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[–] cyd@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The idea isn't necessarily tied to oligarchy or fascism or anything like that. It originates in the early ideals of the Internet where people hoped its anarchic energy could be a force for freedom. Things have not really shaken out like that, e.g. the net ended up being dominated by tech giants rather than a profileration of small websites, and China's Great Firewall showed how states can put swathes of the internet under their thumb after all. But some of us still buy into some of that spirit (though the Network State idea itself is unrealistic). Heck, Lemmy and the Fediverse are a part of that.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

He doesn't want his plans posted.

[–] jonjuan@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago
[–] LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thats a weird way of saying fascism

[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 3 months ago

Really liked the article.

[–] Mr_Crash_Davis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I've been reading a little about this concept and can't see how it would work in reality. Sure, the Feds could "set aside" some land for one of these assholes to set up a new city. But that area would still be under the concurrent jurisdiction of a state and county. And not even the Feds can exempt a city from a state's regulatory environment. In fact most of the things these billionaires are trying to get away from (labor laws, building codes, etc) are state regulations in the first place.

Frankly no billionaire is going to want to live in the middle of South Dakota, no matter how "free" it supposedly is.

[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe the idea is that Trump is likely to sell our national parks to them.

That's the current conspiracy gossip I believe.

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[–] DavesNotHere@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Everyone seems to forget a bunch of tech bros bought almost $1B worth of land in Solano County CA with the stated goal of building a new city. It made national headlines for a bit as the buyer was initially a mystery and it’s near Travis Air Force base so there was concern it was foreign actors.

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[–] alxmg@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

This wicked man has to be boycotted, destroyed economically.

[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That makes sense. I bet lobbyist play a big roll into that. Is it the lobbyists jobs that are bad or the way and the people who take the jobs are bad?

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Isn't that already happening ?

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