Curtis Yarvin
Blogger behind 'neoreaction', writing under the name Mencius Moldbug
Software engineer turned political blogger who argued, under the pen name Mencius Moldbug, that democracy should be replaced by corporate-style monarchy. His writing is the main source of the ideas usually labeled neoreaction or the 'dark enlightenment', and it circulates in parts of the technology industry.
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