DoomsdaysCW<p>Ummmm... Makes me *almost* wish for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarringtonEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarringtonEvent</span></a>. smh</p><p>The dystopian "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomCities</span></a>" dream fueling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s destruction</p><p>Tech's plans for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BillionaireRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillionaireRule</span></a> expose why Musk wants to end government by the people</p><p>By Amanda Marcotte<br>Senior Writer<br>Published March 17, 2025</p><p>"In our cynical times, most people are familiar enough with doublespeak to understand that anything called a 'freedom city' is likely to be the opposite. It's a sign of the delusional self-confidence in their own mendacious powers that the tech oligarchs who are financing this idiotic idea insist on going with that branding anyway. Investigative reporters Vittoria Elliott and Caroline Haskins published an in-depth report on this scheme for Wired earlier this month. What immediately becomes clear is that what the Silicon Valley billionaire class considers 'freedom cities' is simply neo-feudalism, a plan to end the concept of citizenship and make every working person a serf whose entire life is controlled by the whims of their boss."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dystopian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dysto</span><span class="invisible">pian-freedom-cities-dream-fueling-elon-musks-destruction/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrepareToBeASerf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrepareToBeASerf</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoFeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BellRiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellRiots</span></a> anyone? Anyone?</p>