by techpineapple on 3/12/2025, 12:47:31 AM
by pvg on 3/12/2025, 12:42:23 AM
Original reporting https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-leg...
by dv_dt on 3/12/2025, 1:20:47 AM
Seems like it would be more like a revival of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town
by cratermoon on 3/12/2025, 2:16:55 PM
Company towns, indentured servitude. It's the New Gilded Age
by andsoitis on 3/12/2025, 2:58:50 AM
” Where will America’s new “Freedom Cities” be built? It seems quite possible that the Network Staters want to build them in our national parks. On its website, the Freedom City Coalition notes that 28 percent of U.S. land is “federally owned and ready for innovative development.” It doesn’t specify what kind of federal land is “ready” for this “innovation,” but most of the government land that isn’t used for farming and energy development is used for wildlife conservation.”
by up-n-atom on 3/12/2025, 2:48:14 AM
Why not just say it? Cults
I'm curious what regulations they want to be free from? I also imagine that these will run into the same problems as no-kill shelters. Sounds great, but with limited admission, they succeed because they don't have to deal with the problems of regular cities.