ヤーヴィンは、トーマス・カーライルを読み、リバタリアニズムが、権威主義の包摂が無くては、失敗する運命にある計画であると確信した。さらに、ハンス=ヘルマン・ホッペの2001年の著書『Democracy: The God That Failed 』により、ヤーヴィンにとって最初の民主主義の放棄に至る。彼に他に影響を及ぼした人物として、ジェームズ・バーナムがいる。バーナムは、現実の政治がエリートの行動を通して発生していると主張しており、彼が言うところでそれは、民主主義者及び社会主義者の明白な美辞麗句である[19]。2000年代における、米軍主導の軍のイラクやアフガニスタンでの失敗は、ヤーヴィンの反民主主義的な見解を強めている。また、世界金融危機への連邦政府の対応により、彼はリバタリアン的信念を固め、バラク・オバマのアメリカ大統領当選は、歴史は不可避的に左傾化した社会へ向かっているという彼の信念を強めさせた[20]。
^Tait 2019, p. 188: "He became the founding theorist of the 'neoreactionary' movement, an online collection of writers determined to theorize a superior alternative to democracy. ... Sometimes called the 'Reactionary Enlightenment', neoreaction is an alchemy of authoritarian and libertarian thought."
^Townsend (March 31, 2016). “Controversy Rages Over 'Pro-Slavery' Tech Speaker Curtis Yarvin”. Inc.com. April 1, 2016時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。March 31, 2016閲覧。 “Yarvin's online writings, many under his pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, convey blatantly racist views. He expresses the belief that white people are genetically endowed with higher IQs than black people. He has suggested race may determine whether individuals are better suited for slavery, and his writing has been interpreted as supportive of the institution of slavery. ... Yarvin disputes that he agrees with the institution of slavery, but many interpret his writings as screeds supportive of bondage of black people. He writes in an email to Inc., 'I don't know if we can say *biologically* that part of the genius of the African-American people is the talent they showed in enduring slavery. But this is certainly true in a cultural and literary sense. In any case, it is easiest to admire a talent when one lacks it, as I do.' ... In Yarvin's Medium blog post, he wrote that while he disagrees with the concept that 'all races are equally smart,' he is not racist because he rejects what he refers to as 'IQism.'”
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