Technology, communism and the Brown ScareCurtis Yarvin
Technology, communism and the Brown Scare
by Curtis Yarvin · first published 2016
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Technology is but the latest in a long line of industries to fall victim to the Brown Scare—America’s ginormous, never-ending, profoundly insane witch-hunt for fascists under the bed. Why does the Brown Scare grow even as its enemies shrink? Hint: America is a communist country.
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…class. Whereas in real reality, the "social consequences" of a boycott are supported by the full power of the US Federal Government. For obvious reasons, such boycotts have a habit of succeeding. [1]: [Technology, communism, and the Brown Scare](http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2013/09/technol...)
on “ Gay Firefox developers boycott Mozilla to protest CEO hire” ↗This post, which definitely resonates with me and my experience in Silicon Valley and in Seattle, surrounded by very leftist politics, reminds me a lot of Mencius Moldbug's brilliant piece "Technology, communism and the Brown Scare": http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2013/09/technol...
on “I don’t know what to do, you guys” ↗Having just read A formalist manifesto and Technology, communism and the Brown Scare I can see some points where Yarvin and I start from similar observations and cultural baggage, yet wind up in different locations. A formalist manifesto — (a) the danger of picking a single axis of merit…
on “Why Petulant Oligarchs Rule Our World” ↗