Ok, what I actually meant to say was "Hanania is braking into mainstream politics". Oops, got too carried way.
The interesting thing about him is that he doesn't really try to hide his core beliefs at all, yet he seems to be growing larger and larger. Some mainstream political pundits openly associate with him, Matthew Yglesias is the obvious example here, and it might be the case that a lot of liberals might be secretly reading him.
Also, the newly elected VP openly admits that Moldbug has influenced him, so it's clear that this ideas are becoming more prominent among the political elite. I know this still isn't "mainstream", but it's a pattern.
When I said Hanania was growing larger and larger I meant that his works seem to be becoming more and more mainstream (people in the next Republican cabinet have read his book about how Woke originates from Civil right law and have taken his recommendations seriously) not that this growth was happening among pundits. My bad. And despite all this, some people like Yglesias are still mutuals with him.
One interesting thing to note is that Hanania style Left-Moldbuggism seems to be leaking slowly in mainstream politics.
How so? Got any examples?
Ok, what I actually meant to say was "Hanania is braking into mainstream politics". Oops, got too carried way.
The interesting thing about him is that he doesn't really try to hide his core beliefs at all, yet he seems to be growing larger and larger. Some mainstream political pundits openly associate with him, Matthew Yglesias is the obvious example here, and it might be the case that a lot of liberals might be secretly reading him.
Also, the newly elected VP openly admits that Moldbug has influenced him, so it's clear that this ideas are becoming more prominent among the political elite. I know this still isn't "mainstream", but it's a pattern.
You haven't seen their twitter? It's pretty obvious Yglesias intellectualy respects him and reads his opinions
I was about to take the L for this one but yeah (https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1820148557137006800,https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1772043771448008764) there is a moderate engagement between them, even though Hanania reposts him much more. Guess you could argue it's kind of one sided. Yglesias does 100% read him though (https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1688377862011617280).
When I said Hanania was growing larger and larger I meant that his works seem to be becoming more and more mainstream (people in the next Republican cabinet have read his book about how Woke originates from Civil right law and have taken his recommendations seriously) not that this growth was happening among pundits. My bad. And despite all this, some people like Yglesias are still mutuals with him.