Turns out imperialism is the new isolationism
Curtis Yarvin@curtis_yarvin
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Jan 05, 2026
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Turns out imperialism is the new isolationism
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But I’m serious about this. Not just simping for Trump.
The state is a firm. Foreign policy is a business strategy. The strategic question: is this a profit center, a neutral expense, or a cost center?
These correspond to imperialism, isolationism, and aidocracy or “soft power”
The state is a firm. Foreign policy is a business strategy. The strategic question: is this a profit center, a neutral expense, or a cost center?
These correspond to imperialism, isolationism, and aidocracy or “soft power”
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Post-1945 aidocratic “missionary imperialism” exhibits negative cashflow. This can be seen as a purchase of intangible goodwill, or an investment expecting future return.
Isolationism treats diplomacy as an expense of sovereignty. Classical imperialism is all about tha $
Isolationism treats diplomacy as an expense of sovereignty. Classical imperialism is all about tha $
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The Venezuela intervention is also clever in its diplomatic praxis. The key was choosing not to install some puppet “Guido,” but to apply powerful incentives to native powers.
Simply replacing the local king is an imperial move the British must have pulled 50 times
Simply replacing the local king is an imperial move the British must have pulled 50 times
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It actually doesn’t matter that much whom you anoint as the king’s replacement.
Ideally he or she is, in the great words of J. R. Biden, “clean, bright, and articulate.” But if the right candidate sadly suffers from full-on Trisomy-21, no big deal.
Everyone knows who owns them
Ideally he or she is, in the great words of J. R. Biden, “clean, bright, and articulate.” But if the right candidate sadly suffers from full-on Trisomy-21, no big deal.
Everyone knows who owns them
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Since a state is a firm, the way to take it over is to buy it out.
Delcy Rodriguez’s brother was Maduro’s chief strategist. The Rodriguez family should receive points on Venezuelan oil rev forever.
The purpose of this is to persuade Kim Jong Un that he could take the same deal
Delcy Rodriguez’s brother was Maduro’s chief strategist. The Rodriguez family should receive points on Venezuelan oil rev forever.
The purpose of this is to persuade Kim Jong Un that he could take the same deal
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As part of the process of debolivarization, everyone who mattered in the Bolivarian Revolution needs to get paid.
In equity, of course, not cash. It’s regime change with a smile
In equity, of course, not cash. It’s regime change with a smile
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In exchange, the Rodriguez regime doesn’t have to do much—just act normal and hold kind of ok elections.
Because, as ol’ Osama used to say, “when people see a strong horse and a weak horse, they like the strong horse,” our guy or gal will win. That Nobel lady. President Guido
Because, as ol’ Osama used to say, “when people see a strong horse and a weak horse, they like the strong horse,” our guy or gal will win. That Nobel lady. President Guido
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Then it’s time to descend on Venezuela with a well-organized legion of young Latam technocrats from right-wing regimes and parties. Train them in Salvador starting now. Plan to fire half. Core of a new civil service.
Total reboot of the state from the IT up. DOGE style. Tech CEO
Total reboot of the state from the IT up. DOGE style. Tech CEO
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PDVSA the state oil company obviously needs a complete restructuring, ultimately an IPO, which leaves the state as a minority shareholder. Fundamentally, the old regime has to be bought off with shares in this co
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Bukele tier security across the country is obv a necessity.
Also, the Western Hemisphere from Nome to Patagonia is filled with “not sending their best” Venezuelans. These riffraff can now be sent home, then hired to build and/or guard the prisons so many of them belong in
Also, the Western Hemisphere from Nome to Patagonia is filled with “not sending their best” Venezuelans. These riffraff can now be sent home, then hired to build and/or guard the prisons so many of them belong in
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Venezuela is in a way an early test of how to cope with AI productivity, since the resource curse is another example of productive capital with little or no need for human labor.
The country is simply full of ZMP, zero marginal product, people. Many are criminals. Most are not
The country is simply full of ZMP, zero marginal product, people. Many are criminals. Most are not
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If our theories, put into practice, cannot build economic, social, and political structures under which ALL these people thrive—they are bad theories, and need to be replaced.
TLDR: Venezuela, as a shithole with mega potential, is a perfect lab for 21st-century governance
TLDR: Venezuela, as a shithole with mega potential, is a perfect lab for 21st-century governance
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Classical imperialism also served this role as a system of political research facilities. The hardcore political science learned in these labs for government greatly distressed the shitlibs back home—one of the big reasons the old empires had to be shut down