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I think you are spot on the money with your assessment. Describing his political views as questionable is putting it lightly. I read through some of his writing
by evantbyrne 3y ago
I think you are spot on the money with your assessment. Describing his political views as questionable is putting it lightly. I read through some of his writings many years back when trying to understand the neoreactionary movement. His essays are largely creative writing exercises, which typically meander about the subject at hand. Some of that may have been to deflect criticism for his actual views. Eventually, he said the quiet part out loud:
> It should be obvious that, although I am not a white nationalist, I am not exactly allergic to the stuff.
His projects should probably be viewed through the lens of what he is trying to accomplish more generally.
- ComodoHacker 3y agoProviding context is helpful, but putting lens on reader isn't IMO. Should ReiserFS always be viewed through the lens of it's creator's crime?
- Nursie 3y ago1. It probably always will be 2. AFAICT some of Yarvin’s ideology, particularly Neo-feudalism, is explicitly baked into Urbit’s design.
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago> Should ReiserFS always be viewed through the lens of it's creator's crime? The Linux community has broadly decided that the answer to that question is yes. No corporate Linuxes would touch it any more, and it is even scheduled for removal from the kernel.
- evantbyrne 3y agoWithout the context of his writings, Urbit does not make any sense at all. It's wholly impractical technology to anyone outside of his segregationist cult.