The fact that governments are useful to the inhabitants of … - Curtis Yarvin

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The fact that governments are useful to the inhabitants of their territory is a purely secondary and emergent property. They need to be useful, because a government that does not provide at least basic security will not find itself with any rents to collect.

Curtis Yarvin

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About Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Yarvin (born June 25, 1973), also known under his pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American computer scientist and quintessential political theorist of the neoreactionary movement. He is also creator of the Urbit computing platform and, currently, authors primarily the Gray Mirror blog.

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Pen Names: Mencius Moldbug

Alternative Names: Curtis Guy Yarvin • Moldbug

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