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Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on Curtis Yarvin? by bigyabai on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @07:51PM (#44967685)
He's like a neoconservative Žižek. His party uses him to confuse and anger opponents, as a method to deflect criticism away from matters concerning policy or influence.

His original bibliography is largely ignored in polsci circles, found most often next to a print copy of Protocols of the Elders or somesuch conspiracy.

Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on Curtis Yarvin? by ai_critic on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @08:22PM (#44967879)
Perhaps, but Zizek is at least funny and so on and so on.
Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on Curtis Yarvin? by PestoDiRucola on Thursday August 21, 2025 @10:14AM (#44973073)
There's nothing neoconservative about his ideology. He's some sort of monarchist paleoconservative.
Re:Ask HN: Thoughts on Curtis Yarvin? by bigyabai on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:34AM (#44974083)
There's nothing liberal about Slavoj, for most eastern Europeans. Nevertheless, European conservatives treat him like some sort of intelligentsia final boss when in reality he's just a kinda pissed-off dad with a Marxism fetish. I think Yarvin has become a similarly pointless flashpoint discussion topic, a sort of liberal boogeyman to wheel out when people demand more democracy or social benefits.

I don't really take issue with people who write this sort of literature, but I also don't take it very seriously myself.