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[–] 3 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

When intelligence is the new oil, tech elites are the new autocrats.

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  • [–] 4 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

    It has little to nothing to do with intelligence. Plenty of brilliant people live their lives happily chipping away at problems they find interesting, or at their normal jobs they can enjoy while being very involved with their families.

    These people just happen to have concentrated wealth and power and have lead the public to believe that makes them smart.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure Yarvin is fairly bright, even if he seems to have a stunted emotional intelligence...

    This seems to be a fairly common thing for people who are extremely bright, but lacking in emotional intelligence - they seem to fall into the Libertarian swamp.

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