Caller 10

Honesty is neither in their interest nor a strong suit. But Curtis Yarvin, chief prophet of the neoreactionaries and Peter Thiel's pet philosopher, is in a different position. He knows people in power listen to some of what he has to say, and over the last few months, his profile has risen enormously. I can take credit for at least a tiny amount of that.

Many normal liberals and elected Democrats now know who he is. This exposes him to a danger that was not present for him during Trump's first term. If the current fascist salient should be pushed back and this movement fails, there could be, and should be, prosecutions.

Many normal liberals and elected Democrats now know who he is. This exposes him to a danger that was not present for him during Trump's first term. If the current fascist salient should be pushed back and this movement fails, there could be, and should be, prosecutions.

Many normal liberals and elected Democrats now know who he is. This exposes him to a danger that was not present for him during Trump's first term. If the current fascist salient should be pushed back and this movement fails, there could be, and should be, prosecutions.

And he rightly fears that if this happens, he might follow in the footsteps of Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi high theoretician who was executed in Nuremberg. That's why, on March 6th, he published a messy, sprawling 7,000-word essay titled Barbarians and Mandarins in his trademark, nigh-unreadable style. It comes with the subheading, As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls and explodes.

And he rightly fears that if this happens, he might follow in the footsteps of Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi high theoretician who was executed in Nuremberg. That's why, on March 6th, he published a messy, sprawling 7,000-word essay titled Barbarians and Mandarins in his trademark, nigh-unreadable style. It comes with the subheading, As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls and explodes.

And he rightly fears that if this happens, he might follow in the footsteps of Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi high theoretician who was executed in Nuremberg. That's why, on March 6th, he published a messy, sprawling 7,000-word essay titled Barbarians and Mandarins in his trademark, nigh-unreadable style. It comes with the subheading, As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls and explodes.

If you want to spare yourself the headache of reading through one-tenth of a novel of Yarvin's at-best turgid prose, there's a good article by the nerd Reich that breaks all of this down. We'll link it in the show notes. But the gist is that Yarvin thinks Musk and Trump have been too slow, have embraced too many half-measures, and the whole authoritarian project is careening towards disaster.

If you want to spare yourself the headache of reading through one-tenth of a novel of Yarvin's at-best turgid prose, there's a good article by the nerd Reich that breaks all of this down. We'll link it in the show notes. But the gist is that Yarvin thinks Musk and Trump have been too slow, have embraced too many half-measures, and the whole authoritarian project is careening towards disaster.

If you want to spare yourself the headache of reading through one-tenth of a novel of Yarvin's at-best turgid prose, there's a good article by the nerd Reich that breaks all of this down. We'll link it in the show notes. But the gist is that Yarvin thinks Musk and Trump have been too slow, have embraced too many half-measures, and the whole authoritarian project is careening towards disaster.

Quote, Unless the spectacular earthquakes of January and February are dwarfed in March and April by new and unprecedented abuses of the Richter scale, the Trump regime will start to wither and eventually dissipate. It cannot stay at its current level of power, which is too high to sustain but too low to succeed. It has to keep doing things that have never been done before.

Quote, Unless the spectacular earthquakes of January and February are dwarfed in March and April by new and unprecedented abuses of the Richter scale, the Trump regime will start to wither and eventually dissipate. It cannot stay at its current level of power, which is too high to sustain but too low to succeed. It has to keep doing things that have never been done before.

Quote, Unless the spectacular earthquakes of January and February are dwarfed in March and April by new and unprecedented abuses of the Richter scale, the Trump regime will start to wither and eventually dissipate. It cannot stay at its current level of power, which is too high to sustain but too low to succeed. It has to keep doing things that have never been done before.

As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls and explodes. Now, the weeks since have seen massive and rising public awareness of SECOT, the terrorism detention facility in El Salvador being used as a concentration camp by the Trump regime. This might rightly be called a new and unprecedented abuse. But there's a couple of issues here, at least as far as Yarvin sees them.

As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls and explodes. Now, the weeks since have seen massive and rising public awareness of SECOT, the terrorism detention facility in El Salvador being used as a concentration camp by the Trump regime. This might rightly be called a new and unprecedented abuse. But there's a couple of issues here, at least as far as Yarvin sees them.

As soon as it stops accelerating, it stalls and explodes. Now, the weeks since have seen massive and rising public awareness of SECOT, the terrorism detention facility in El Salvador being used as a concentration camp by the Trump regime. This might rightly be called a new and unprecedented abuse. But there's a couple of issues here, at least as far as Yarvin sees them.

For one thing, the people targeted there have been... Migrants, people who are in the U.S. either illegally or in the U.S. on visas that have been revoked, people who have been accused of being part of Trindagua, but not the people that Yarvin wants to see liquidated.

For one thing, the people targeted there have been... Migrants, people who are in the U.S. either illegally or in the U.S. on visas that have been revoked, people who have been accused of being part of Trindagua, but not the people that Yarvin wants to see liquidated.

For one thing, the people targeted there have been... Migrants, people who are in the U.S. either illegally or in the U.S. on visas that have been revoked, people who have been accused of being part of Trindagua, but not the people that Yarvin wants to see liquidated.

Because as he writes in this column, the thing that he thinks the Trump administration should be doing right now is quite literally gassing media personalities and politicians who don't align with his viewpoint, basically literally killing the opposition. And since he's shown to be unwilling to do that, the fact that he's shipping people to concentration camps on its own isn't terrifying enough.