I don't normally post FT content, but, wow, this article is excellent! Surveys a range of actors, initiatives, and critics active in this space. It can feel niche teaching about this so great to see it covered in a single article. #startupcities #blockchain #cryptobros #neoreaction #chartercities
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Aha! Always remember about #chartercities when we're all scratching our heads and nothing is adding up.
Did someone mention Nigeria? “A Peter Thiel–Backed Startup City Wants to Be Africa’s Delaware ***Nigeria’s Itana partnered with Binance and the Charter Cities Institute to build a physical tech hub near Lagos, but the plan has sparked controversy.” 4/18/23… 1/
www.wired.com/story/itana-...
www.wired.com/story/itana-...
A Peter Thiel-Backed Startup City Wants to Be Africa’s Delaware
Nigeria’s Itana partnered with Binance and the Charter Cities Institute to build a physical tech hub near Lagos, but the plan has sparked controversy.
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Aha! Always remember about #chartercities when we're all scratching our heads and nothing is adding up.
Post-smart cities come to the UK? I was also struck by how much of the imagery for the #ForestCity proposal seemed recycled from Sidewalk Lab's failed Toronto "smart neighbourhood" venture. #smartcities #platformcities #chartercities
Critical Update! The Guardian’s Failure: Questions Not Asked
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just days before my Canary investigation is published, The Guardian ran a feature (Helena Horton, Sun 23rd Nov 2025) on Forest City that asked none of the questions that matter.
Please read
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Post-smart cities come to the UK? I was also struck by how much of the imagery for the #ForestCity proposal seemed recycled from Sidewalk Lab's failed Toronto "smart neighbourhood" venture. #smartcities #platformcities #chartercities
This is creeping up unnoticed. Wise up, before it's too late. 👇👇
⚠️Warning⚠️
As I have been saying for the last few years, charter cities will devour the UK, abolish the welfare state, and destroy the environment by turning entire cities into competing feudal entities.
Absolute chaos and societal breakdown will ensue.
1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHC2...
As I have been saying for the last few years, charter cities will devour the UK, abolish the welfare state, and destroy the environment by turning entire cities into competing feudal entities.
Absolute chaos and societal breakdown will ensue.
1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHC2...
January 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
14/ Peter Thiel & Marc Andreessen back Pronomos Capital, which backs the development of charter cities around the world, including Praxis (a self-described “network state” that wants to build in Greenland) & Prospera, (which is suing Honduras for $11B for trying to kick them out). www.pronomos.vc
Pronomos Capital
Better Laws. Better Lives. Our mission is to build prosperous cities that uplift entire regions. We do this by working with citizens, states, and developers to upgrade laws and institutions for greate...
www.pronomos.vc
March 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Right-wing think tanks are promoting charter cities, and they’re a nightmare for the UK youtu.be/kHC2qp7tIoQ?... Charter cities are a right-wing fantasy. They’re being promoted by the same people who gave us the economics of Liz Truss. And they’d be even more harmful than she was.
Right-wing think tanks are promoting charter cities, and they’re a nightmare
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This ⬇️ ... privately governed zones = #Freeports #SEZ #CharterCities ⬇️ HSE gone Enviromental protection gone workers rights gone Judicial sytem protection gone... why do you think they want to leave ECHR?. These shithole hell situations left for the 95%
Eventually the residents learned the truth about “Próspera”:
“they were about to become neighbors to a charter city, a privately-governed zone where investors write laws, design courts, and operate police forces with minimal government oversight”
open.substack.com/pub/european...
“they were about to become neighbors to a charter city, a privately-governed zone where investors write laws, design courts, and operate police forces with minimal government oversight”
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Suffolk's Forest City and the Ghost of Próspera: Why Britain Should Learn From Honduras
What happens when libertarian billionaires build “startup cities” promising prosperity but delivering corporate sovereignty? Ask the fishermen of Crawfish Rock.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This ⬇️ ... privately governed zones = #Freeports #SEZ #CharterCities ⬇️ HSE gone Enviromental protection gone workers rights gone Judicial sytem protection gone... why do you think they want to leave ECHR?. These shithole hell situations left for the 95%
January 12, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Imagine the area where you live being controlled by a dictator.
