Hey Lemmy! Time to do some digging!
I was sent a link from a friend about some Totally Cool™ guy who has close ties to JD Vance: Curtis Yarvin. Anyone aware of this guy and his desires? I won’t put the link in here as my last post was removed because of it, but a comment within the thread is copied below.
Apparently Japanese media covered the story as was posted to Reddit, but there doesn’t seem to be too much talk of this in the US.
From a comment in the reddit discussion: “Curtis Yarvin is a far-right ‘intellectual’ that wants to end democracy and install what I can only really describe as cyberpunk feudalism. He’s suggested turning the United States into a patchwork of corporate fiefdoms ruled with absolute impunity by CEOs, as well as putting mandatory ankle monitors on all unemployed and poor people. This sounds like a joke, but I’m serious. JD Vance is not just a fan of him intellectually, but also a personal friend. As someone who has known about Yarvin for several years, it’s been really concerning seeing how he could potentially become a Rasputin-like figure in the event of a Trump victory. Beyond this, Yarvin has also spent many years advocating for what sounds eerily like Project 2025.”
Links within comment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23373795/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug
For those familiar with Star Citizen lore, he apparently wants to turn the US into the Stanton system “lol” …
I listened to a podcast about Vance and where he got his ideas. They said that group of people think there are 3 kinds of government: 1) democracy, 2) oligarchy. 3) monarchy.
They think democracy has failed and become an oligarchy. So their solution is to overthrow everything and put in a American monarchy.
Yup this is the one Yarvin and Vance: