Talk:Curtis Yarvin/Stuff he claims to be or not be
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Stuff he claims to be
[edit]- Carylean: Moldbug, Mencius (4 February 2010). "From Mises to Carlyle: my sick journey to the dark side of the force". Unqualified Reservations.
I am a Carlylean.
- Extremist: Moldbug, Mencius (13 December 2007). "Why I am not a libertarian". Unqualified Reservations.
UR is, in fact, an extremist blog.
- Formalist
- Moldbug, Mencius (13 December 2007). "Why I am not a libertarian". Unqualified Reservations.
The principle of formalism, which is my own private libertarian heresy, suggests that the purpose of property is to prevent violence.
- Moldbug, Mencius (23 April 2007). "A formalist manifesto". Unqualified Reservations.
So this is why I decided to build my own ideology - "formalism."
- Moldbug, Mencius (13 December 2007). "Why I am not a libertarian". Unqualified Reservations.
- Pronomian: Moldbug, Mencius (26 June 2008). "OLXI: the truth about left and right". Unqualified Reservations.
I am a pronomian. I endorse the nomos without condition.
- Reactionary: Moldbug, Mencius (19 June 2008). "OLX: a simple sovereign bankruptcy procedure". Unqualified Reservations.
If I have to concede one pejorative which fair writers can fairly apply, I'll go with "reactionary." I'll even answer to any compound of the latter - "neoreactionary," "postreactionary," "ultrareactionary," etc.
- Restorationist: Moldbug, Mencius (19 June 2008). "OLX: a simple sovereign bankruptcy procedure". Unqualified Reservations.
If I had to choose one word and stick with it, I'd pick "restorationist."
- Royalist: Moldbug, Mencius (4 February 2010). "From Mises to Carlyle: my sick journey to the dark side of the force". Unqualified Reservations.
I often get requests for a one-word label. I generally go with royalist.
Stuff he claims to not be
[edit]- Anarchist: Moldbug, Mencius (23 June 2007). "Why I am not an anti-Semite". Unqualified Reservations.
I am not an anarchist.
- Anarcho-capitalist: Moldbug, Mencius (13 December 2007). "Why I am not a libertarian". Unqualified Reservations.
Libertarians and anarcho-capitalists, while they ascribe unquestionable spiritual validity to the existing distribution of secondary property, completely reject the existing distribution of primary property. In fact, a true anarcho-capitalist rejects even the concept of primary property, strange though this may seem. In its place, there is an almost mystical ideal of self-enforcing law that strikes me as quite unjustified by reality.
- Anti-Semite: Moldbug, Mencius (23 June 2007). "Why I am not an anti-Semite". Unqualified Reservations.
Why I am not an anti-Semite
- Fascist: Moldbug, Mencius. "OLX: a simple sovereign bankruptcy procedure". Unqualified Reservations.
Nazis matter, because a Nazi-like outcome is the most catastrophic failure mode of any restoration effort. Restorationism is to fascism as a bridge is to a pile of rubble in the riverbed. Bridge collapses can be dangerous and unpleasant, but that doesn't make bridges a bad idea.
- Libertarian: Moldbug, Mencius (13 December 2007). "Why I am not a libertarian". Unqualified Reservations.
I'm not a libertarian
- Progressive: Moldbug, Mencius (19 June 2008). "OLX: a simple sovereign bankruptcy procedure". Unqualified Reservations.
So when I call someone a "progressive," what I mean is that his or her creed is more or less the direct opposite of mine. Of course, we both believe that the sky is blue, apple pie is delicious, and Hitler was evil. And since we are both polite, mature, and open-minded people, we can converse despite our disagreements. But just as there is no such thing as a progressive reactionary, there is no such thing as a progressive restorationist. Or vice versa.
- White nationalist: Moldbug, Mencius (22 November 2007). "Why I am not a white nationalist". Unqualified Reservations.
I am not a white nationalist.