"The Utley rule and the BDH alliance", Unqualified Reservations (May 8, 2007).
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I can't imagine counting the number of times I've heard someone say "we should…" when what they really mean is "the government should…".

— Curtis Yarvin

What It Means

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Curtis Yarvin

About Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Yarvin (born June 25, 1973), also known under his pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American computer scientist and quintessential political theorist of the neoreactionary movement. He is also creator of the Urbit computing platform and, currently, authors primarily the Gray Mirror blog.