But the perversion is clearly there, in every flaring of edgelord rebelliousness Moldbug musters. It’s what’s at the heart of his jovially taunting prose style—the genial condescension with which he addresses his imagined progressive reader. It’s at the heart of the Silicon Valley genius CEO mystique, implicit in the word “disrupt” that Moldbug’s ilk wear with such pride. It’s the perversion that’s always been at the heart of Milton’s God. Of course he enjoys Satan’s defiance. In fact, Satan’s defiance is what enables him to enjoy anything at all.
