Replay 2026 / talk
Balaji Srinivasan × Curtis Yarvin · 1:17:35
The post-war order is the pre-Internet order.
And the rise of the Internet means that order is ending.
But what comes next?
Decentralized democracy — or American monarchy?
Curtis makes the case for a centralized American monarchy.
Balaji makes the case for decentralized Internet democracy.
OUTLINE
0:28 - Do you believe America can be turned around?
12:23 - Mass market ideologies versus institutional power structures
14:38 - In the late 1800s, four things happening at the same time that are mirrored today
26:52 - The future of America is more like American anarchy than American monarchy
52:49 -