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Sep 2024
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Part One: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher...

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Robert sits down with the great Ed Helms to discuss Curtis Yarvin, the American philosopher of dictatorship whose ideas inspired J.D. Vance.

(2 Part Series)

Sources:

  1. Curtis Yarvin, Political Theorist - Tablet Magazine
  2. Who is Curtis Yarvin, the monarchist, anti-democracy blogger? | Vox
  3. Mouthbreathing Machiavellis Dream of a Silicon Reich (thebaffler.com)
  4. A Founder's Farewell • Blog • urbit.org
  5. Interview with Curtis Yarvin — Max Raskin
  6. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trumps-vow-to-fire-thousands-of-crooked-federal-workers-prompts-alarm/
  7. https://thebaffler.com/latest/mouthbreathing-machiavellis
  8. https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/geeks-for-monarchy/
  9. https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-moldbug-variations-pein
  10. https://glasgowmuseumsslavery.co.uk/2020/11/18/thomas-carlyle-historian-writer-racist/
  11. https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/05/ol5-shortest-way-to-world-peace/
  12. https://newtotse.com/oldtotse/en/ego/cult_of_the_dead_cow/cdc252.html
  13. http://www.textfiles.com/groups/CDC/cDc-0234.txt
  14. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-trump-harris-high-status-males-4chan-b2606617.html
  15. https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/11/patchwork-2-profit-strategies-for-our/
  16. https://academic.oup.com/book/25370
  17. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/curtis-yarvin-thiel-carlyle-monarchism-reactionary
  18. https://www.amazon.com/Key-Thinkers-Radical-Right-Democracy-ebook/dp/B07LFKWCV2

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