“As in the late Roman period, declining official authority, declining personal morality, and increasing public bureaucracy are observed in synchrony. This is not in any way a coincidence. The combination is an infallible symptom of the great terminal disease of the polity — leftism. Leftism is cancer.Yarvin, Curtis (November 13, 2008) “Patchwork: a positive vision (part I).” Unqualified Reservations (blog).”