Seems like Bessent is on the same page as Curtis Yarvin. From last week's Counterweight:

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@kevinnbass @curtis_yarvin True

@curtis_yarvin IBM 1979

@curtis_yarvin This could not have been more clear from the outset.

@curtis_yarvin Exactly!!

The real question is what these ideas would mean in practice how they would affect institutions, markets, government decision-making, and ultimately ordinary people. Good policy should be tested against evidence, incentives, and real-world outcomes, not just rhetoric. The discussion around Bessent and Curtis Yarvin is certainly one worth watching.

@curtis_yarvin Interesting convergence of ideas here. When people from very different corners of the policy and intellectual world start arriving at similar conclusions, it is worth paying attention to the underlying arguments rather than simply focusing on the personalities involved.