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It may not have been. The author of Urbit is Moldbug, who is... controversial. On the other hand, I just read the article, and none of it seems particularly ba

It may not have been. The author of Urbit is Moldbug, who is... controversial. On the other hand, I just read the article, and none of it seems particularly bad faith. I vaguely remember something about Urbit using planets and galaxies as some kind of ownership metaphor, so I expected the article to go on at length about how strange this seems. But it seems to be focusing on the technical aspects of Urbit, and is pretty clinically detached.

throwaway292893 5y ago
Of course he's controversial, he thinks differently and he wrote his thoughts down. How dare he. Honestly in this age of this Marxism takeover, his thoughts aren't that crazy.
- robmccoll 5y ago
  The guy appears to be sympathetic to white nationalist views, harbors racist ideas, and advocates for authoritarianism. That's a little far to write off as "thinks differently". Given that your account is "throwaway", I'm guessing you sense that there is something to be ashamed of or at least lost in social capital by defending him publicly?
  - NackerHughes 5y ago
    Of course he senses that, he thinks differently and he wrote his thoughts down. How dare he.
  - throwaway292893 5y ago
    Appears to be sympathetic to? Are there specific examples you take issue with, or is this from hearsay? This account is for political or controversial opinions and is not related to this discussion, no.
    - robmccoll 5y ago
      This post in which he declares that he isn't white nationalist https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/11/why-i-am-not-white-nationalist/ https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/11/why-i-am-no... is full of weird apologist asides and reads like "I'm not, or maybe I kind of am but not, but I can see why some people are, and other things are bad too, and maybe this isn't so bad". "So we see that, at present, in the real world of 2007, there is no coherent moral or practical reason to shun white nationalism." "I am just suggesting that there are many bad reasons not to be a white nationalist." Then he proceeds to explain that the white nationalist view of the world is silly because it has two sides and doesn't confirm to his five sided race war view. This post is a seriously bad take. Language and words have power and this is the kind that could reach people on the fringe and bring them into the fold. If you have read this thing, does it not give you pause?
  - kragen 5y ago
    Curtis is Jewish; he's not sympathetic to white nationalist views. The other two accusations are true, but from my point of view they're also true (to a slightly smaller extent) of nearly everyone from the US, so it seems a bit like pointless flaming.

throwaway292893 5y ago

Of course he's controversial, he thinks differently and he wrote his thoughts down. How dare he. Honestly in this age of this Marxism takeover, his thoughts aren't that crazy.

robmccoll 5y ago
The guy appears to be sympathetic to white nationalist views, harbors racist ideas, and advocates for authoritarianism. That's a little far to write off as "thinks differently". Given that your account is "throwaway", I'm guessing you sense that there is something to be ashamed of or at least lost in social capital by defending him publicly?
- NackerHughes 5y ago
  Of course he senses that, he thinks differently and he wrote his thoughts down. How dare he.
- throwaway292893 5y ago
  Appears to be sympathetic to? Are there specific examples you take issue with, or is this from hearsay? This account is for political or controversial opinions and is not related to this discussion, no.
  - robmccoll 5y ago
    This post in which he declares that he isn't white nationalist https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/11/why-i-am-not-white-nationalist/ https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/11/why-i-am-no... is full of weird apologist asides and reads like "I'm not, or maybe I kind of am but not, but I can see why some people are, and other things are bad too, and maybe this isn't so bad". "So we see that, at present, in the real world of 2007, there is no coherent moral or practical reason to shun white nationalism." "I am just suggesting that there are many bad reasons not to be a white nationalist." Then he proceeds to explain that the white nationalist view of the world is silly because it has two sides and doesn't confirm to his five sided race war view. This post is a seriously bad take. Language and words have power and this is the kind that could reach people on the fringe and bring them into the fold. If you have read this thing, does it not give you pause?
- kragen 5y ago
  Curtis is Jewish; he's not sympathetic to white nationalist views. The other two accusations are true, but from my point of view they're also true (to a slightly smaller extent) of nearly everyone from the US, so it seems a bit like pointless flaming.