The “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Curtis Yarvin have curried favor with tech executives in recent years, writes Ed Simon.

That is one of the things that has long distinguished Americans from others. The European Enlightenment preached equality but consisted mainly of nobility; there was no nobility in America.

Outlining the historical trajectories of enlightenment in diverse civilisations juxtaposing the intellectual revolution in Europe with post-colonial struggles of Pakistan, he asserts that without ...