Dark Enlightement
Dark
Enlightenment
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Just
when I thought things couldn’t get more Orwellian I came across a new term and
movement called Dark Enlightenment. What is that you ask? Dark
Enlightenment aside from being an oxymoron, a contradictory set of words, is
defined as: an anti-democratic,
anti-egalitarian, reactionary philosophy founded by Curtis Yarvin, an American
software engineer and blogger under the pen name “Mencius Moldbug,”
and developed further by English philosopher Nick Land.
Why is Dark Enlightenment so important, you
ask? Because this philosophy is catching on and is being espoused by prominent
influencers, billionaire oligarchs and policy makers like Elon Musk, Peter
Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Steve Bannon, US Vice President J.D. Vance and a host
of others.
We can see
the real time consequences of this sociopolitical philosophy in the current
Trump administration. Dark Enlightenment espouses elitist authoritarianism as
opposed to populist people empowerment, they promote a decline in government
services and influence to be replaced by executive and corporate sovereignty
and power. This is the idea behind DOGE replacing government civil servants,
and dismantling D.E.I. DOGE even if it were a legitimate governmental
department rather than an advisory group is not about cost cutting,
governmental efficiency and reducing the government debt, it is about
restructuring the whole system!
Remember at its core Dark Enlightenment admits
to being anti-democratic and anti-egalitarian favoring whiteness and male hierarchical
patriarchy. Proponents of Dark Enlightenment (DE) offer a unique form of
eugenics which is why it is so popular with white males in the alt-right
movement. DE proponents are not knuckle dragging oafs or Neanderthals. They
tend to be highly educated, extremely financially well off, deeply involved in
technology, investment finance and highly critical of the status quo.
Devotees of Dark Enlightenment reject modernity
and progressive movements. They are very critical of the decline of Western
civilization blaming the philosophical foundations of The Enlightenment
and the move away from strict authoritarianism such a monarchy and hierarchal feudalism
for its demise. They are against society wide personal liberties,
egalitarianism and there is a tinge of racism in their rants as they envision a
society run by elites within a highly rigid hierarchical and neofuedal like structure
augmented by and effectively operated using advanced technology, what some call
technocracy, the Fourth Industrial Revolution or algocracy (rule by algorithm).
The leaders of this movement eschew notions of
feminism, multiculturalism and egalitarianism. They say they are not racists
but adhere to a notion of “racial realism”, believing biology and genetics
provide differing gifts and abilities to each ethnic group which in turn
determines their social status and outcomes within society. This notion
attempts to obfuscate the role and history of state sanctioned oppression,
violence and color caste deprivation.
DE adherents are not futurists in the sense
they daydream and wax poetic about their New World Order, they actually have
the means and influence to make things happen as we see with their impact on
Donald Trump via their huge contributions to his presidential campaigns and
their direct input into his administration. J.D. Vance is in his position as
Vice President because of the influence of a key DE proponent and billionaire
named Peter Theil.
These are
not the philosophical rants of sci-fi futurist philosophers no, they are the
giants of the tech world, influencers and shot callers within the global order
and members of globalist organizations like the World Economic Forum and the
Bilderberg Group. What is extremely
alarming is the sway and influence these billionaires currently have in the
Trump Administration.
While Elon Musk does not publicly or openly align
himself with DE, his actions demonstrate a kinship with their ideology. He,
like them, believes in strong executive action augmented by ever expanding technology.
In his role at DOGE Musk is an unelected unaccountable (other than to Donald
Trump) autocrat making decisions without any oversight of the Congress. This is
how the DE devotees want to roll and their role unless it is checked by
Congress (which is unlikely) or the courts will grow even more aggressive.
DE is an underground movement but it is
extremely powerful and gaining more and more traction not only within the Trump
administration but globally. Keep you
eyes open on this.
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posted by Junious Ricardo Stanton @ 5:19 PM
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