In 2008, on his blog “Unqualified Reservations,” techno-fascist ideologue Curtin Yarvin, financed and promoted by Peter Thiel and a respected dialogue partner of JD Vance, Alastair Campbell, Michael Anton, etc., discussed what a “King CEO” should do to deal with useless eaters in California.
Curtis Yarvin: “The initial conversion of our present, democratic, and of course completely dysfunctional San Francisco into the realm of Friscorp (a private state run by a CEO) will produce quite a few wards (useless eaters), at least relative to the number we would expect to emerge in a healthy society. But there will always be black sheep, and there will always be wards.
“As Delegate of San Francisco, what should you do with these people? I think the answer is clear: alternative energy. Since wards are liabilities, there is no business case for retaining them in their present, ambulatory form. Therefore, the most profitable disposition for this dubious form of capital is to convert them into biodiesel, which can help power the Muni buses.
“Okay, just kidding. This is the sort of naive Randian [Ayn Rand] thinking which appeals instantly to a geek like me, but of course has nothing to do with real life. The trouble with the biodiesel solution is that no one would want to live in a city whose public transportation was fueled, even just partly, by the distilled remains of its late underclass.
“However, it helps us describe the problem we are trying to solve. Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to genocide. That is: the ideal solution achieves the same result as mass murder (the removal of undesirable elements from society), but without any of the moral stigma. Perfection cannot be achieved on both these counts, but we can get closer than most might think.
“The best humane alternative to genocide I can think of is not to liquidate the wards—either metaphorically or literally—but to virtualize them. A virtualized human is in permanent solitary confinement, waxed like a bee larva into a cell which is sealed except for emergencies. This would drive him insane, except that the cell contains an immersive virtual-reality interface which allows him to experience a rich, fulfilling life in a completely imaginary world.
“The virtual worlds of today are already exciting enough to distract many away from their real lives. They will only get better. Nor is productive employment precluded in this scenario—for example, wards can perform manual labor through telepresence. As members of society, however, they might as well not exist. And because cells are sealed and need no guards, virtualization should be much cheaper than present-day imprisonment.”
