Curtis Yarvin
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I think that American conservatism is in the long and very, very difficult grieving process of realizing that it has always been a fraud. And I think one of the especially dangers in American conservatism is that there's so much grift in it and so much of it consumes so much energy and so much attention and produces so little.
I think that American conservatism is in the long and very, very difficult grieving process of realizing that it has always been a fraud. And I think one of the especially dangers in American conservatism is that there's so much grift in it and so much of it consumes so much energy and so much attention and produces so little.
You are still a factor of 100 from being able to give the people who are voting for you and donating to you anything like what they imagine they're going to get from you.
You are still a factor of 100 from being able to give the people who are voting for you and donating to you anything like what they imagine they're going to get from you.
It just doesn't have the power to give anything that it promises.
It just doesn't have the power to give anything that it promises.
I think the fact that Trump is not really from America's social upper class has hurt him a lot in terms of his confidence. I think that that's sort of limited him as a leader in various ways.
I think the fact that Trump is not really from America's social upper class has hurt him a lot in terms of his confidence. I think that that's sort of limited him as a leader in various ways.
Thank you. Thank you. Let's have some more fun.
Thank you. Thank you. Let's have some more fun.
So when I look at the status of women in, say, a Jane Austen novel, which is well before enfranchisement, it actually seems kind of okay. The woman in Jane Austen's book seems to be fine.
So when I look at the status of women in, say, a Jane Austen novel, which is well before enfranchisement, it actually seems kind of okay. The woman in Jane Austen's book seems to be fine.
Have you ever seen anything like that in the 21st century? I mean, the whole class in Jane Austen's world is the class of, like, UBI-earning aristocrats, right?
Have you ever seen anything like that in the 21st century? I mean, the whole class in Jane Austen's world is the class of, like, UBI-earning aristocrats, right?
It's very hard. So first of all, when we say when we say liberty, for example, so you you did a thing that people often do where they confuse freedom with power. So free speech is a freedom. The right to vote is a form of power. And so the assumption that you're making is that through getting the vote in the early 20th century in England and America, women made life better for themselves.
It's very hard. So first of all, when we say when we say liberty, for example, so you you did a thing that people often do where they confuse freedom with power. So free speech is a freedom. The right to vote is a form of power. And so the assumption that you're making is that through getting the vote in the early 20th century in England and America, women made life better for themselves.
First of all, I don't believe in actually voting at all. So it's a little... Do you vote? No. I believe that voting is providing this sort of almost kind of pornographic stimulus. It sort of becomes more like supporting your football team or something. It basically enables you to feel like you have a certain status.
First of all, I don't believe in actually voting at all. So it's a little... Do you vote? No. I believe that voting is providing this sort of almost kind of pornographic stimulus. It sort of becomes more like supporting your football team or something. It basically enables you to feel like you have a certain status.
But the thing is, what does this power mean to you is really the most important question. And I think that what it means to most people today is that it provides a sort of meaning for them. It makes them feel relevant. It makes them feel like they matter in a sense. And I think that
But the thing is, what does this power mean to you is really the most important question. And I think that what it means to most people today is that it provides a sort of meaning for them. It makes them feel relevant. It makes them feel like they matter in a sense. And I think that