📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Flo Read meets Curtis Yarvin. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/welcome-to-the-dark-enlightenment/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Curtis Yarvin is the philosophical godfather of the so-called ‘New Right’, a movement that defies simple categories and political expectations. His writing under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug explores everything from anti-democracy to accelerationism. He joined UnHerd for an evening of conversation and audience Q&A. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 01:57 - Introduction 01:57 - 07:10 - Is our modern political crisis a result of democracy itself? 07:10 - 12:50 - Are monarchist systems worse than democratic ones? 12:50 - 30:06 - America is an oligarchy 30:06 - 37:33 - Could Kamala be America’s queen? 37:33 - 39:25 - Does democracy affect people’s ability to imagine change? 39:25 - 52:40 - Doesn’t the response to Covid warn us against regime change? 52:40 - 01:00:25 - Can some Presidents actually effect change? 01:00:25 - 01:04:30 - Are humans instinctually monarchists? 01:04:30 - 01:06:08 - Who is actually running the US? 01:06:08 - 01:14:16 - The role of religion in Curtis Yarvin’s worldview #UnHerd #CurtisYarvin #DarkEnlightenment