Urbit's design directly comes from the founder's neo-monarchical political theories. Therefore, I think his political theories, which include sympathies for neo

Urbit's design directly comes from the founder's neo-monarchical political theories. Therefore, I think his political theories, which include sympathies for neo-nazism ('Yarvin wrote that, although he was not himself a white nationalist, he felt “the urge to defend” the ideology'), a hatred of democracy, and the desire to replace it with a model that grants more rights to wealthier individuals are relevant to this discussion. So I submitted an article on those beliefs to HN. I'd like to see what other readers think of their relevancy to the product. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21673760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21673760 > In one design sketch for Urbit, Yarvin made the link between monarchies and the platform more explicit, classifying users as “Lords,” “Dukes,” and “Earls.” The design behind the titles, he writes, “is standard Lockean libertarian homesteading theory.” At the end of the sketch, Yarvin indicates that he’s reserved a special title for himself: “The prince (because he spent 8 years working on this project, without being paid), has reserved 32 duchies for his exclusive personal benefit." Note: Curtis Yarvin resigned from his startup. I still find his ideas relevant, because he designed and started the startup in question.