Mencius Moldbug

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[Wikipedia] Curtis Guy Yarvin, also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American far-right political blogger and software developer. He is known, along with accelerationist philosopher Nick Land, for founding the anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic philosophical movement known as the Dark Enlightenmen

Quotes by Mencius Moldbug

“Reality alone - bleak, elegant, mindless reality - is the null device on the Reactionary's black flag. Anyone who tells the truth,…

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“In other words, Kant is assuming that since voters are generally reasonable people, they will vote for reasonable governments that will act…

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Politics

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“Populists voters are people who genuinely believe in democracy. They believe that the way Washington works is that the people elect a…

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Democracy

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“[I]n many ways nonsense is a more effective organizing tool than the truth. Anyone can believe in the truth. To believe in…

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Truth

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“Another word for private philanthropy, with different negative connotations, is charity. Charity was of course one of the principal obligations of the…

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Generosity

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“As Delegate of San Francisco, what should you do with these people? I think the answer is clear: alternative energy. Since wards…

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Alternative energy

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“But royalism, even if you stick a “neo-” on the front, is just too old-fashioned to appeal to some. So we also…

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Politics

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“At least in normal conditions of inter-patch peace and harmony, every Patchwork realm should positively exude rectitude and benevolence. This will of…

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Corporate culture

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“But the factor is real: a sovereign is a sovereign, and no government can be entirely without paternal graces. No one in…

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Politics

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