They keep trying this shit even though it never works. (Like there's literally no pictures of this actually, totally existent place. But it's a paradise. Trust me.)
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Let them do it, then point and laugh and don't let them back into civilization.
More people need to play BioShock to understand why this is a bad idea.
I think it’s hilarious that they are so dumb that a satire movie like RoboCop is regarded as blueprint for the future. How cartoonishly evil do they have to be?
Libertarians do not understand how society works.
The baseline, no. The thinkers are just trying to restablish slavery.
Christ, why did we have to get the Shitty Dystopia versions from Snow Crash, Jennifer Government, and every Gibson novel, but none of the cool and fun shit like flying cars, off-planet living, and advanced medical/cybernetic tech.
Gonna have the corpo company town again. Instead of an online walled garden it’ll be a walled city with it’s own currency that gets traded at a steep loss if you try to go anyplace nicer. Keep you in your place.
Can't wait to pick out which burbclave to join..
These tech libertarians never stop trying to make their own company towns.
Here was a recent failed attempt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewalk_Toronto
Also this piece never gets old. https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/l-p-d-libertarian-police-department
This is one of my favorites:
A Libertarian Walks into a Bear
It would be funny if a billionaire shit ass wasn't doing this exact thing on a national level.
Yay! Corporate towns! I look forward to be paid in company script!
Scrip, no t, but there are positive pro community versions of this where cities use their own as a way of circulating money within the local economy.
I agree, it's a novel approach for small towns that are trying to rebuild or boost their local economy.
We can all agree that the Corporate scrip is just a fancy of screwing workers.
Isn't this how RoboCop starts.
It's also like Chapter 4 in Parable of the Sower
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength.
Did these guys play cyberpunk? Like that game pretty much embodies what these guys are asking for.
I think Musk has talked about the game, and obviously every message was completely lost on him and his main takeaway was that "Arasaka is cool. I want to be that."
That is exactly what they want.
“Blade Runner would drive a cybertruck!”
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They would love that. That game is all about execs essentially being royalty. That's like their wet dream.
I thought the same thing. Scary AF
In September of last year, the podcast Behind the Bastards did a two part series on right wing blogger Curtis Yarvin, his connections to Peter Theil, and his influence on JD Vance. I highly recommend these episodes for anyone who wants to know where this is all headed.
Yarvin has, for years, pushed the notion of RAGE (retire all government employees), and his dark enlightenment movement centers on dismantling democracy and installing a neo-feudalistic system of government in which oligarchs rule as kings.
This is not some crazy new proposal that will be ignored by the people in power. This is the endgame. The oligarchs and right wing fascists Trump has surrounded himself with have been pushing this for years, just waiting for their moment.
If you don't think this is a big deal, then you probably won't realize until it's too late.
God Bless Robert Evans
If you don't think this is a big deal, then you probably won't realize until it's too late.
American history in one sentence.
Thank goodness we had a corporate media that not also did nothing to instruct on this, but played lots of stupid bothsiderist games for the horse race.
Not to mention lots of so-called leftists telling Americans to either sit out or do a protest vote because something something Gaza, BidenSoOld and KamalaSameAsBiden.
Yeah I got called a bootlicker because of saying that business as usual was far better than the unmitigated disaster we are facing now. I hate being proven right.
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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.
Yes because the first thing I think needs regulations is fucking nuclear power!
Can we just build an artificial island in the middle of the ocean for these losers? Just drop them there and let them try to figure it out. See how long before they come begging for help.
Sounds too much like Vault-Tec for my tastes.
The "move fast and break things" mantra of silicon valley is bad enough when you aren't talking about breaking a goddamn nuclear reactor.
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Yeah, this would be bad for everyone. Even the corps. I don't think any CEO actually wants to become an actual real life general.
Because there would be wars from these 'independent' corps.
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