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Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries | TechCrunch

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Many of us yearn for a return to one golden age or another. But there's a community of bloggers taking the idea to an extreme: they want to turn the dial way back to the days before the French Revolution. Neoreactionaries believe that all the good stuff from the past few centuries come from technology and capitalism, and that democracy and social progress have actually done more harm than good. They propose a return to old-fashioned gender roles, social order and monarchy.

Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries | TechCrunch Geeks for Monarchy: The Rise of the Neoreactionaries Klint Finley 9:00 PM PST · November 22, 2013 Many of us yearn for a return to one golden age or another. But there’s a community of bloggers taking the idea to an extreme: they want to turn the dial way back to the days before the French Revolution. Neoreactionaries believe that while technology and capitalism have advanced humanity over the past couple centuries, democracy has actually done more harm than good. They propose a return to old-fashioned gender roles, social

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