You can't protest or disobey, they set taxes & you must pay for everything, including healthcare.
If you can't, you've no rights, no say & no help.
Tories are planning #CharterCities, so you won't need to imagine.
You can't protest or disobey, they set taxes & you must pay for everything, including healthcare.
If you can't, you've no rights, no say & no help.
Tories are planning #CharterCities, so you won't need to imagine.
February 3, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Imagine the area where you live being controlled by a dictator.
You can't protest or disobey, they set taxes & you must pay for everything, including healthcare.
If you can't, you've no rights, no say & no help.
Tories are planning #CharterCities, so you won't need to imagine.
You can't protest or disobey, they set taxes & you must pay for everything, including healthcare.
If you can't, you've no rights, no say & no help.
Tories are planning #CharterCities, so you won't need to imagine.
Taxes fund things like the NHS, education, police, welfare, pensions & our councils.
We pay for the benefit of the country, but the wealthy avoid paying & so we all pay more to fund their greed.
Tory Freeports & CharterCities mean our taxes go to Tory cronies, not services.
#NeverVoteConservative
We pay for the benefit of the country, but the wealthy avoid paying & so we all pay more to fund their greed.
Tory Freeports & CharterCities mean our taxes go to Tory cronies, not services.
#NeverVoteConservative
December 17, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Taxes fund things like the NHS, education, police, welfare, pensions & our councils.
We pay for the benefit of the country, but the wealthy avoid paying & so we all pay more to fund their greed.
Tory Freeports & CharterCities mean our taxes go to Tory cronies, not services.
#NeverVoteConservative
We pay for the benefit of the country, but the wealthy avoid paying & so we all pay more to fund their greed.
Tory Freeports & CharterCities mean our taxes go to Tory cronies, not services.
#NeverVoteConservative
I don't normally post FT content, but, wow, this article is excellent! Surveys a range of actors, initiatives, and critics active in this space. It can feel niche teaching about this so great to see it covered in a single article. #startupcities #blockchain #cryptobros #neoreaction #chartercities
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I don't normally post FT content, but, wow, this article is excellent! Surveys a range of actors, initiatives, and critics active in this space. It can feel niche teaching about this so great to see it covered in a single article. #startupcities #blockchain #cryptobros #neoreaction #chartercities
#CharterCities #Freeports
@europeanpowell.bsky.social Unaware if either of you have collaborated. It would be remiss of me if I didn't try to connect you both regardless.
@europeanpowell.bsky.social Unaware if either of you have collaborated. It would be remiss of me if I didn't try to connect you both regardless.
February 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
#CharterCities #Freeports
@europeanpowell.bsky.social Unaware if either of you have collaborated. It would be remiss of me if I didn't try to connect you both regardless.
@europeanpowell.bsky.social Unaware if either of you have collaborated. It would be remiss of me if I didn't try to connect you both regardless.
#ReHemisphering
Pages 180 - 185
#Project2025
"US shifting industrial production to the South of the Western hemisphere...."
No regulations
Less Unions
Low salaries
Serfdom
etc.
#CharterCities
#MarkLutter
#PeterThiel
#MichaelGibbons
etc.
Pages 180 - 185
#Project2025
"US shifting industrial production to the South of the Western hemisphere...."
No regulations
Less Unions
Low salaries
Serfdom
etc.
#CharterCities
#MarkLutter
#PeterThiel
#MichaelGibbons
etc.
January 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
#ReHemisphering
Pages 180 - 185
#Project2025
"US shifting industrial production to the South of the Western hemisphere...."
No regulations
Less Unions
Low salaries
Serfdom
etc.
#CharterCities
#MarkLutter
#PeterThiel
#MichaelGibbons
etc.
Pages 180 - 185
#Project2025
"US shifting industrial production to the South of the Western hemisphere...."
No regulations
Less Unions
Low salaries
Serfdom
etc.
#CharterCities
#MarkLutter
#PeterThiel
#MichaelGibbons
etc.
MERE CHATTLED SLAVES? She voted for #Freeports #CharterCities which would do that exactly. She wants to take our Human Rights away. She is a bloody hypocrite who locks Trumps bum and should be treated as the monster she is...
