His theory of legitimacy is both one of allodial title and that allodial title in a Hobbesian way is the "best regime for people"
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But where moldbug touches on culture its hard to call him liberal.
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And the parts that tend toward liberalism are sometimes iirc (esp in the open letter) outwardly described as rhetorical devices.
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So I'm skeptical that NRx is liberal insofar as it is moldbuggian. I know
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thread above is why i don't think moldbug is liberal. respond if you please, or not.
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Too interesting and important for a glib twitter crack. Main response themes (compacted): ...
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(1) Much here is right. MM has a continental bias. Rejection of common law tradition in favor of the Napoleonic Code ...
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... is especially jaw-dropping. In general, he under-emphasizes the power of spontaneous order, and exalts programming. ...
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(2) But, he doesn't really understand his own ideas. NeoCam + Patchwork is the model for a competitive market in gov't ...
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... where, as in any other market, catallactic forces of spontaneous order will inevitably overwhelm and shape programming.
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... On a side note, it's intriguing that Peter Thiel's model of the business hero is Carlylean / Moldbuggian in style. ...
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... (3) Also essential to all this: MM is a
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... He's good at it. (Even persuaded me that there's kinda sorta a reading of Divine Right Sovereignty that's defensible.) .
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