Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States
anything but good governance

“Can you imagine being that rich and that miserable?” Olivier Jutel, a researcher in cyberlibertarianism at the University of Otago in New Zealand told the FT. “They think they are the grand solutionists that can fix all the problems, but it’s so insular. But just because it’s stupid doesn’t mean it won’t inherit the Earth.”

OR. hear me out. Pay taxes.. I always liked the joke that a libertarian is someone who’s born on 3rd base and walks home.


Quote Citation: Joe Wilkins, “Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States”, Dec 9, 2025 11:13 AM EST, https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-billionaires-city-startups