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[P]ower in a democracy is held by those who manage public opinion.

— Curtis Yarvin

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[P]ower in a democracy is held by those who manage public opinion." in the context of ""Separation of information and security"." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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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.