Curtis Yarvin

“If Americans want to change their government, they’re going to have to get over their dictator phobia.”

— BIL2012 - Mencius Moldbug: How to Reboot the US Government

Notes:

This is part of Yarvin's pseudo-intellectual philosophy which advocates for dictatorships over democracy. His views suggest that some "elites" appoint the executive figure, like a board appoints the CEO. It just so happens that the "elites" he refers to match his circle of corporate people.

“Not all humans are born the same, of course, and Carlyle (following Aristotle) takes the view that the innate character and intelligence of some is more suited to mastery than slavery. For others, it is more suited to slavery. And others still are badly suited to either. These characteristics can be expected to group differently in human populations of different origins. Thus, Spaniards and Englishmen in the Americas in the 17th and earlier centuries, whose sense of political correctness was negligible, found that Africans tended to make good slaves and Indians did not.”

— Unqualified Reservations blog - "Chapter 2: Why Carlyle Matters"

“As Delegate of San Francisco, what should you do with these people? I think the answer is clear: alternative energy. Since wards are liabilities, there is no business case for retaining them in their present, ambulatory form. Therefore, the most profitable disposition for this dubious form of capital is to convert them into biodiesel, which can help power the Muni buses. Okay, just kidding. This is the sort of naive Randian thinking which appeals instantly to a geek like me, but of course has nothing to do with real life. The trouble with the biodiesel solution is that no one would want to live in a city whose public transportation was fueled, even just partly, by the distilled remains of its late underclass.”

— Chapter 2: Profit Strategies for Our New Corporate Overlords, Unqualified Reservations

Notes:

Where do we begin? This was part of an article about finding a humane alternative to genocide. His issue with turning them into biodiesel is that nobody will want to live in that society, not because it's wrong. But it still "insanely appeals to a geek like him". He then talks about virtualizing people instead of liquidating them as a better alternative.