January 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
MERE CHATTLED SLAVES? She voted for #Freeports #CharterCities which would do that exactly. She wants to take our Human Rights away. She is a bloody hypocrite who locks Trumps bum and should be treated as the monster she is...
@labouruk.bsky.social @europeanpowell.bsky.social @carolvorderman.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @libdems.org.uk
#CharterCities #Freeports
Failure to thrive and corruption rampant.
Should be a warning! Undo Tory legislation!
#CharterCities #Freeports
Failure to thrive and corruption rampant.
Should be a warning! Undo Tory legislation!
February 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
@labouruk.bsky.social @europeanpowell.bsky.social @carolvorderman.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @libdems.org.uk
#CharterCities #Freeports
Failure to thrive and corruption rampant.
Should be a warning! Undo Tory legislation!
#CharterCities #Freeports
Failure to thrive and corruption rampant.
Should be a warning! Undo Tory legislation!
Worth reading...
...& likely to make your blood boil.
#Freeports
#SEZs
#CharterCities
#Brexit
#NeverVoteConservative
medium.com/@cormack.law...
...& likely to make your blood boil.
#Freeports
#SEZs
#CharterCities
#Brexit
#NeverVoteConservative
medium.com/@cormack.law...
Charter Cities: The Real Reason for Brexit and the Bigger Picture
With our economy in tatters and the frightening roll back of our democratic rights now beginning to expose the true nature of Brexit, some…
medium.com
March 22, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Worth reading...
...& likely to make your blood boil.
#Freeports
#SEZs
#CharterCities
#Brexit
#NeverVoteConservative
medium.com/@cormack.law...
...& likely to make your blood boil.
#Freeports
#SEZs
#CharterCities
#Brexit
#NeverVoteConservative
medium.com/@cormack.law...
Yes, certainly.
1. Project2025: on page 181 (Mexico: Page 183)
2. CharterCities for Billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Lutter)
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
3. Oil
4. Gold
It is a rather big picture.
1. Project2025: on page 181 (Mexico: Page 183)
2. CharterCities for Billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Lutter)
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
3. Oil
4. Gold
It is a rather big picture.
In 2019, Mark Lutter—whose nonprofit received $$$ from the Thiel-backed Emergent Ventures in 2018—said, “we’re putting out a white paper looking at Venezuela…assuming this transfer of power does go thru … And if you u can get charter cities to be part of the conversation,” there is “opportunity…” 1/
The team trying to end poverty by founding well-governed 'charter' cities
"China looked & said, 'Wait, Hong Kong's rich. Taiwan's rich. We're all Chinese. Why are they doing well and we're starving?'"
80000hours.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Yes, certainly.
1. Project2025: on page 181 (Mexico: Page 183)
2. CharterCities for Billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Lutter)
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
3. Oil
4. Gold
It is a rather big picture.
1. Project2025: on page 181 (Mexico: Page 183)
2. CharterCities for Billionaires (Peter Thiel, Mark Lutter)
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
3. Oil
4. Gold
It is a rather big picture.
[8/8] #Próspera illustre une transformation du rapport entre capital et souveraineté. Cette enclave déréglementée redéfinit la ville comme plateforme économique et pose la question du pouvoir des investisseurs privés dans l’organisation des territoires. #geography #charterCities
March 14, 2026 at 7:43 AM
[8/8] #Próspera illustre une transformation du rapport entre capital et souveraineté. Cette enclave déréglementée redéfinit la ville comme plateforme économique et pose la question du pouvoir des investisseurs privés dans l’organisation des territoires. #geography #charterCities
So, it did indeed get rejected but on the grounds that the outlet is currently "short staffed"... but then I get a request to be on their podcast to talk about #chartercities, and I reply saying, "sure, but what about my #Gaza - #NEOM?" piece, and... suddenly everything has gone very quiet.
June 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So, it did indeed get rejected but on the grounds that the outlet is currently "short staffed"... but then I get a request to be on their podcast to talk about #chartercities, and I reply saying, "sure, but what about my #Gaza - #NEOM?" piece, and... suddenly everything has gone very quiet.
