The "Dark Enlightenment" - Curtis Yarvin (the bro behind the tech bros)

3/11/2025

The bro behind the bros, Curtis Yarvin, is a computer scientist and the malevolent brainchild behind the “Dark Enlightenment.” By now, you may or may not have heard of him. He is now emerging from his mole hole into the bright light of public scrutiny. At first glance, Yarvin looks like a drippy, greasy basement-dwelling nerd who spent all his formative years playing Dungeons and Dragons in his mom’s cellar. Well, that’s because he is.

His radical reactionary libertarianism morphed into authoritarianism. He has been called a neo-monarchist, a feudalist, and has defended the institutions of slavery. He is genuinely a smarmy, arrogant, patriarchal white guy with a big, dark imagination. And that is the nicest thing I can say about him. One foray into his sophomoric, mentally deranged “philosophy” is akin to mental rape. I will spare you any quotations as he is undeserving of the honor. Suffice it to say he is an emotionally stunted boy who found solace in his books and imagination. Still, unlike most lonely boys, he is like the school shooter, not the sweet, sullen nerd of family-friendly comedies. So why is he so evil? Let’s find out.