Curtis Yarvin helped inspire DOGE. Now he scorns it. (washingtonpost.com) Curtis Yarvin helped inspire DOGE. Now he scorns it. By Peter Jamison; Elizabeth Dwoskin 2025050811051800 Before gutting the federal workforce became Elon Musk's job, it was Curtis Yarvin's dream. Yarvin — a Silicon Valley blogger and software developer who argues for replacing American democracy with a dictatorship — spent years outlining an assault on what he calls "the cathedral" of elite power and consensus.