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A British philosopher, Land founded accelerationism and the so-called Dark Enlightenment, advocating the acceleration of capitalism and technology and criticizing egalitarian democracy in favor of new hierarchies.
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Nick Land leans further toward federal than 100% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where Nick Land stands furthest from the rest.
On Morality, Nick Land sits close to the catalog median.
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Current that advocates accelerating the system's contradictions through technology and the collapse of liberal institutions, betting on the rupture of the existing order to forge a new social and political hierarchy.
Current that rejects modern democracy and egalitarianism and proposes replacing them with hierarchical, efficient governments run like companies by a sovereign, combining traditionalism and technology.
A neoreactionary current that rejects democracy in favor of microstates run like firms. It favors competition among jurisdictions, free markets, the right of exit, and technological innovation as principles of government.
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Christian Social DemocracyLeft28%
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A city-state of the Italian Renaissance, Florence united banking and commercial capitalism, factional disputes among guilds and families such as the Medici, and a patronage that revolutionized the arts, letters, and political thought.
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