We need to think not of what gives us hope, but of who gives us hope in the midst of this challenge to democracy.

Initially published under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin’s ideas are extreme even by the standards of the American right. His central claim is that democracy is inherently unworkable, ...

Under his pen name Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin proposed dismantling democratic systems in favour of a technocratic dictatorship. In a 2008 blog, ...

Writing under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug in a 2008 blog, Yarvin advocated for a dictator-led monarchy to replace democracy in the US. Yarvin's ideas, once fringe, ...

Under the alias of “Mencius Moldbug”, Yarvin wrote a 120,000-word blog called ‘An Open Letter to Open-Minded Progressives.’ ...

He first came to their attention when he was blogging as one Mencius Moldbug and dropped a 120,000-word dung-bomb onto the innocent Intertoobz. From the The New Yorker: ...

Back in 2008, when Obama still symbolised hope and change, Yarvin was quietly uploading screeds under the alias Mencius Moldbug. His pièce de résistance? An Open Letter to Open-Minded ...

In the mid-2000s, writing under the name Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin began articulating a new political philosophy that would become known as the “neo-reactionary” or “dark enlightenment ...

The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the ...

Then there’s the more obscure but influential network of alt-tech and crypto libertarians – people like Balaji Srinivasan, Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug), and various “neo-reactionary ...