Tory Britain:
Run country to ruin. ✅
Decimate economy. ✅
Foster social unrest. ✅
Squander tax reserves. ✅
Create 'timebomb' contracts. ✅
Demoralise workforce. ✅
Restrict protest. ✅
Villify scapegoats. ✅
#CharterCities templates. ✅
Bankrupt councils. ✅
Quit ECHR. ❌ (pending)
#NeverVoteConservative
Run country to ruin. ✅
Decimate economy. ✅
Foster social unrest. ✅
Squander tax reserves. ✅
Create 'timebomb' contracts. ✅
Demoralise workforce. ✅
Restrict protest. ✅
Villify scapegoats. ✅
#CharterCities templates. ✅
Bankrupt councils. ✅
Quit ECHR. ❌ (pending)
#NeverVoteConservative
February 11, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Tory Britain:
Run country to ruin. ✅
Decimate economy. ✅
Foster social unrest. ✅
Squander tax reserves. ✅
Create 'timebomb' contracts. ✅
Demoralise workforce. ✅
Restrict protest. ✅
Villify scapegoats. ✅
#CharterCities templates. ✅
Bankrupt councils. ✅
Quit ECHR. ❌ (pending)
#NeverVoteConservative
Run country to ruin. ✅
Decimate economy. ✅
Foster social unrest. ✅
Squander tax reserves. ✅
Create 'timebomb' contracts. ✅
Demoralise workforce. ✅
Restrict protest. ✅
Villify scapegoats. ✅
#CharterCities templates. ✅
Bankrupt councils. ✅
Quit ECHR. ❌ (pending)
#NeverVoteConservative
Palantir = surveillance
No more rights to privacy.
Dictate of the 0,1%.
#CharterCities
#Project2025
#WhiteChristianSupremacy
Beware.
No more rights to privacy.
Dictate of the 0,1%.
#CharterCities
#Project2025
#WhiteChristianSupremacy
Beware.
February 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Palantir = surveillance
No more rights to privacy.
Dictate of the 0,1%.
#CharterCities
#Project2025
#WhiteChristianSupremacy
Beware.
No more rights to privacy.
Dictate of the 0,1%.
#CharterCities
#Project2025
#WhiteChristianSupremacy
Beware.
When Tories say 'Freeport', people imagine the dockside area. Wrong.
The zones are 75km wide.
They cover schools, hospitals, towns, National Parks & lots of housing.
#Freeports are destined to become #CharterCities & to be controlled for profit by a Tory crony.
You have no say
The zones are 75km wide.
They cover schools, hospitals, towns, National Parks & lots of housing.
#Freeports are destined to become #CharterCities & to be controlled for profit by a Tory crony.
You have no say
March 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
When Tories say 'Freeport', people imagine the dockside area. Wrong.
The zones are 75km wide.
They cover schools, hospitals, towns, National Parks & lots of housing.
#Freeports are destined to become #CharterCities & to be controlled for profit by a Tory crony.
You have no say
The zones are 75km wide.
They cover schools, hospitals, towns, National Parks & lots of housing.
#Freeports are destined to become #CharterCities & to be controlled for profit by a Tory crony.
You have no say
Not nonsense. Certainly not conspiracy theories.
Given #Teesside abysmal record on scrutiny and accountability.
#CharterCities are also poorly received.
Havens for tax evasion, financial crime, money laundering.
Get rid of all #SEZs #Freeports & #CharterCities
bylinetimes.com/2024/04/04/f...
Given #Teesside abysmal record on scrutiny and accountability.
#CharterCities are also poorly received.
Havens for tax evasion, financial crime, money laundering.
Get rid of all #SEZs #Freeports & #CharterCities
bylinetimes.com/2024/04/04/f...
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bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Not nonsense. Certainly not conspiracy theories.
Given #Teesside abysmal record on scrutiny and accountability.
#CharterCities are also poorly received.
Havens for tax evasion, financial crime, money laundering.
Get rid of all #SEZs #Freeports & #CharterCities
bylinetimes.com/2024/04/04/f...
Given #Teesside abysmal record on scrutiny and accountability.
#CharterCities are also poorly received.
Havens for tax evasion, financial crime, money laundering.
Get rid of all #SEZs #Freeports & #CharterCities
bylinetimes.com/2024/04/04/f...