This shit is the basis for like 12 different dystopian sci-fi novels.
When I read Snow Crash, I had a hard time getting into it because I though the idea of wholesale privatisation of government responsibilities and territories went a bit too far…
Tech bros really have a hard on for the Torment Nexus.
A lot of well-connected scions of wealth read that, along with Ayn Rand, and thought “fuck yeah”
These 10 percenters all think they will be Uncle Enzo and his pizza company while in reality they will be running low cost Rent-a-Copz outfits in rotted out strip malls in middle America when the real wealthy people crash them out of the system becoming untouchable ultra elites.
Yeah but be all get access to cool skateboards and 4’ of rebar. 🙃
“i sold my soul to the companyyy stooooorrrrrrree”
Cyberpunk is real T_T
I think we’ve tried company towns before. Let’s see if we can do it differently this time. :-/
Congrats and welcome to Thielsburgh, you’re pre-approved for housing because of your blood type. For your own safety please keep the bathtub full of ice at all times.
With company store?
Complete with scrip, er, microcoin crypto.
slavery is freedom (1984, 2025…)
Didn’t trump already get rid of one run by Disney because they didn’t bend over enough? I’m sure he’ll remember that.
Article starts with Honduras, and wtf does that have to do with US, but
the Network Staters want to build them in our national parks.
The key is how much “we” get paid for their privilege, and does it buy the “utlimate tax free sov cit dream”? while residents get to make money from America, and evade American tariffs.
Best part if it fails, everyone leaves, it can be turned into unregulated nuclear waste dump with child hookers.
It has to do with the US because this particular project is largely US-funded, driven by Peter Thiel, and also, according to this pretty good article, owned by a US-based company.
“Honduras Próspera, the Delaware-registered company that owns the startup city…”
This is not the only such US ancap exclave project in the world, either.
Going to keep linking similar threads Everytime I see this subject so people don’t forget what this actually means https://lemmy.world/comment/15538652
Good thing letting corporations run things has never gone poorly for anyone in the history of the human race even once!
Wow, these rechbros read all the bad news world sci-fi! What could go wrong?
I’ve seen this movie.
😳
Hot take: this is not necessarily a bad idea, and worth experimenting with. After all, Disneyland is an existing example of such a setup, and it’s arguably better governed than other jurisdictions within Florida. And when Ron DeSantis flexed the state government power to transfer decision making from Disney back to the politicians, it was not an improvement.
It only works because it’s Disneyland
This is not ENTIRELY the case. These would effectively be sovereign states in all but name. They would have full autonomy and exemption from US law and state law. Further, they would have abilities to set laws in these cities with real, actual criminal penalties, and enforce them via their own monopoly on force.
