Curtis Yarvin: The Edgelord's Guide to Monarchy 40K

Decoding the Gurus

Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

Science, Leisure, Social Sciences, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 162 minutes

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In this long-anticipated episode, Matt and Chris venture into the peculiar world of Curtis Yarvin—a reactionary blogger, tech entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed monarchist. Known to his early followers by the pseudonym "Mencius Moldbug," Yarvin has become a prominent figure in the "dark enlightenment" and neo-reactionary circles. Some have even hailed him as an "intellectual powerhouse" of the modern far-right, with endorsements from influential figures like Peter Thiel and J.D. Vance.

But what is Curtis really all about? In this episode, the decoders revisit the Triggernometry swamp to examine the political insights unearthed by the hard-nosed journalists Konstantin and Francis during their ferocious intellectual exchange with Yarvin.

Prepare for thrilling revelations, including the historical figures and movements Yarvin has catalogued in his encyclopedic memory, his pick for the best Elizabethan monarch, and the surprising number of non-monarchs he believes are secretly running monarchical regimes. True to form, Yarvin’s rhetorical style is nothing if not meandering. So get ready for a whirlwind tour through his "mind palace," exploring topics like Soviet Russia, Elizabethan England, Shakespearean conspiracy theories, and a fantasy world of reactionary and techno-libertarian musings—not to mention the obligatory lab-leak narratives.

Is Yarvin an edgy intellectual, a provocative contrarian, or just a verbose windbag with run-of-the-mill conspiratorial takes and a moody teenager's perspective on history? Matt and Chris tackle these questions, striving to decode Yarvin’s vision for society—and hoping, against all odds, that he might in the end just answer a single question.

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0:00.0	I'm Hello and welcome to Dakota the Gurus, the podcast, we're an anthropologist and a psychologist,
0:31.2	listen to the greatest clients the world has to offer, and we try to understand what they're talking about.
0:36.2	I'm Matt Brown, the co-host here, my assistant,
0:40.1	junior partner, is Chris Kavanaugh. Good-day, Chris, from Chattanooga. Chattanooga to Tokyo.
0:47.8	That's how we're doing it today. International podcasting at its finest, premium grid, the good stuff. Well, good stuff welcome uh it's been a while we
0:57.8	haven't been in these decoding seats in a while you know that's it's good to get back in the mix
1:05.7	yeah what we've been we've been we've been taking it easy. We've been doing quizzes.
1:12.5	Yeah.
1:12.7	Christmas specials doing supplementary materials, which are more freeform.
1:18.5	Right.
1:18.9	But this is the real thing.
1:20.3	This is what the people want.
1:23.3	This is our contribution to society.
1:28.3	I think this is someone that we promised to do for years.
1:32.3	So in that sense, it is what the people want.
1:35.3	But I will say, Matt, I just need to mention on the back of the Christmas quizzes that
1:43.3	I put the team selections to the vote on the Patreon.
1:47.9	So I can report back to you whose team from Guru Survivor was the winner.
1:54.8	And there was an overwhelming winner from the three teams.
2:00.0	Do you need them recap for you?
2:02.8	Yeah, yeah.
2:03.4	Remind me of the teams.
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