The rightward drift of Silicon Valley didn’t come out of nowhere. In 2014, Corey Pein detailed the then emerging connections between tech elites and neo-fascist thinkers like Curtis Yarvin and Nick Land.
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His arguments are frankly illogical and ill informed. It would be easy to refute his claims about the purpose of government, the lack of violence under monarchs, and his despicable dismissal of women. He calls himself an "intellectual" but he speaks like an adolescent living in the basement.
Thank you, Baffler. I remember this article, and it helped inform my understanding in the intervening decade. Many thanks to your writers, editors, and supporters for all you do.
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Just sayin’.
The fantasy repeats: Übermensch, elite survival, escape from a “corrupt” world & domination through technology.
When greed runs rampant & billionaires play gods, history warns exactly where it leads.
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Evil doers!!