In 2008, a software developer in San Francisco named Curtis Yarvin, writing under a pseudonym, proposed a horrific solution for people he deemed “not productive”: “convert them into biodiesel, which can help power the Muni buses.”
He's been writing about the 'evils of democracy' for 17 years. And JD Vance & Peter Thiel take him very seriously.
He argues that American democracy should be replaced by an accountable monarchy, similar to corporations.
https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas
@OldDeckHand The Yes Men pulled similar idea in a hoax on an ExxonMobil meeting some years ago, including Reggie Watts on video playing the janitor who the audience slowly realized had been turned into the "vivoleum" candles burning on their tables....