Mencius Moldbugman on Twitter: "The fact that Bhutan is changing fast only made me feel this more. Seriously, you want to be radicalised against modern poz? Visit Bhutan. See how a people mostly unaffected by reality TV, geopolitics, social media and globohomo actually live. You will never feel sadder.… https://t.co/kIJmdyTDnY"

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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Media cries of radicalisation when they see someone visiting NK or Pakistan are groundless and ignorant of reality. I’m very lucky to be extremely well travelled in unusual locales... the only place I ever felt radicalised was Bhutan.

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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Do you know Bhutan? It’s a tiny Himalayan Buddhist kingdom sandwiches between Tibet (China) and India. Here’s a photo I took of the Tiger’s Nest monastery. It’s stunningly beautiful and relatively unravaged by modernity.pic.twitter.com/m7qModYgom

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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It’s the closest you can get to seeing pre-technological life. This is a normal house. Till recently it was totally isolated and they only allow a few tourists to visit each year.pic.twitter.com/gQpyT0OcP6

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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It’s fucking difficult to visit Bhutan. Even being there incurs a USD $250 per day fee just to be there. This is done to lower tourism levels and to preserve their unique culture.pic.twitter.com/iR0lTHJtQv

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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It’s not perfect. Till recently it was technology free but now they have introduced elections over monarchy and TV sets and iPhones are now creeping in. This isn’t Shangri-La.pic.twitter.com/3TnH2reMv4

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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BUT - and it’s a big BUT - there’s enough still in Bhutan to allow you to see what life used to be like. How life was before diversity, modernity, industrial-tech, narcissism, rootlessness and all our current roles. Want an example? Look how beautiful their 2nd biggest city is.pic.twitter.com/PLsYOyNurf

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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Think about this. What is more likely to radicalise a rootless and atomised westerner? Cheap 5-star hotels in Pakistan? Chaperoned tours of North Korea where you don’t speak to the locals at all and can only take photos where your tour guide allows?

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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No. It would be a glimpse of what has been lost, AND what is being lost. Bhutan offers a glimpse back in time before modern poz, and the fact that modernity is fast creeping in on Bhutan makes it all the more real and immediate.pic.twitter.com/5aZ1a081gR

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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I saw a unique and real culture in Bhutan. One united and mostly free of modern influences. Those influences which are now there were all the more apparent by their evil disparity. Now THAT radicalises you. Not touring Islam. Not touring Stalinism. This beauty does.pic.twitter.com/nOF7ruFI27

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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I understood Ted Kaczynski when I went to Bhutan. I wanted to stop all modernity and turn the clock back to this saner society. I saw more clearly what we had lost and saw more clearly our ills.pic.twitter.com/egIMk67TjN

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Mencius Moldbugman‏ @moldbugman Mar 20

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The fact that Bhutan is changing fast only made me feel this more. Seriously, you want to be radicalised against modern poz? Visit Bhutan. See how a people mostly unaffected by reality TV, geopolitics, social media and globohomo actually live. You will never feel sadder.pic.twitter.com/alPCnvYkTY