The fatal flaw in the Yarvin model is that there's no space for a goon squad that enforces right-think on academia and yet there *is* one - ant*fa arrests of slightly higher levels show lots of academic jobs. Physical cowardice in the face of leftist threats is ever-present.
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Yarvin describes the Cathedral as having no external influences but that isn't really true - just that as a member of that class - like the rest of that class he would prefer to not see the threat of leftist violence - damages the self-image.
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Courts understand the important Schelling point of their orders being followed and are not willing to issue orders that won't be. They don't have the confidence of men who issue orders to soldiers.
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NB, this is before Yarvin's latest which I haven't yet read but bits I've seen are quite ... Straussian.
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This thread was more in response to Yarvin's Gray Mirror piece about the structure of USG - I've now read his post-election piece and might have other things to say about that later.
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Moldbug is of the Priestlly caste. His solutions will tend to resemble Rod Dreher's "Benedict Option": monastic detachment and introversion. Jim has a handle on the role of the Warrior in society.
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