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Carrie Wiebe

@wukairui.bsky.social

I teach Chinese literature and language, comparative literature and mythology at Middlebury College. I tend my garden, walk in forests and grasslands, read, walk, learn, travel, eat, sing, make pots, make bread, make healing balms, and, love a lot.

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@annettedobler.bsky.social hi!

18.02.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ ๐™”๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™€๐™‰๐™€๐™ˆ๐™”
The billionaire Peter Thiel (who made his money with PayPal, Facebook, and Palantir) is a big fan of the work of Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug). When Peter Thiel was grooming and funding JD Vance to enter politics, he told him to read Yarvin, and JD obediently started citing him in his interviews.
Peter Thiel is famous for trying to start his own libertarian utopias, without success. More than one person has suggested that Thiel might have realized it would be more effective to take over an existing country and reshape it, rather than start a new one from scratch. How committed he is to this goal is anyoneโ€™s guess, but there are plenty of Silicon Valley bros who agree with him. They were all on stage at Trumpโ€™s inauguration, except for one, who preferred to remain behind the scenes of what amounted to a bloodless coup by billionaires to seize ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต control of an entire country.
Here is a summary of Yarvinโ€™s main beliefs, based on his work and interviews (see comments for links):
๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ-๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†: Believes democracy is unstable and inefficient, advocating for authoritarian or monarchist systems instead.
๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Supports rule by a technocratic elite, emphasizing expertise and technology for effective management.  
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ: Critiques progressive ideologies as destructive to tradition, hierarchy, and societal order.
๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Argues that inequality and hierarchies are natural and necessary for a functional society.
๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Views contemporary institutions (media, academia, government) as corrupt and self-serving, requiring radical reform.

Screen cap of the following social media post: ๐™†๐™‰๐™Š๐™’ ๐™”๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™€๐™‰๐™€๐™ˆ๐™” The billionaire Peter Thiel (who made his money with PayPal, Facebook, and Palantir) is a big fan of the work of Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug). When Peter Thiel was grooming and funding JD Vance to enter politics, he told him to read Yarvin, and JD obediently started citing him in his interviews. Peter Thiel is famous for trying to start his own libertarian utopias, without success. More than one person has suggested that Thiel might have realized it would be more effective to take over an existing country and reshape it, rather than start a new one from scratch. How committed he is to this goal is anyoneโ€™s guess, but there are plenty of Silicon Valley bros who agree with him. They were all on stage at Trumpโ€™s inauguration, except for one, who preferred to remain behind the scenes of what amounted to a bloodless coup by billionaires to seize ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต control of an entire country. Here is a summary of Yarvinโ€™s main beliefs, based on his work and interviews (see comments for links): ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ-๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜†: Believes democracy is unstable and inefficient, advocating for authoritarian or monarchist systems instead. ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Supports rule by a technocratic elite, emphasizing expertise and technology for effective management. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ: Critiques progressive ideologies as destructive to tradition, hierarchy, and societal order. ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Argues that inequality and hierarchies are natural and necessary for a functional society. ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Views contemporary institutions (media, academia, government) as corrupt and self-serving, requiring radical reform.

Composite photograph of JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin.

Composite photograph of JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin.

My (not original, but hopefully well-synthesized) take on the ongoing #coup in the #USA right now.
#thiel #yarvin #trump #oligarchy #billionaires

02.02.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

The Logic of Destruction
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

02.02.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trumpโ€™s tariffs are driving up prices for us, while driving down demand for U.S. exports in Canada and Mexico.

This why you donโ€™t trust your countryโ€™s economic policies to someone who bankrupted 5 casinos.

02.02.2025 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2153    ๐Ÿ” 448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

02.02.2025 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76872    ๐Ÿ” 10665    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1652    ๐Ÿ“Œ 538
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"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."

02.02.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20106    ๐Ÿ” 3708    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 470    ๐Ÿ“Œ 181
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The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

02.02.2025 00:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64255    ๐Ÿ” 12299    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1444    ๐Ÿ“Œ 785
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The *least* you can do:

Refuse to patronize businesses that (1) disrespect Jimmy Carter - and the law - and (2) seek to ingratiate themselves to the orange shitgibbon & his flying monkeys by raising their flag to full staff before Jan. 28.

#HalfStaffOrNoBusiness

19.01.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 901    ๐Ÿ” 178    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Sending love to all my friends in the USA today and sharpening my pen in preparation for this next chapter. Look after one another out there and keep on singing.

20.01.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hereโ€™s what FTC did to protect Americans for 4y&how itโ€™s stopping now. Whatโ€™s wrong w/MSM that they hide these facts from voters?

The big news on MSM is telling us that Trump got on Air Force One last night?

Support independent news like your life depends on it-because it does!

19.01.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 411    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest through to the end to see how to join him, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @akayawind.bsky.social @anandwrites.bsky.social & others on MLK day @ noon ET for a discussion about how "The way we get through this is TOGETHER"

Find it at
www.youtube.com/@Rebecca.Sol...

19.01.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 123    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Opinion | Dry January Is Driving Me to Drink (Gift Article) Do or do not, as Yoda might say. But please shut up about it, as I definitely would say.

Excellent article on the #politics of #clean lifestyles...

ยซWhen someone alludes to โ€œcleanโ€ healthfulness โ€” from clean living to clean drinking โ€” someone somewhere is carrying the burden of being โ€œdirty.โ€ยป

Dry January Is Driving Me to Drink www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/o...

19.01.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Monday morning we are entering a new chapter in this country's history and we are entering it together, with our friends and principles held close and our eyes wide open.

18.01.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1900    ๐Ÿ” 448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51
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Remember: no mandate, no majority. 37.75% of the electorate didn't vote; 31.5% voted for him; 30.6% voted for her.

19.01.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1381    ๐Ÿ” 466    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

Rolly's Lord's Prayer:
Our mother in abundant earth
unnamed and in all words we remember you
flow through all creation
in the darkness and in the light
awaken us sustain us consume us keep us forever in your embrace
for you are wisdom and beauty and love eternal

19.01.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I stand by this pledge that Rolly wrote:

I pledge allegiance to Earth
and to her life abundant
One planet
Indivisible
With liberty and justice for all

19.01.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, Benji

19.01.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I use this stuff

18.01.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These outfits are on another level. More interesting than what you see coming out of Paris and NYC most seasons. I love the keyboard skirt.

18.01.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s not just you!

15.01.2025 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, gorgeous. Jewel-like.

18.11.2024 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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