The Worthy House (Charles Haywood) On the “Dark Enlightenment,” and of Curtis Yarvin / Mencius Moldbug
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Aug 23, 2019 AI Snips
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Dark Enlightenment Framed By Yarvin
- Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug) is the most prominent figure in the Dark Enlightenment and frames it as a reactionary, atheist critique of liberalism.
- The host sees Yarvin's work as mostly thought experiments with little political traction or charisma.
Style Undermines Argument
- Haywood criticizes Yarvin's writing as disorganized, snarky, and dependent on obscure or dead links that break his arguments.
- These stylistic flaws undermine Yarvin's claim to a coherent political manifesto despite occasional good paragraphs.
The Cathedral Concept
- Yarvin offers a political topology dividing progressives and reactionaries and coins 'the cathedral' for institutions propagating progressive consensus.
- The cathedral (academia, press, education) coordinates power and shapes state policy through cultural influence.