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Curtis Yarvin wants to replace American democracy with a monarchy led by a 'CEO'

by timhigins on 5/30/25, 11:40 PM with 12 comments

  • by techpineapple on 5/30/25, 11:51 PM

    This is a fragile point I’m going to make, and I’m sure somebody has made it before me, but the weird thing about knowledge or philosophy or whatever, and I real plenty of history or philosophy, but you can basically get it to say anything you want it to say.

    Maybe it’s sort of like, you can’t become wise without reading history, but you can read history without becoming wise.

    And it’s kind of weird to me that someone can read hundreds of thousands of pages of history and write thousdans of pages of blog posts, that basically boils down to Anakin sky walker asking, “but, what if the dictator was good”

  • by aurizon on 5/31/25, 12:07 AM

    Right now, votes in both US houses have been made into a currency = cash via lobby, and also by offshore transfers, or even via bagmen. In the UK each party must vote as the party leader directs, or in a free vote where each person can choose freely. In the USA there is some degree of party voting, but this visible vote can be seen and the response to a lobbyist $$ or bagged $$ and the payor knows how he voted and can act to discipline the member of the house or senate. This is a degree of departure from democratic ideals. Yes, I know bribes are outlawed, but there are ways, quid-pro-quo actions. I wonder if there can be 2 votes, one by hand and the other secret, to give deniability and the member can vote his mind in the secret one. The secret one wins, and the show of hands is for show?

  • by sipofwater on 5/31/25, 12:42 AM

    Article Mirror: https://archive.is/EWTKx

  • by AnimalMuppet on 5/31/25, 12:19 AM

    So? Let him want it.

    Personally, I couldn't care less what Curtis Yarvin wants, nor what he thinks is wise or a good idea. I oppose any attempt in that direction.

    I think I have more who agree with me than who agree with Yarvin, so Yarvin can take his funny ideas and get lost.

  • by nojvek on 5/31/25, 7:57 PM

    Americans place too much faith in CEOs.

    If all of top 500 fortune CEOs resigned tomorrow, within a year things would bounce back with new CEOs with new ideas who drive things forward.

    Even China realized Mao’s way of running things was bad. A balance of capitalism and long term central planning is ideal.