Curtis Yarvin

looks at the projects in New York and is like, this is crap, this is crap, I don't know what you're doing. Like, humiliates Francis Perkins in the Oval Office or wherever they're having their cabinet meeting. And then at the end of the thing, it's like everybody agrees that the bill would be fixed and then passed through Congress. This is just a picture of FDR acting like a CEO.

And so, you know, the question of was FDR a dictator? What does it mean to be a dictator? What does this pejorative word mean? I don't know. What I know is that Americans of all stripes, Democrats, Republicans and everyone, you know, except for a few right wing Republicans, basically revere FDR and FDR ran the New Deal like a startup.

And so, you know, the question of was FDR a dictator? What does it mean to be a dictator? What does this pejorative word mean? I don't know. What I know is that Americans of all stripes, Democrats, Republicans and everyone, you know, except for a few right wing Republicans, basically revere FDR and FDR ran the New Deal like a startup.

Yeah, what we see in the sort of the course of, you know, to kind of look at the objective reality of power in the U.S. since the revolution, you know, you'll talk to people about the Articles of Confederation, and you're just like, name one thing that happened in America under the Articles of Confederation, and they can't, unless they're a professional historian.

Yeah, what we see in the sort of the course of, you know, to kind of look at the objective reality of power in the U.S. since the revolution, you know, you'll talk to people about the Articles of Confederation, and you're just like, name one thing that happened in America under the Articles of Confederation, and they can't, unless they're a professional historian.

Next, you have the first constitutional period under George Washington. If you look at the administration of Washington, what you'll see is that basically what is established looks a lot like a startup. It looks so much like a startup that this guy, Alexander Hamilton, who is recognizably a startup bro, is running the whole government. He's basically the Larry Page of this republic.

Next, you have the first constitutional period under George Washington. If you look at the administration of Washington, what you'll see is that basically what is established looks a lot like a startup. It looks so much like a startup that this guy, Alexander Hamilton, who is recognizably a startup bro, is running the whole government. He's basically the Larry Page of this republic.

He's nominally the secretary.

He's nominally the secretary.

Cereals were first cultivated. I'm doing a Putin. I'll speed this up.

Cereals were first cultivated. I'm doing a Putin. I'll speed this up.

So to make a long story short, whether you want to call Washington, Lincoln and FDR dictators, this sort of, you know, appropriate word, what they were was basically national CEOs. And they were running the government like a company from the top down.

So to make a long story short, whether you want to call Washington, Lincoln and FDR dictators, this sort of, you know, appropriate word, what they were was basically national CEOs. And they were running the government like a company from the top down.

So it's not even that democracy is bad. It's just that it's very weak. And the fact that it's very weak is basically easily seen by the fact that very unpopular policies like mass immigration persist despite strong majorities being against them. So the question of basically is democracy good or bad is, I think, a secondary question to is it what we actually have?

So it's not even that democracy is bad. It's just that it's very weak. And the fact that it's very weak is basically easily seen by the fact that very unpopular policies like mass immigration persist despite strong majorities being against them. So the question of basically is democracy good or bad is, I think, a secondary question to is it what we actually have?

When you say to a New York Times reader, democracy is bad, they're a little bit shocked. But when you say to them, politics is bad, or even populism is bad, they're like, of course, these are horrible things.

When you say to a New York Times reader, democracy is bad, they're a little bit shocked. But when you say to them, politics is bad, or even populism is bad, they're like, of course, these are horrible things.

And so the thing is, when you basically want to be anti, you know, say democracy is not a good system of government, just bridge that immediately to saying populism is not a good system of government. And then you'll be like, yes, of course. Like, actually, you know, policy and law should be set by wise experts and people in the courts and lawyers and professors and so forth.

And so the thing is, when you basically want to be anti, you know, say democracy is not a good system of government, just bridge that immediately to saying populism is not a good system of government. And then you'll be like, yes, of course. Like, actually, you know, policy and law should be set by wise experts and people in the courts and lawyers and professors and so forth.

Then you'll realize that what you're actually endorsing is aristocracy rather than democracy.