Yarvin—formerly Mencius Moldbug, currently the "Dark Elf" of the dissident right—isn’t just an edgelord with a blog. He’s the house philosopher of Silicon Autocracy.

In the mid-2000s, writing under the name Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin began articulating a new political philosophy that would become known as the “neo-reactionary” or “dark enlightenment ...

He first came to their attention when he was blogging as one Mencius Moldbug and dropped a 120,000-word dung-bomb onto the innocent Intertoobz. From the The New Yorker: ...

Initially published under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin’s ideas are extreme even by the standards of the American right.

Under the alias of “Mencius Moldbug”, Yarvin wrote a 120,000-word blog called ‘An Open Letter to Open-Minded Progressives.’ It lobbed a hand grenade at the heart of democracy as long ago ...

Writing under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug in a 2008 blog, Yarvin advocated for a dictator-led monarchy to replace democracy in the US.

Dark Roots: From Moldbug to Monarchy At the heart of the Dark MAGA ideology is Curtis Yarvin, a former software engineer and self-proclaimed“Dark Elf” philosopher.

Buckley's early days also summon thoughts of the neo-reactionary writer Curtis Yarvin, a.k.a. "Mencius Moldbug." Both men feared what Yarvin calls "the Cathedral": a complex of institutions and ...

Buckley's early days also summon thoughts of the neo-reactionary writer Curtis Yarvin, a.k.a. "Mencius Moldbug." ...