Curtis Yarvin: The Empire of Love
Curtis Yarvin joins us to discuss the Anglo-American “empire of love,” the bohemian libertines of the ancien régime, Putin’s relative weakness, Xi’s advantages over Mamdani, and populism’s last chance.
July 14, 2025

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Time Stamps

  • 00:55 Alt-right? New Right? Modern Right?
  • 02:36 Brief biography
  • 06:26 From Westphalian order to Empire of Love
  • 09:22 The tragedy of the French Revolution
  • 11:04 Liberalism as an instrument of Anglo empire
  • 17:55 Yarvin’s communist grandparents
  • 20:51 Rebooting the US
  • 23:00 The problem with populism
  • 31:43 The potential strength of monarchy
  • 34:41 Authority, popularity and prestige
  • 40:30 The American Revolution is no longer sacred
  • 43:08 Populism has one shot

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