Curtis Yarvin / Mencius Moldbug
playerMedia & Managed Opposition
A fringe blogger's ideas about firing the entire government have quietly become real policy through people in power.
Who they are
Curtis Yarvin, who blogged under the name Mencius Moldbug, called by the engine 'the Intellectual Architect.'
What they do
He developed influential ideas arguing that government should be run like a corporation with a CEO-style ruler.
How it works
On his blog Unqualified Reservations (2007-2013) he coined 'the Cathedral' (academia, media, and civil service enforcing progressive consensus), 'Neocameralism' (states as joint-stock companies), and 'RAGE' (Retire All Government Employees); Peter Thiel funded his startup Tlon in 2013, and JD Vance texted him, sought his counsel, and in 2021 urged firing mid-level bureaucrats and defying courts, with the DOGE effort described as RAGE in operation.
Why it matters
The engine's point is that his blog posts moved from the fringe into actual government policy through the officials who took them up.
The engine's record — word for word
The Intellectual Architect. Unqualified Reservations blog (2007-2013). Core concepts: "The Cathedral" (academia + media + civil service as progressive consensus enforcement), "Neocameralism" (sovereign states as joint-stock corporations with CEO-sovereign), "Patchwork" (city-state network), RAGE ("Retire All Government Employees"). Thiel funded Yarvin startup Tlon (2013). Vance documented contact: texted Yarvin, sought his counsel (Vanity Fair), recommended on podcasts. Vance 2021: "fire every single mid-level bureaucrat...when the courts stop you, say the Chief Justice has made his ruling, now let him enforce it." DOGE IS the operational RAGE. Blog posts became government policy.
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