This is seriously messed up:
He then concluded that the “best humane alternative to genocide” is to “virtualize” these people: Imprison them in “permanent solitary confinement” where, to avoid making them insane, they would be connected to an “immersive virtual-reality interface” so they could “experience a rich, fulfilling life in a completely imaginary world.”
Yarvin’s disturbing manifestos have earned him influential followers, chief among them: tech billionaire Peter Thiel and his onetime Silicon Valley protégé Senator J.D. Vance
That’s a real thing that someone said?
Apparently. It’s also roughly the plot to The Matrix. And to Halo4, to an extent. And that episode of Black Mirror
That and they’re on the pedo peddlers Rolodex. It’s starting to scream of CYA.