The People of Solano County Versus the Next Tech-Billionaire Dystopia
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If these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state.

The Tech Billionaires Soft-Launching Secession in California — If these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state::If these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state.

  • Arete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    781·
    9 months ago

    Buying land in rural California to potentially incorporate a new town is not remotely comparable to seceding from the United States.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        8·
        9 months ago

        It’s hardly American, company towns they were all the rage in Victorian England, and many of them still exist today. The problem is when they tried to pay you in company scrip. This has now been outlawed so now so it’s not really a problem.