"The year is 2125 and an AI-powered hologram of Elon Musk is CEO of The World, Inc. Nation states are defunct and citizens an outdated concept. Now people function more like non-voting shareholders of heavily armed corporations. Anyone who dares to criticise Lord Musk is sentenced to death in a burning Tesla. This isn't my poor attempt at science fiction (apart from some creative licence around the AI Musk and Tesla executions)."
"Yarvin, whose dark enlightenment ideas have influenced the Trump administration and political kingmakers such as Peter Thiel, believes super-rich elites should have dictatorial powers; universities and the press shouldn't hold any sway; and the hoi polloi should suck it all up. Musk is not a straightforward disciple of Yarvin, but both believe governments should be treated as corporations and share disdain for liberal democracy and woke institutions. Both also have a raze-and-rebuild approach to the world."
Curtis Yarvin advocates a dark enlightenment model in which super-rich elites exercise dictatorial powers while universities, the press, and popular political participation are sidelined. Yarvin proposed retiring government employees via a plan called Rage and favors treating governments as corporations. Elon Musk shares an anti-democratic, raze-and-rebuild outlook and has pursued political influence through large election spending, international interventions, and initiatives like a Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). Yarvin criticized Doge for not consolidating enough power. Both figures align around concentrating authority in elite-controlled corporate structures and undermining liberal democratic institutions.
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