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What happens if we lose? - Curtis Yarvin, Ron Dodson | #71

What happens if we lose? - Curtis Yarvin, Ron Dodson | #71

Update: 2025-10-17
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Today, Nathan Halberstadt sits down with Curtis Yarvin & Ron Dodson for an update on Russ Vought's reductions in force (RIFs), migration and demographic changes in America, Antifa & domestic terrorism, progressive ideology and the "Cathedral."


 


Curtis Yarvin is an American political theorist, software developer, and blogger often writing under the pen name Mencius Moldbug in Unqualified Reservations and his substack Gray Mirror. He is considered a founder of the Dark Enlightenment or neo-reactionary movement (NRx), alongside philosopher Nick Land and is the creator of Urbit, a computing platform.


 


Learn more about Curtis Yarvin's work:


https://x.com/curtis_yarvin


https://graymirror.substack.com/


 


Ronald Dodson is CEO and Portfolio Manager of Dallas North Capital Partners, a private fund management firm. He also frequently writes on geopolitical developments and global risk. He has worked with the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts. His interests include the Noahic Covenant gentile believers in the ancient world, continental theology and coaching soccer. He is a deacon in the PCA.


 


Learn more about Ron Dodson's work here:


https://x.com/RonDodson


https://rondodson.substack.com


https://americanreformer.org/author/ronald-dodson/


 


Timestamps:


0:01:07 Intros


0:03:16 OMB Dir. Vought's reduction in force (RIFs)


0:30:44 Antifa & domestic terrorism


0:42:52 Demographic changes in America


0:47:50 Progressive ideology and the "Cathedral"


1:14:22 Trump & Christianity


1:51:56 Practical advice for young conservatives


2:09:01 Critique of American tech & engineering culture


2:19:51 Historical analysis of the American Civil War


2:24:27 The need for a comprehensive theory of governance


 


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What happens if we lose? - Curtis Yarvin, Ron Dodson | #71

What happens if we lose? - Curtis Yarvin, Ron Dodson | #71

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