Juno_Watt comments on Why is Mencius Moldbug so popular on Less Wrong? [Answer: He's not.] - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Juno_Watt 28 May 2013 11:25:24AM 0 points [-]

Looking at the real world spending of people with power and wealth and the traits these people have it seems to me that you would see many many more Dubai's and Singapore's than summer camps for sadists.

In the 20th century, in a world where democracy and human rights are actively promoted, all factors that would be missing from Moldburgia. Look at the real world behaviour of autocrats in the past.