patrissimo1976

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   by patrissimo1976 7y ago

   Charter cities are, like startups, heavily supported by the partner nation. The models are Dubai & Shenzhen. Instead of being completely funded and operated by the state, the new generation of cities will be public-private partnerships
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   by patrissimo1976 7y ago

   There is no shortage of tax havens. Anyone who wants one will just move to the Bahamas. They already do, as you point out. Charter cities are thus totally orthogonal to this (despite the article's misleading implications). The point is
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   by patrissimo1976 7y ago

   Just stay in Manchester or whatever, and pay your god damned taxes to the king. Moving to the New World is bleak, bleak stuff. Just stay on Earth or whatever, and fix your god damned environment. Settling the Solar System - how dare you? Te
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   by patrissimo1976 11y ago

   I agree with you, but one point of caution is that the NRX movement that Yarvin helped found has many avowedly anti-semitic members who see "Jews" as part of the forces that oppress them. None of this came from Yarvin, who is Jewi
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   by patrissimo1976 11y ago

   Perhaps so, but I think it is enough in the vicinity of the chilling effect line that it is worth discussing and being concerned about. I say this specifically because it was a professional conference and such conferences are important for