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The case against democracy: ten red pills | Unqualified Reservations by Mencius Moldbug

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I grew up believing in democracy. I’ll bet you did too. I spent 20 years of my life in democratic schools. I’ll bet you did too. Suppose you were a Catholic in 16th-century Spain. Imagine how hard it would be for you to stop believing in Catholicism. You are a Catholic. Your parents were Catholics. You were educated by Catholics. You are governed by Catholics. All your friends are Catholics. All the books you’ve ever read were written by Catholics. Sure, you’re aware that not everyone in the world is a Catholic. You’re also aware that this is the cause of all the violence, death and destruction in the world. Look at what Protestants do when they get into power. They nail genitals to the city gates. They behead their own wives. Crazy stuff! And let’s not even start on the Turks… Now suppose you’re you. But you have a time machine that lets you talk to this 16th-century Spanish Catholic version of you. How do you convince this guy or gal that the answer to all the world’s problems is not

The case against democracy: ten red pills | Unqualified Reservations by Mencius Moldbug UR UR × UR Home About Ebooks Archive Em Português Open Letter Chapter 1: A Horizon Made of Canvas Chapter 2: More Historical Anomalies Chapter 3: The Jacobite History of the World Chapter 4: Dr. Johnson’s Hypothesis Chapter 5: The Shortest Way to World Peace Chapter 6: The Lost Theory of Government Chapter 7: The Ugly Truth About Government Chapter 8: A Reset Is Not a Revolution Chapter 9: How to Uninstall a Cathedral Chapter X: A Simple Sovereign Bankruptcy Procedure Chapter XI: The Truth About Left

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