* has said that American democracy is a failed experiment,
* has said he wants to replace American democracy with an "accountable" "techno-monarchy",
* has said that liberalism is creating a Matrix-like totalitarian system,
* has said that certain races may be more naturally inclined toward servitude than others, and
* has said that whites have inherently higher IQs than black people.
I am... speechless.
eschaton•2h ago
A perfectly reasonable and proper reaction to learning who and what Yarvin is.
What does it say about Musk that he’d ask Yarvin for political advice? (Nothing surprising, to those of us who have been paying attention…)
joules77•1h ago
Trump and Musk are propped up by the Attention Economy algos. They never got this level of Attention from anyone before these algos started running.
The Attention pool is finite and non growing. So its like a fight over finite land. Plus who captures more Attention shifts constantly. These are games no one wins because the game is not even designed for a end/win state.
The day the algos give Trump more Attention, Musk feels like he is loosing land and vice versa, making them both do and say and seek out more and more extreme stuff. One day they will use Yarvin, the next Epstein, the next Aliens etc etc.
diebeforei485•2h ago
It is important to speak with people across the political spectrum. Who else is he speaking with?
eschaton•2h ago
Yarvin isn’t really on the political spectrum so much as he’s in favor of abolishing it in favor of absolute rule.
cs702•3h ago
* has said that American democracy is a failed experiment,
* has said he wants to replace American democracy with an "accountable" "techno-monarchy",
* has said that liberalism is creating a Matrix-like totalitarian system,
* has said that certain races may be more naturally inclined toward servitude than others, and
* has said that whites have inherently higher IQs than black people.
I am... speechless.
eschaton•2h ago
What does it say about Musk that he’d ask Yarvin for political advice? (Nothing surprising, to those of us who have been paying attention…)
joules77•1h ago
The Attention pool is finite and non growing. So its like a fight over finite land. Plus who captures more Attention shifts constantly. These are games no one wins because the game is not even designed for a end/win state.
The day the algos give Trump more Attention, Musk feels like he is loosing land and vice versa, making them both do and say and seek out more and more extreme stuff. One day they will use Yarvin, the next Epstein, the next Aliens etc etc.