He planned for 20 families.
500 applied.
That's not a waitlist. It's a signal.
New episode with Daniel Thompson on why families, not lone founders, are how you actually fill a Free City👇
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our Free Private Cities whitepaper.
It outlines the concept of FPCs, makes the moral case for them, and addresses some common objections— all in 12 pages.
Please retweet to help us share this far and wide.
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Brazilians are currently raising the #CidadesPrivadas (#PrivateCities) hashtag. Seems they realized that the future of governance is private :)
To provide them with more material, we'll share our best articles in Portuguese on this thread. Starting with:
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The rise of Special Economic Zones may be the most important global trend you haven't yet heard about.
Our new documentary, Zones of Progress, is released today and tells the fascinating story of these zones for the first time.
Special Economic Zones—parts of countries with
Following @nayibbukele's #BitcoinCity announcement, our team travelled to the area near the site to find out how local merchants are using #bitcoin.
We learnt about how bitcoin is helping business owners increase sales, pay suppliers, improve hygiene, and protect against theft.
In a politically divided world, the Free Private Cities Foundation offers an alternative vision for governance.
At its heart is the idea that people should be free to choose the kind of governance that they want based on the principle of mutual consent.
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
As of today, we’re officially relaunching as the Free Cities Foundation.
Our mission is to support innovation in governance that leads to greater human freedom and prosperity.
To find out more visit: free-cities.org#freecities
Every tyrant in history has claimed that they want power in order to do good.
Yet the harm done by ordinary criminals is negligible in comparison to that inflicted by zealots in command of the state apparatus.
Voluntary societies are a peaceful alternative to centralized power.
Are you an architecture student or graduate looking to gain professional experience and learn market-based urbanism in practice?
We're currently looking for interns to help us with our master-plan. You can email us at [email protected] to apply.
A Free Private City is not a utopia.
It is a business idea whose functional elements are already known.
What we propose is to transfer these elements to a new market: the market for living together.
"You cannot overtax, over regulate, and censor people and expect that they will uphold a standard of living, make all kinds of innovation, and happily pay 60% of their income to the state." -@titusgebel