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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: BannedFromDU on October 19, 2021, 01:22:13 PM
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Mon Oct 18, 2021, 07:44 PM
Star Member Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (73,367 posts)
Billionaire ex-Walmart exec says the first 'settlers' of his planned $400 billion city 'Telosa' will
likely be selected through applications - and they could move in by 2030
If Marc Lore's vision comes to fruition, 50,000 residents could be living in a egalitarian utopia by 2030.
Lore, who stepped down as CEO of Walmart's US e-commerce division earlier this year, announced last month that he plans to build a futuristic city known as Telosa. Telosa - which gets its name from an Ancient Greek word meaning "highest purpose" - plans to offer its citizens equal access to education, healthcare, and transportation. Residents will get around in autonomous vehicles and the city will run on renewable energy, Telosa's website promises.
While citizens of Telosa will be able to build their own homes and sell them, the city will maintain ownership of the land itself, Lore told USA Today's Scott Gleeson on Sunday. He calls his vision for the city "equitism" - a mash-up of equality and capitalism.
"The sole purpose of creating a city in the desert would be so it's owned by the community, basically take all the appreciation of the land and give it back to the citizens," Lore told USA Today. "Taxes paid will go back to the city for infrastructure - roads, tunnels and bridges - so everyone would know exactly where their money is going."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/billionaire-ex-walmart-exec-says-the-first-settlers-of-his-planned-dollar400-billion-city-telosa-will-likely-be-selected-through-applications-and-they-could-move-in-by-2030/ar-AAPFdfL
Utopia or pipe dream?
They used to fantasize about this sort of thing all the time in the GWB years, but check this out... (https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215961578)
Star Member Bettie (11,985 posts)
1. So, where will these people work?
At his company? Then, they can spend their pay at the company store?
If they're like you, they probably de-prioritize work in favor of whining and complaining.
Star Member EYESORE 9001 (19,231 posts)
3. I envision this guy puttering around town
in a vehicle powered by his self-satisfaction.
Like all Socialist dictators, I'm sure.
I don't get it - it sounds like a socialist utopia. Maybe it's because the guy didn't say whether people are allowed to be homeless, to shit in the streets, and to randomly destroy property when someone's feelings get hurt. Maybe he can clarify for them.
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Star Member Bettie (11,985 posts)
1. So, where will these people work?
At his company? Then, they can spend their pay at the company store?
DUmmy Bettie didn't even ask whether it will be unionized.
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Star Member Bettie (11,985 posts)
1. So, where will these people work?
Work? We have to work? I thought this was utopia.
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Work? We have to work? I thought this was utopia.
Methadone and safe places to shoot up mile after mile and Narcan in every home. :o
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Methadone and safe places to shoot up mile after mile and Narcan in every home. :o
Fine and dandy for the rich kid heroin junkies, but what about the paint huffers???
:rotf:
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"The sole purpose of creating a city in the desert
Where will the water come from? :thatsright:
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I suspect the word “Walmart” is what is setting them off.
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Where do they plan on building this utopian city? The article lists a few states, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and Texas but will this dream city be exempt from state laws (you know, that whole Texas abortion thing) and Federal laws?
Will they mint their own currency?
Will outsiders be allowed to venture into this city or is passage limited to the moonbats who chose to live there?
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Where do they plan on building this utopian city? The article lists a few states, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, and Texas but will this dream city be exempt from state laws (you know, that whole Texas abortion thing) and Federal laws?
Will they mint their own currency?
Will outsiders be allowed to venture into this city or is passage limited to the moonbats who chose to live there?
Maybe if they make it liberal enough, a lot of liberals will go there, and we can build a wall around THAT mother****er, as well as anti-aircraft guns.
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We should all apply. 😈
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That "Utopian city" sounds like the location for a future Far Cry game.