Against Yarvin's Absolute Monarchy I recently watched the Yarvin interview on NYT. I want to argue against Yarvin’s position on monarchy. Yarvin makes his typical argument in favor of monarchy: ‘look around you, everything here in this room is built by a monarchy’ and ‘NYT is a 5th ... posted 7mo ago with 7 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 7.4 7.4 Against Yarvin's Abs (view hidden) log in to judge received 7.4 7.4 Agreed, and my intention wasn't to attack Yarvin in general. I like him and his histories, and have even been to his house once or twice. Rather I wanted to make a narrow counter-argument against his prescriptive program because I think he is making a mist... 7mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.0 4.0 Agreed, and my inten (view hidden) log in to judge received 4.0 4.0 I don't think this is true; the mere presence of long-term incentives in the absence of selection effects doesn't guarantee long-term thinking.... 7mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3 I don't think this i (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3