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The same model as the ZEDEs, with some of the same people is coming to the UK, branded as "free ports". https://bakerstreetherald.com/2020/09/case-2-private-go
by stuaxo 5y ago
The same model as the ZEDEs, with some of the same people is coming to the UK, branded as "free ports".
https://bakerstreetherald.com/2020/09/case-2-private-governments/ https://bakerstreetherald.com/2020/09/case-2-private-governm...
Within the ZEDEs it seems like democracy won't really be a thing - this isn't a model we would want to see anywhere, let alone expanded.
- nikanj 5y agoW.r.t development, we don’t really have a democracy anyway. 999 people want more homes, 1 files a complaint due to the project endangering their sea view. In city development, we are only able to pass motions that _nobody_ opposes - which has lead to a supply crisis on an astronomical scale
- bifrost 5y agoThat article seems to say that residents of Roatan won't receive the same treatment as the residents with this spectre of potential civil liberties violations. That wouldn't be good, but what supports that case? Wouldn't it be likely that the ZEDE would welcome local merchants? I dunno about anyone else but I prefer produce/meat/etc from "nearby" rather than by boat or plane. So we gotta be missing something here.
- stuaxo 5y agoSince most of the laws are dismantled and the institutions that that serve them, who do residents go to if there are issues ?
- bifrost 5y agoThey seek redress with their government, not with the the economic zone. If enough people screw over the local residents they'll have created their own economic blockade which ultimately won't help them.
- mateo1 5y agoWhat an eye-opening article. Thanks for posting.