pet child of Peter Thiel, slowly being ushered forward. The epitome of the company town where the only rules and laws are what the boss says so. Trump's version of utopia. No chance you say? Keep reading.. defunded the Presidio Trust so it has no source of revenue and will soon declare that national treasure a freedom city so thiel and his buddies can go tax free you can bet that Musk will have his own freedom city if this comes to fruition Opinion | Trump could make the Presidio a “Freedom City.” The Freedom Cities proposal was an awkward fit for the MAGA/America First agenda as most people understand it — it’s literally the opposite of economic nationalism. But it’s perfectly suited to the long-standing aspirations of one of Trump’s first converts from Silicon Valley: Peter Thiel. Many were surprised when Thiel endorsed Trump in 2016. Trump, after all, ran as a right-wing populist, loudly rejecting the free-trade doctrine of the traditional Republican Party and embracing industrial planning and trade warfare. Thiel, by contrast, was a libertarian who was so averse to government intervention in the market that he once helped finance a “Seasteading” project that aimed to build floating ocean cities beyond the reach of any government. But Thiel invested in the right unicorn. Trump not only won the presidency twice but appears to be remaking his agenda in Thiel’s image. The president has abandoned all pretenses of fighting elites on behalf of American workers, content instead to outsource the tedious business of governing to the tech industry titans who bankrolled so much of his campaign. Once the capital of the opposition to Trump’s first administration, San Francisco is now home to a clique of libertarian-leaning tech billionaires who have become the president’s greatest enablers and beneficiaries. Their influence over him is so great that they believe Trump’s Freedom Cities initiative may have been an invitation to bring Seasteading back onshore, to their own backyard.
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’ | WIRED Several groups representing “startup nations”—tech hubs exempt from the taxes and regulations that apply to the countries where they are located—are drafting Congressional legislation to create “freedom cities” in the US that would be similarly free from certain federal laws, WIRED has learned. According to interviews and presentations viewed by WIRED, the goal of these cities would be to have places where anti-aging clinical trials, nuclear reactor startups, and building construction can proceed without having to get prior approval from agencies like the Food and Drug Administration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Trey Goff, the chief of staff of the startup nation known as Próspera, tells WIRED that he and other Próspera representatives working under an advocacy group called the Freedom Cities Coalition have been meeting with the Trump administration about the idea in recent weeks. He claims the administration has been very receptive. In 2023, Trump floated the idea of creating 10 freedom cities. Now, Goff says that Próspera’s vision is to create “not just 10, but as many as the market can handle.” They hope to have drafted legislation ready by the end of the year.
Honduras will be new public enemy number 1 soon this is same group meeting with dt now to bring this to the US since Honduras is trying to kick them out. Just think, the Tate brothers could have their own freedom city next to Vegas just in case Vegas isn't deranged enough for you. Complete with a trump tower in each new freedom city.. Crypto Bros Are Trying to Bankrupt Honduras for Scuttling Their Private Cities - FPIF U.S. based libertarians and entrepreneurs have longed to build their own private city somewhere in the world where they can set their own laws and eliminate regulations. In 2009, following a military coup in Honduras, the crypto bros got what they were looking for: A deeply corrupt government involved in drug trafficking — and willing to hand over chunks of national territory to the highest bidders in the name of attracting foreign investment. From the start, the idea prompted widespread opposition in the country, but the legislative framework was imposed and contracts were signed regardless. Now that the government of Xiomara Castro has fought to overturn the legal regime enabling private cities, an investor group called Próspera, made up of three U.S. companies, is suing Honduras for almost $11 billion. Their suit is one of 15 active cases against Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere, for at least $14 billion in known claims.
who needs national parks when elon is willing to build a freedom city there? ‘Too preposterous to believe’: Analyst claims bizarre ‘ideology' is driving Musk's cuts Elon Musk full speed rush to slash the federal government is being fueled by an extreme ideology that aims to virtually halt individual freedoms for everyday people, a columnist warned Monday. Salon’s Amanda Marcotte claimed Musk buys into the concept of “freedom cities” that is becoming increasingly popular among tech billionaires. In theory, proponents of the idea say they want “the federal government to set aside land to build cities exempt from federal and state laws. In reality, Marcotte claimed, the concept is “simply neo-feudalism, a plan to end the concept of citizenship and make every working person a serf whose entire life is controlled by the whims of their boss.” “The cities would function as mini-dictatorships, where the CEO of each town runs everything, and the people who live and work there are subject to the boss's whims,” she wrote.
What Are 'Freedom Cities'? Billionaire CEOs' Plan Could Reshape America - Newsweek The Freedom Cities Coalition, a think tank pushing for the creation of unregulated areas in every state, said that it had informed the White House about the use of interstate compacts to create the cities. This would involve at least two states designating land along their borders to be allocated for the city, and agreeing on shared taxation and policy positions. Another organization pushing for the concept is Próspera, which is supported by Pronomos Capital, a venture capital firm which is in turn backed by Thiel and Andreessen. Thiel already has close ties to the Trump administration and has supported Vice President JD Vance's political career since his run for Senator in Ohio. ..................... "Almost one-third of the land mass of the United States is owned by the federal government. With just a very, very small portion of that land—just a fraction, one half one percent—would you believe that we should hold a contest to charter up to 10 new cities and award them to the best proposals for development? "In other words, we'll actually build new cities in our country again. These Freedom Cities will reopen the frontier, reignite American imagination, and give hundreds of thousands of young people and other people—all hardworking families—a new shot at home ownership, and in fact, the American dream."
This is the dark enlightenment stuff. The underlying notion is that people are too dumb to lead themselves, so we should just let tech bros rule us as dictators.
Okay, but good luck getting anything in or out when the state puts up a blockade. We might also expect some insurgencies take place by revolutionary forces committing acts of sabotage and/or destruction.
I don't think so, because they would have to keep people from leaving and also shanghai people to get them there (which should tell you about the origin of this idea in the imperial concessions in China)
It starts off with “no traffic law!” … then some connect guy’s kid gets run over by a drunk driver going 100mph in what should be school zone… then things change. No building codes! Until some builds a shack next some connected family’s mansion… then things change. There is a reason why society has made the laws, rules, codes, they have made, and it usually involves people complaining about stuff…
Fun fact that I just learned currently reading Man's Fate: The Chinese Communist Party was formed in the French concession in China. The CCP basically started in a 'freedom city!'
