Somewhere in the past six years, Curtis Yarvin has made a heel turn. He wasn't viewed as much of a hero before, but he definitely isn't now. The obvious point of examination is that of his wife's death. We have three theories regarding that.
- She was his anchor and his tether to sanity. Without her, he has drifted astray.
- He seems to blame her death on having gotten a COVID vaccination two weeks before her death. He may have decided that bad fascism is worse than the alternative now.
- It could be completely unrelated other than that the gap in posts as a result means that the other reasons were not apparent to the Distant Observer.
But, regardless of the reason, Curtis Yarvin of today is not a serious thinker in the way that he was five or six years ago.
He is more interested in a proximity to power than he is in any rigorous ideological backing for his views.
Fascism is fascism, and if you don't like it, he will punch you in the face. This seems to be his new philosophy. It is utterly without redeeming qualities.
A few years ago, his argument was that some form of a monarchical government would be better than democracy. These days, he doesn't care - he's just going along with the mob.
And when this has been pointed out, rather than try to rebut the argument, he just calls people cucks and moves on.
He has also leaned in hard to revisionist history. If you can change the facts, you can come to whatever conclusion you like. He seems to rejoice in coming up with alternative facts just to annoy and reveal those who will oppose his low-class fascist hucksterism.
Of course, in the long run, it will not prosper. This type of fascism leads to banditry and organized crime, which lead to a gradual decay of the productive capacity, which ultimately leads to a weakened state conquered by its neighbors and/or rebellious ideological minorities.
The America of 400-500 years from now does not really care if he succeeds or fails, the outcome will be the same regardless. Unfortunately, this is little comfort to those of us who must live today.