Some tech billionaires want to build a new colony in rural California. They spent $900 million to SECRETLY buy up nearly 60,000 acres in rural Solano County for a new community called "California Forever."
Local residents are up in arms, as they should be. But the project may be a lot weirder and scarier than they think.
For The New Republic, I wrote about how the project aligns with a cultish movement to build privately-governed billionaire dystopias.
https://newrepublic.com/article/177733/billionaire-solano-california-tech-secession?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social
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2024-01-04 17:34:35
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