At Harvard, a Clash Between Democracy and Monarchy

At Harvard, a Clash Between Democracy and Monarchy

Curtis Yarvin, the computer engineer turned neo-monarchist blogger, seems to be everywhere these days. His argument that American democracy has exhausted itself and needs to be replaced by a form of one-man rule has made him a star on the right, reportedly catching the ear of powerful figures like Marc …

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‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done

‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done

For a long time, Curtis Yarvin, a 51-year-old computer engineer, has written online about political theory in relative obscurity. His ideas were pretty extreme: that institutions at the heart of American intellectual life, like the mainstream media and academia, have been overrun by progressive groupthink and need to be dissolved. …

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Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power

Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power

He is an autocrat condemned inside and outside his country as having stolen the nation’s last election. Yet on Friday, Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president who has overseen his country’s dramatic decline — including runaway inflation, blackouts, hunger, mass migration and the unraveling of the nation’s democracy — is set …

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