posted on January 15, 2023 01:20 PM by
u/psychothumbs
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Oh wow, a perfect characterization of /r/TheMotte:
The irony is that the whole tone of Yarvin’s rhetoric is one of
perpetual adolescence: obsessed with status, blinded by delusions of
grandeur, and impatient with the negotiations and compromises of
ordinary political life.
One thing I don’t understand about Yarvin is what freedom he thinks
he’s missing, or what chaos he’s being threatened by. I mean I can guess
what this is really about but this tendency to hide what actually
offends him about modern society behind D&D rants about Chaos and
Order is just so tedious.
Is it the same as the odd hysteria about "no go zones" (always in another country or state from whoever is speaking?) A lot of people seem convinced that the place that they happen to be living is an outlier.
I really liked [this take](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/compact-magazine-makes-a-strong-case-for-liberalism.html) (it's not just Moldbug, he's just an exceptionally colorful example):
>More concretely, these politically homeless media personalities are united by (1) a mutual alienation from the dominant ideological tendencies of their rarified, white-collar world (i.e., liberalism), (2) a recognition that liberalism enjoys cultural power in excess of its popular support, and (3) the delusion that their own esoteric misgivings about liberalism reflect those of a silent (or latent) majority.
That's an interesting article, but in reading it, I really get the strong feeling that it's dressing up some unsophisticated arguments in complicated language to make it seem more impactful than they are (e.g. the argument over institutional investors' impact on RE pricing seems more than a little simplistic since so much of RE is subject to local forces, and they don't have to move the needle much on broad measures if efforts are focused in certain communities).
Institutional investors purchase single-family homes because there is a fundamental imbalance between the supply and demand. They are very direct about that in their [regulatory](https://twitter.com/quantian1/status/1595502336205639681) [filings](https://twitter.com/1alexhemingway/status/1549169780828934144). That imbalance wasn't created by the institutional investors though, it's mostly a result of slow growth local politics. So I would say that Levitz is basically correct in his critique of Gutentag and his explanation of housing unaffordability.
Years ago somebody took something [very valuable from him](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunchbox) and [the powers that be, the cathedral if you will](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacher) refused to act so him worrying about his freedoms is totally valid.
**[Lunchbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunchbox)**
>A lunch box (alt. spelling lunchbox) refers to a hand-held container used to transport food, usually to work or to school. It is commonly made of metal or plastic, is reasonably airtight and often has a handle for carrying.
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One time he complained about his bike stolen and is of the opinion California is turning into Brazil so his freedom is threatened by crime in his vision. The chaos is he sees a third worldization of the US in part caused by the Cathedral. All the good stuff about the US is because of non-democratic and stuff in his eyes. He sees the US of 1909 or whatever as superior to the US of now. He wants his techtopia to be full of people like him and maybe just some workers who have very low status like in Dubai and Singapore.
Calling yourself a libertarian and then doing the classic Francis M.
Wilhoit conservatism bit is amusing: “Conservatism consists of exactly
one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects
but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not
protect.”
Or in a way he might understand, in DnD the Drow are the
brigands.
(I’m talking about the quote they started the article with)
To be “fair,” it doesn’t sound so different to me than the reactionary turn some libertarians often take. Rothbard wanted to unleash cops, with even more power than they have now, as well as ally with David Duke. Ron Paul thrived being portrayed as “unconventional” despite being entwined with a menagerie of freaks suitable only to be assembled in a Barnum-style show of political freaks fit only to be laughed at.
At a basic level if you believe in absolute property rights you will eventually support an authortarian police state as the only means to protect them. Democracy or other rights could jeopardize property.
There is a bit:
> The job of the conservative base is instead to give “absolute power” to a new ruling class of “dark elves” who will implement conservative policies on the hobbits’ behalf.
But really, I want to know how Lolth, the Spider Queen, fits into this.
Ah lol, I searched Elf and Drow, but not Elves.
Can't see the Drow as a good model, even within his neoreactionary whatever, all being brutal anti social degenerates.
In every canon I've seen the Drow are also notoriously matriarchal—WOMEN having power over men, that's how you know they're EEEEEVIL—which cannot be what he wants.
Moldbug's invocation of nerd shit is for the most part actually pretty shallow and basic. Call me when you're willing to shove the Kuo-Toa into your weird fascist typeography you fake nerd fascist.
I do think that Yarvin is correct in one point: Democracy and
socialism are essentially the same thing. Socialism is simply democracy
extended to the economic sphere.
Oh wow, a perfect characterization of /r/TheMotte:
Brutal
One thing I don’t understand about Yarvin is what freedom he thinks he’s missing, or what chaos he’s being threatened by. I mean I can guess what this is really about but this tendency to hide what actually offends him about modern society behind D&D rants about Chaos and Order is just so tedious.
Calling yourself a libertarian and then doing the classic Francis M. Wilhoit conservatism bit is amusing: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Or in a way he might understand, in DnD the Drow are the brigands.
(I’m talking about the quote they started the article with)
Why does title have ‘dark elf’ in it, but the text have zero mentions of the Drow? ripoff.
Thank you, I enjoyed this.
I do think that Yarvin is correct in one point: Democracy and socialism are essentially the same thing. Socialism is simply democracy extended to the economic sphere.