For thousands of years, humans sought to subjugate their enemies by inflicting pain, misery, and terror. They did this because these were the most paralyzing emotions they could consistently evoke; all it took was the slash of a sword or pull of.
The writer Curtis Yarvin advances a monarchist politics that’s too elitist even for fascism. His only real talent is pitching reaction in a hipster vocabulary.
Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi and Tulsi Gabbard are among the former leftists who have become fixated on attacking Democrats and promoting the populist right.