How the Alt-Right Gets In

Following Curtis Yarvin’s appearance at a London festival with Alastair Campbell, Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Jukes examine his writings, which are reportedly inspiring Silicon Valley Tech Bros and the US Vice President

Billed as ‘the philosopher behind JD Vance’, American blogger Curtis Yarvin appeared in conversation with former New Labour communications chief and hit podcast co-host Alastair Campbell at the philosophy, comedy, and music festival How the Light Gets In in London in September.

The discussion was wide-ranging but fairly random, covering Yarvin’s distrust of democracy and his belief that CEOs should take over the state in the form of a modern monarchy.

In his provocative style, Yarvin twice told the audience that he refers to the UK as “Yookay”, and wondered whether late-night London was now more dangerous than it was in Elizabethan times.