Private Tyrannies
Why Tech Bros Want to Shatter the State
The noxious techbro war on democracy continues. Curtis Yarvin is a racist blogger who advocates for an “American Caesar” to replace our electoral system, and he has the ear of prominent tech leaders as well as JD Vance. In a new report on Yarvin’s attempt to debate a Harvard professor, the Guardian gives this terrifying but accurate breakdown of right-wing thinking today:
“[The] Trump administration is dominated by three groups of political actors,” said Ongweso citing the historian Quinn Slobodian, “a Silicon Valley-Wall Street nexus that wants a sleek state to maximize their returns; anti-New Deal conservatives who want a shackled state to abandon social welfare; extremely online anarcho-capitalists, monarchists and fascists who want to shatter the state so they can experiment with decentralized forms of private tyrannies.”
Extremist blogger to debate Harvard professor at unsanctioned campus event
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/curtis-yarvin-harvard