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Reminds me of some of the themes from "No Place For Truth" (David Wells). Powerful.

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Respectfully, this is a misreading of Yarvin. Yarvin does not advocate for managerialism. He simply acknowledges that it currently rules. He is not offering a different type of managerialism. Quite the contrary. He is a monarchist. Only a properly empowered monarch can defeat the decentralized, oligarchic elite. That said, he’s not a populist. I admit his hobbit/elf essay was his worst, but this newsletter doesn’t accurately reflect his ideas. Much love and respect for your excellent work, but this missed the mark.

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Aug 15, 2022·edited Aug 15, 2022Liked by Aaron M. Renn

Your coda is an echo from “Origins Of Totalitarianism,” about the vulnerability of the atomized individual. That book is a tome, but Part III is where the meat of her argument is. The more I read of it, the spookier parallels I see to today. We are sitting ducks for a charismatic totalitarian leader.

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