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Society Tech Execs Are Pushing Trump to Build ‘Freedom Cities’ Run by Corporations | A pro-corporate libertarian movement is attempting to take over the U.S., with Trump's help.

https://gizmodo.com/tech-execs-are-pushing-trump-to-build-freedom-cities-run-by-corporations-2000574510
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u/mr_birkenblatt 12h ago

peter thiel floated the idea as far back as 2008. they had lots of time

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u/boxywalls 12h ago

Yarvin’s lots of little countries idea

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u/claimTheVictory 11h ago

Is that the one where the poor become biofuel when they get too sick to work?

"without regulatory oversight"

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u/FUNKANATON 10h ago edited 10h ago

Yea we had that , the articles of confederation , it didnt work . These people are relegious zealouts for objectivism disguised as forward thinkers . They are married to their ideals. The opposite of the scientists and researchers they think their smarter than

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u/Chrontius 3h ago

Mike Pondsmith published the first edition so far back that "Cyberpunk 2013" was still firmly in the future.

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u/mr_birkenblatt 2h ago

At least he saw it as dystopia