just in enjoying the rewards of being in a position something like the kim family in north carea. If you're an evil person, and many people are psychopaths, it's probably more enjoyable to be the king a kim in north korea than to be the person who is slogging through another decade of economic malays  in order to get to

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