Anyone who wants to understand some of the ideological foundations of what is happening in the US government should read this thread.

https://twitter.com/philopublius9/status/1902771567416779195

And this one after that:

https://twitter.com/philopublius9/status/1905265202691453116

Finished reading Hoppe’s “Democracy: the God that Failed” last night—a book which influenced the NRx/Dark Enlightenment ideologies &their adherents. Very similar to the Sovereign Individual except rather than positing rapid tech advancement would make the collapse of democracy🧵 and the nationstate inevitable and saying that’s a good thing for the cognitive elite, it doesn’t mention tech. It posits that democracy is a failure and it’s collapse would benefit the elite but it won’t fall on its own, so it must be forced to. Interestingly, Hoppes argues(2)

In a 2014 interview with Forbes (excerpt below), Peter Thiel said “The Sovereign Individual” (1997) was the most influential book he ever read. It also helped form the foundations of the neoreactionary ideology that has compromised the US government. Thus, this book is crucial🧵

https://twitter.com/philopublius9/status/1902563467602587899

To understanding this pivotal and urgent moment in American history. The primary thesis is that the “Information Age” will prove to be the “Information Revolution” and its impact on humanity would make that of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions look negligible. (2)

Continuing our look into the ideologies and world view of Peter Theil, I will now be sharing some excerpts from his 2007 essay “The Straussian Moment” (available here: gwern.net/doc/politics/2…) 🧵 x.com/philopublius9/… In the “Straussian Moment” Thiel, using the philosophies of Schmitt, Strauss, & Girard, essentially argues that 9/11 reveals the Enlightenment & the Western liberal world order that was built upon it to be a massive fraud which has been degenerative for Western civilization (2)

@BovayNicolas The tech right/PayPal mafia crew have long been rejecting democracy and liberalism in the belief that it’s inefficient and in terminal decline. They also would like to deregulate and privatize as much as possible for obvious reasons (regulations stifle their ability to @BovayNicolas push or accelerate their industrial/tech progress as fast and as far as possible). They also, for these reasons, reject globalism and the nation state. Ideally, the wealthy could purchase and use land and it’s resources however they please without any national, international, or