Ego-centric Richie Richs setting up unofficial shadowy gov agency = Dept of Gov. Efficiency 🤣- DODGE-err DOGE, subcommittee chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Collecting data on federal employees & programs=Project 2025 Gov. offices cutting other offices' funding route that $$ to themselves.
9/ “Andreessen, Srinivasan [Balaji] and Thiel are working closely together to make the Network State a reality ***
These three even have an entire company [Pronomos VC] dedicated to building such cities around the world.” By @gilduran.bsky.social
12/ “Why do Trump. Thiel & Andreessen want to build new cities?” The Network State movement “calls 4 the creation of private cities ruled by non-democratic tech governments. ‘Freedom Cities’ seems like a slight Republican rebranding of the concept.” By Gil Duran https://www.thenerdreich.com/trumps-weird-freedom-cities-and-the-network-state-cult/
13/ “To recap: The Network State cult calls for the creation of new tech-controlled sovereign cities that would essentially act as miniature countries. These independent territories can be created in one of two ways.”
Let me guess...the Libertardians arenʻt gonna wanna pay rent to our IRL communities where they’ll dump their waste and recruit from for Servant positions…the only jobs remaining
They can call it whatever they want (my suggestion is"Fantasy Island"...), but as with so-called "sovereign citizens," the cold fact remains that as long as they're on U.S. soil, they're still subject to U.S. laws and jurisdiction whether they claim otherwise or not. As they would quickly find out.
@jennycohn.bsky.social wrote a disturbingly great article about Oligarchs wanting to create their own "Network States"... their own independent cities within US States that would be run according to their source of wealth & influence.
Musk is in Texas planning his first.
Great reporting Jenny! This is fvcking insane crazy! I'm shell shocked because it sounds do bizarre. We are in deep chit. This is a total takeover! Add the Crypto portion barely mentioned, Elon has over 50B himself. Just mind blowing...
"The question of whether seasteading is possible or desirable is in my mind not even relevant. It is absolutely necessary,” the billionaire PayPal founder Peter Thiel said at a 2009 seasteading conference."
Institute in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seasteading_Institute
"Network States" seem like the updated land-version of seasteading. Patri Friedman(grandson of Milton Friedman) started The Seasteading Institute in 2008, funded by Thiel.
Sounds like a plan to make Oz? Too many dystopian and/or sci-fi and/or fantasy reads with a bit of Machiavellian guidance/instruction? Intellectual theft; not even ‘original’:(
I worry about crypto and the USD. As a retired person, I think it's too late and risky to invest in crypto. But I don't want to be left behind. Most ppl are unaware of it. But crypto is happening.
It's happening. I wouldn't want to be in a start up city of mostly young people without laws. Reminds me of Burning Man or a start up intentional community. Most never get off the ground. But take heed, this is happening.
Maybe they're getting involved with DOGE because it's less risky now. After all, Elon sent in the college kids and nobody's been arrested yet. They want to join the coup, but don't want to go to jail for it.
We are governed by the United States Constitution & the rule of law..
Those billionaire clowns can dream all they want. They live in the United States & if they want to start their own country they can pack their goddamn bags & get the hell out.
Here we go....'Hand Maid's Tale' carving up the USA into billionaire sectors. I mean after all Kings need actual physical countries right? 😒 First they take the whole country together then divide it up
Only Congress can change Social Security or Medicare in any substantial way. Now is the time to make sure everyone understand taking away earned benefits is a 3rd rail.
I can see Ackman being the point/lead on this, the man delivering the" tough news' . But we shall see.
Project 2025 is big on privatization of both.
Call me optimistic but I just don't see Congress entertaining big changes.
I see retirement age getting changing as a compromise, sadly yes.
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These three even have an entire company [Pronomos VC] dedicated to building such cities around the world.” By @gilduran.bsky.social
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Musk is in Texas planning his first.
https://apnews.com/article/spacex-city-starbase-texas-elon-musk-d251a58f32797fd04e4215a4570e782f
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOubCHLXT6A
Institute in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seasteading_Institute
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/02/seasteading-peter-thiel-french-polynesia
This was around 2001/2002.
https://priceonomics.com/ephemerisle-the-first-step-in-seasteading-or-just/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seasteading_Institute
We are governed by the United States Constitution & the rule of law..
Those billionaire clowns can dream all they want. They live in the United States & if they want to start their own country they can pack their goddamn bags & get the hell out.
Conclusion they come to, America we are broke!
Get ready for the big push to privatize both from Trump. Mark my words they are coming to raid your SS money that you paid into !
Project 2025 is big on privatization of both.
Call me optimistic but I just don't see Congress entertaining big changes.
I see retirement age getting changing as a compromise, sadly yes.
Only Congress can make changes to the United States government, not an imaginary Department with unelected billionaires.
They need to go buy an island & start their own country.