Technates: Building Private Cities Outside Of U.S. Government Control

Emboldened Silicon Valley billionaires are ramping up efforts to build completely automous cities in the U.S., outside of traditional government control and rule of law. Instead, they will rule themselves as a Technate, the city building-block of Technocracy.
Historically, every Technate built from the early 1930s onward, have been dismal failures; only vague remnants remain. Today’s Technocrats have no regard for history however, believing their new tech can solve all their problems.
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