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...they even deny that our form of government (the US) is a democracy, but won't make open admission of it. They want dicktatership,
but now, we see the first open calls for tyranny of the minority in the form of Trumputinism (no doubt with a theocratic twist).
How many times have I made the observation, but our local hate democracyists fall silent. Let's see how they spin this.
An antidemocratic philosophy called 'neoreaction' is creeping into GOP politics
President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were brazenly antidemocratic. Yet Trump and his supporters nonetheless justified their actions under the dubious pretense – as a matter of getting the vote right, of reversing voter fraud.
But in recent months, a strand of conservative thought whose adherents are forthright in their disdain for democracy has started to creep into GOP politics. It’s called “neoreaction,” and its leading figure, a software engineer and blogger named , to at least two GOP U.S. Senate candidates, along with Peter Thiel, a major GOP donor.
In my years , I see this as one of the more significant developments in right-wing politics. Someone who calls himself a monarchist isn’t being relegated to the fringes of the internet. He’s being interviewed by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and has U.S. Senate candidates repeating his talking points.
In 2007, Yarvin launched his blog, “Unqualified Reservations.” Writing under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, he produced a prodigious corpus of political philosophy.
In his writings, Yarvin cites his political influences. They include the 19th-century political philosopher , who disdained democracy and thought it could too easily veer into mob rule; American 20th-century political theorist , who became convinced that elites would come to control the country’s politics while couching their interests in democratic rhetoric; and economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe, who, in his 2001 book “,” wrote of how all organizations – irrespective of size – are best managed by a single executive.
Another important neoreactionary figure is , whose main contribution to the philosophy is . In essence, accelerationism is based on that “worse is better.” The Russian revolutionary maintained that the more chaotic conditions became, the greater the likelihood that his Bolshevik party could accomplish its goals.
Analogously, believe that they can hasten the demise of liberal democratic governments by stoking political tension.
Both Yarvin and Land believe that gradual, incremental reforms to democracy will not save Western society; instead, a “hard reset” or “reboot” is necessary. To that end, Yarvin has coined the acronym “RAGE” – Retire All Government Employees – as a crucial step toward that goal. The acronym is reminiscent of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s .
Yarvin advocates for an entirely new system of government – what he calls “.” He advocates for a centrally managed economy led by a monarch
but now, we see the first open calls for tyranny of the minority in the form of Trumputinism (no doubt with a theocratic twist).
How many times have I made the observation, but our local hate democracyists fall silent. Let's see how they spin this.
An antidemocratic philosophy called 'neoreaction' is creeping into GOP politics
President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were brazenly antidemocratic. Yet Trump and his supporters nonetheless justified their actions under the dubious pretense – as a matter of getting the vote right, of reversing voter fraud.
But in recent months, a strand of conservative thought whose adherents are forthright in their disdain for democracy has started to creep into GOP politics. It’s called “neoreaction,” and its leading figure, a software engineer and blogger named , to at least two GOP U.S. Senate candidates, along with Peter Thiel, a major GOP donor.
In my years , I see this as one of the more significant developments in right-wing politics. Someone who calls himself a monarchist isn’t being relegated to the fringes of the internet. He’s being interviewed by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and has U.S. Senate candidates repeating his talking points.
In 2007, Yarvin launched his blog, “Unqualified Reservations.” Writing under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, he produced a prodigious corpus of political philosophy.
In his writings, Yarvin cites his political influences. They include the 19th-century political philosopher , who disdained democracy and thought it could too easily veer into mob rule; American 20th-century political theorist , who became convinced that elites would come to control the country’s politics while couching their interests in democratic rhetoric; and economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe, who, in his 2001 book “,” wrote of how all organizations – irrespective of size – are best managed by a single executive.
Another important neoreactionary figure is , whose main contribution to the philosophy is . In essence, accelerationism is based on that “worse is better.” The Russian revolutionary maintained that the more chaotic conditions became, the greater the likelihood that his Bolshevik party could accomplish its goals.
Analogously, believe that they can hasten the demise of liberal democratic governments by stoking political tension.
Both Yarvin and Land believe that gradual, incremental reforms to democracy will not save Western society; instead, a “hard reset” or “reboot” is necessary. To that end, Yarvin has coined the acronym “RAGE” – Retire All Government Employees – as a crucial step toward that goal. The acronym is reminiscent of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s .
Yarvin advocates for an entirely new system of government – what he calls “.” He advocates for a centrally managed economy led by a monarch
