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  • I do wonder if they’re not so much in favour of autocracy per se, but more that they know there’s no way of installing their preferred libertarian system through any sort of democratic process.

    I guess that’s why it’s a nebulous strongman they allude to, but don’t go on to describe in detail the specific bureaucracy or system necessary for their model society. In any case, that would go against their libertarianism, so they’re just stuck being elite reactionaries in a political and theoretical dead end.

  • The way I read these people is there are a couple of assumptions/world views.

    1. Progress is made by disruptive visionaries.
    2. They are exceptionally intelligent visionaries who see things others do not.

    Most other points stem from these core beliefs.

  • What irks me is that it seems like such a crass ideology for one based upon the existence of intelligent visionaries.

    Maybe you’re right though and it’s not that complicated.

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