Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Network State Unveils Push for Corporate Dystopia Cities

The Network State cult is actively lobbying Congress to legalize new kinds of corporate-controlled cities where normal laws don't apply. Trump's 2024 campaign proposed something called "freedom cities," a lightly rebranded version of the Network State. Yet, most news outlets mentioned the idea without providing any real explanation of the concept.

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 09:30 AM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

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Gil Duran, a former political consultant warns that building new cities from scratch could have negative consequences. "To be outside of the law and above the law, what does that mean for the rest of the country?"

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-- WIRED (@wired.com) March 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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FTA:

Let's be clear: These cities will be controlled entirely by tech billionaires and corporations, operating outside of U.S. laws. As this story comes into focus, there is no reason why anyone should accept the Orwellian term "freedom city" to describe zones that will actually be devoid of the laws, rights, freedoms and protections of normal American law. The term is an overt political manipulation that should be rejected by media outlets going forward, as it serves only the interest of propaganda.

This wasn't really on my radar as I only vaguely remember Trump talking about freedom cities:

JUST IN: Trump Proposes Building Ten New US 'Freedom Cities,' Offering 'Baby Bonuses'
www.youtube.com

Trump calls for contest to create futuristic Freedom Cities'
The former president also wants to spark a wave of vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-03-09 03:52 PM

Apartheid meets the Jetsons comes to mind in a world run by corporations and oligarchs like in "Rollerball" (1975). The regulating power of the government (which the wealthy hate) would be a rump bureaucracy controlling the nuclear weapons and prisons (if they haven't been privatized). Similar to Brave New World, we would have a caste system: Oligarchs, Engineers/Doctors/IT Techies, Guardians, and we the Masses.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-09 04:24 PM

This is basically what Musk is doing in Texas... building Company Towns like in the Gilded Age of Oligarchs. He has tiny homes for the employees, Company Stores, and a strict ignoring of Labor and Wage Laws.

Except for his personal compound for his several wives and 14 kids (no labor laws!), the newest of which he's ignoring both mom and child.

16 Tons
www.youtube.com

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-09 04:58 PM

This is basically what Musk is doing in Texas...
~ Corky

Its already underway in California, only worse its taking away valuable farm land.

Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland
apnews.com

Time to admit, Lumper run cities are a disaster. People like the idea of cities but not the way Democrat Elites are running them.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-09 05:15 PM

This wasn't really on my radar as I only vaguely remember Trump talking about freedom cities:

You're radar is biased, what do you think Silicon Valley is?

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-09 05:15 PM

You're radar is biased, what do you think Silicon Valley is?

Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-09 05:15 PM | Reply

It's a place IN California. Just sayin

#6 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-03-09 05:24 PM

Its already underway in California, only worse its taking away valuable farm land.
Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval

If it's still seeking voter approval, then it's not on the way yet.

2 demerits.

Sad attempt to deflect?

Another 2 demerits.

Being a pathetic Musk ----------?

Fail.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-09 05:24 PM

#4

Finding a way to blame Dems for the Trump Musk Oligarchy is... blindingly idiotic.

But blindingly idiotic does capture attention, and that's what trolls feed on; positive of negative doesn't really matter, it's all attention to them.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-09 05:25 PM

Trump's 2024 campaign proposed something called "freedom cities,"

How 2003.

Will they serve freedom fries and freedom toast?

Will the people living there be considered patriots? Will they cover themselves in American flags?

The BushJr administration should sue.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-09 05:28 PM

I'm not up on the goings on in CA, but the author of the piece I linked to is:

www.gilduran.com

Just came across him on Bluesky the othe day. He's written a series of articles on this topic as well on other topics related to Silicon Valley:

The Network State's dream of creating a world without democracy was also the subject of my five-part series in The New Republic last year.

newrepublic.com

#10 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-03-09 05:39 PM

I'm not up on the goings on in CA,

Based on not knowing Los Angeles is in California, I'd wager 1DumbLump doesn't either.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-09 05:45 PM

Based on not knowing Los Angeles is in California, I'd wager 1DumbLump doesn't either.
#11 | Posted by ClownShack

I can't recall if he is one of the MAGA voters who doesn't know much about NY and doesn't care what happens here because it's a "blue" state.

#12 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-03-09 05:51 PM

Sounds lovely. Very glad to be 73 and closer to this end than the other.

Humans-this planet would be so much better without 'em.

#13 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-03-11 11:04 AM

Humans-this planet would be so much better without 'em.

Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-03-11 11:04 AM | Reply

That's what Zatoichi said.

#14 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-03-11 11:12 AM

All hail Fordlandia!

#15 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-03-11 12:43 PM

There are places becoming like that already. I just watched a video on Bozeman, Montana

#16 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-03-12 10:53 AM

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