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halcyon posts: 26
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So Moldbug may appear to be hijacking your utility function, but... what, exactly? To be charitable, Moldbug says he doesn't really want disciples but independent thinkers only. He's providing geeks with parts to build formalist ideologies for themselves. (Does every worthy formalist geek get hired as an expert for a different city?) But it is also a fact that he pleads with his readers to mortify their will to power and support the state, etc, but maybe he's just being dramatic for the lulz. That kind of thing?

Note that I'm not necessarily saying Moldbug's theories are shit, just that his arguments are by and large shit. There might be better arguments with which to bridge other people's oughts onto Moldbug's ideals, but that's not likely to interest him. His favorite arguments seem to involve firepower because convincing other people gives the game away to universalists, right? He just wants to be left alone as an absolute slavemaster in his own little corner of the world with the chance to out-compete everyone else. I'm not sure I'd like to see that happen for a million obvious reasons involving self-defense alone. (Assuming Moldbug is right that his splendid efficiency will soon spawn imitations worldwide, etc.)

I recall Nietzsche being extremely disgusted with everyone and their sniveling intention-based thinking, so I suppose he would've been less disappointed if they had been more hardheaded about taking what will satisfy them. If this does not imply some form of consequentialism, then the people Nietzsche loves would be rather pathetic, because they'll want a lot of things, but they'll get them less often.