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numb3r_5ev3n ([personal profile] numb3r_5ev3n) wrote2025-02-08 09:07 pm

Elon Musk and the "Dark Enlightenment."

...or as I like to call it, the Dork Enlightenment.

There have been some articles floating around about the so-called "Dark Enlightenment," but probably not nearly as much as there should be, seeing as how it's the philosophy behind Elon Musk's takeover of America; along with other Oligarchs he is aligned with like Peter Thiel.


In a nutshell: it's the belief that the rich white men running Big Tech right now are superior to everyone else and have become the new Feudal Overlords. The Divine Right Of Kings is alive and well, and we're not only entering into a new Gilded Age, but an age of Technofeudalism. We are serfs, beholden to our Technofeudal Overlords. And through our interaction with cloud-based, algorithm-driven apps, we are participating in and abetting our own subjugation.

Here are some links on the subject:

Wisecrack's video "Capitalism Is Over: What's Next Is Worse."

Dark Gothic Maga: How Tech Billionaires Plan To Destroy America.

Part One: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

Part Two: Curtis Yarvin: The Philosopher Behind J.D. Vance | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US. From The Guardian.

Elon ‘Has the Power’ in Codependent Relationship With Trump, Musk Chronicler Says. From The Daily Beast.

MAGA As "Inverted Fascism." | Adu (I'm using the theme of the video, and not the clickbait title.)

Relevant: What’s Next on Trump’s Chopping Block? Look at Pete Hegseth’s Venmo

Sort of off topic, but this should horrify everyone: Trump wants to put your favorite romance author in prison? And you for reading her books? | Parkrose Permaculture. Begun, the Porn Wars have.

Unveiled: How Trump Turned Crowds Into Echo Chambers-The Secret Power of Social Proof that Bound Believers to His Every Word.

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[personal profile] sabotabby 2025-02-09 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been obsessed by Curtis Yarvin for years, not sure why people haven't taken more notice. I guess because these people's writing is impenetrable, but their influence has been lurking in plain sight for quite some time.

Adding to the pile (I haven't read it yet, but it's up in a tab to be read): Curtis Yarvin Is Not A Reactionary Libertarian And Why That Matters

Also completely unrelated but you might enjoy it, Mona Lisa Over Pod is covering the first two Matrix movies.
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[personal profile] dewline 2025-02-09 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Already heard of Yarvin. I like my democracies improved rather than destroyed, so he can just go report to Leavenworth as a convict now, please. Same as Musk, Thiel, Trump, Vance, Vought, Putin, Dugin, and whoever else I'm forgetting right now, thanks very much.