The essential idea of leftism is that the world should be governed by scholars. - Curtis Yarvin

[T]he replacement of religion by idealism has allowed people who are essentially religious fanatics to achieve positions of unprecedented temporal supremacy, not only without arousing the alarm of reasonable, scientifically minded writers, but in fact enlisting their enthusiastic support.

A good test for getting rid of anything is: if we didn't have this, would we need it?

The US military fails in places like Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan because it is operating under a doctrine designed to fail.