Curtis Yarvin: The Ideologue Behind the New American Right Curtis Yarvin, formerly known under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, is a software engineer turned political theorist. His blog, Unqualified Reservations, was a key source of inspiration for the online far right during the late 2000s and early 2010s. Yarvin laid out the framework for what became known as the neo-reactionary, or NRx, movement. He argued that democracy was irreparably broken and should be replaced by a single unelected ruler