Dark Enlightenment
A intellectual current of Nick Land and Curtis Yarvin that attacks democracy, egalitarianism and the academic-media "Cathedral", defends autocratic government and exit, and harbors strands of race realism and accelerationism.
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In one sentence
I want to replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 cunnys
- Strong · Federal
Niya Structure
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment definition includes “replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral”. This clause must be read for which central institutions it retains or rejects; opposition to a state or party is not endorsement of centralized territorial power.
- Very strong · Autocracy
Kaiser PMC General Representation
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment definition includes “a intellectual current of Nick Land and Curtis Yarvin that attacks democracy, egalitarianism and the academic-media "Cathedral", defends autocratic government and exit”. The stance toward party dictatorship or unelected leadership bears directly on electoral replacement; endorsement and rejection of those forms imply different directions.
- Balanced
Balanced Power
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment definition includes “replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral”. The target of restraint or opposition matters: rejecting hierarchy or compulsion is different from endorsing security-oriented control.
- Very strong · Assimilation
Kaguya Immigration
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment model centers on replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral. That core does not specify minority membership, migration and the coexistence of cultural identities. Shared economic interests or a universal philosophical ethic do not alone specify immigration or cultural-integration policy.
- Strong · Militarist
Beatrice Diplomacy
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment model centers on replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral. That core does not specify the political role of organized armed force and acceptance of war. Domestic coercion, economic state intervention and national pride do not by themselves establish militarism or pacifism.
- Balanced
Balanced Intervention
Rationale
Corporate sovereignty, exit, jurisdictional competition or technological acceleration does not itself endorse foreign military projection. The retained coordinate models a chosen geopolitical variant; a rejection of democracy or an emphasis on profit is not independent evidence for aggression.
- Very strong · Private
Kaiser President Economy
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment model centers on replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral. That core does not specify ownership of productive assets, land and enterprises. Welfare spending, moral solidarity and expert administration do not by themselves abolish or privatize productive ownership.
- Very strong · Free market
Fuyu Control
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment model centers on replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral. That core does not specify how production and allocation are coordinated through plans or decentralized exchange. Public ownership can coexist with markets, and private firms can operate under directed planning.
- Strong · Globalism
Ritsu Trade
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment model centers on replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral. That core does not specify cross-border trade, capital flows and economic integration. Domestic market freedom and international cultural solidarity are different claims from a free-trade policy.
- Leaning · Secular governance
Kei Religion in governance
Rationale
Corporate sovereignty, managerial competence or exit supplies the stated institutional core. Criticism of the academic-media Cathedral is not a claim for clerical government; the retained secular or mixed coordinate is a catalogue variant because these texts do not uniquely settle religion's public authority.
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Mimori Morality
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment model centers on replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral. That core does not specify public attitudes toward inherited customs, family, gender and social change. Economic redistribution, technological novelty and a religious affiliation do not uniquely determine every moral position.
- Very strong · Technology
Rio Technology
Rationale
Our Dark Enlightenment definition includes “replace democracy and egalitarianism with strong sovereigns, natural hierarchy and free microstates that speed up technology, beyond the Cathedral”. The accepted or rejected technological transformation matters; criticism of industrialization or limits on enhancement is not endorsement of unrestricted technological change.
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 96% of the 250 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 59This ideology 8
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Power
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 55This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Cunnys
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