Rufo v Yarvin

[Mik]

We gave every nutcase a global soapbox, now there's a whole network of nutters.

[Horace]

I think I like Rufo’s perspective more. This is good:

[taiwan_girl]

Who are these people?

[Axtremus]

Don't seem important. Assuming you have something else to do, just move on.

[Horace]

Rufo and Yarvin have been important contributors to the intellectual underpinnings of the modern GOP. I know, I know, that's a ridiculous contradiction in terms, lollolol

[LuFins Dad]

I’ll admit that in my darker moments, I can see the appeal of Yarvin’s accountable monarchy, but not seriously. The guy is a racist asshole and Rufo should wipe the floor with him.

[89th]

I literally have no idea who these people are

[jon-nyc]

Yarvin was an obscure alt-right blogger maybe 20 years ago who stopped writing around 15 years ago, but maintained a following. Some new right Silicon Valley folks started paying attention to him a couple years ago which ended up including Vance. So now he’s writing again and has a much larger audience. He was mentioned once or twice on old TNCR. He considers himself a ‘Jacobite’ and believes in something like absolute monarchy.

Rufo is the thinking man’s Jack Prosobiec. An online culture warrior but more intelligent and refined. He has a position at the Manhattan Institute. I think he cut his teeth on CRT and DEI as his major issues but is broader now.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Rufo v Yarvin:

Rufo is the thinking man’s Jack Prosobiec.

Sorry, I've never heard of him either.

[jon-nyc]

That’s good. I won’t ruin it.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Rufo v Yarvin:

That’s good. I won’t ruin it.

I think I'm going to stick with watching music gear, formula 1 and chess streams and try to avoid all these chaps. Probably better for my mental health, which needs all the help it can get...