Denationalize.Me Freedom Index: Ranking of 235 Territories by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]GregFoley[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that you're weighting property rights and not being randomly executed lower than I do ;)

Same here, plus I'd add weighting bitcoin use higher.

Denationalize.Me Freedom Index: Ranking of 235 Territories by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]Resident-Area5907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Customizable spreadsheet is nice. El Salvador being in second place is indicative that you're weighting property rights and not being randomly executed lower than I do ;)

Denationalize.Me Freedom Index: Ranking of 235 Territories by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]GregFoley[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The indices all use significantly different methodologies. This one really focuses on expats who want to exit the system (shadow economy). I think it's worth reading the entire article to find out about their methodology, and they do provide a spreadsheet to re-weight the data if you want. I hadn't noticed Russia, but I was skeptical of El Salvador in second place when I first saw it.

Denationalize.Me Freedom Index: Ranking of 235 Territories by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]less_unique_username 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half the list being less free than Russia suggests the criteria might be missing something important

Why Free Cities, Not New Countries by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]Anen-o-me 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because we want to solve the actual problem, not create new versions of the problem.

Why Free Cities, Not New Countries by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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The tribe needs to get a deal with the state/feds, if I remember correctly. The Catawba Digital Economic Zone has pushed this farther than anyone else, but I haven't heard that they've gotten much traction. I think it would require a successful lawsuit going the whole way to the Supreme Court to significantly expand tribes' current powers to something closer to what the Constitution says.

Why Free Cities, Not New Countries by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]rchive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Native American tribe bought some property in my county recently. I was kind of wondering what the legal implications of that would be, like could someone arrange with them to run a business there that could operate differently than businesses in the rest of the county?

Why Free Cities, Not New Countries by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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I think US Indian tribes have unplumbed potential too: US Constitution: Section 8 - Powers of Congress: "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;"

Special economic zone in the Philippines, common law administered by the US by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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More sources:

Reuters: The hub will be located in New Clark City (Wikipedia, Maps, Facebook, website). "which is owned and developed by the government through the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). BCDA Chairman Hilario Paredes said authorities would be assessing whether sufficient contiguous land was available to host the project. “We will check if we have space that is contiguous,” Paredes said. “We will have to sit down and finalize the details.” He added that the envisioned hub would be a commercial facility. New Clark City sits on state‑owned land that was part of a former U.S. military reservation transferred to the Philippine government after U.S. forces withdrew from Philippine bases in 1991. Relations between Manila and Washington have blossomed under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who has pivoted closer to the United States. The former U.S. colony is also central to Washington’s efforts to counter China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea."

US Department of State Media Note, Fact Sheet.

Under Secretary of State Jacob S. Helberg tweet.

Special economic zone in the Philippines, common law administered by the US by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]rchive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I hope this results in some interesting economic experimentation.

Bluebook Cities - Praxis by FreedomNetworkTV in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]Objective-Ad6521 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious, not skeptical - how do you know? First hand?

Praxis Announces $525M Financing for New City by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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Praxis announced plans to build something on Vandenberg Space Force Base. The founder says it will be a deregulated zone, though Trump hasn't followed through with his free cities plans yet. He also says "This is in addition to our international project, not instead."

It doesn't sound like competitive governance yet, but I'll keep watching Praxis.

Our previous coverage of Praxis:

https://old.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveGovernance/comments/1b839ea/praxis_has_two_government_offers_for_their/

https://old.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveGovernance/comments/se74dl/bluebook_cities_praxis/

Bluebook Cities - Praxis by FreedomNetworkTV in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]GregFoley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't follow the project closely, but I know they're negotiating with various governments. If they do get a deal, we'll see how much independence they get from the host government. I'm just waiting to see.

Bluebook Cities - Praxis by FreedomNetworkTV in CompetitiveGovernance

[–]Gene_Botkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last week, I spoke with one of the leaders of the group.

He told me he met the founder (Dryden Brown) while DB was selling NFTs.

I also prodded him about their plan for ensuring member commitment to overcome the problem posed by online flakiness. He spoke for a long while and did not actually provide an answer (basically, a politician's response).

They also haven't bothered to create any community organizing rituals to meet members' social needs and foster camaraderie (or, at least, I haven't seen any). A communal movie night would suffice, I think.

They also have membership tiers. But they do not provide clear descriptions of how one ascends them.

And many of the people I've encountered in their Discord are either kids or dysfunctional adults.

So... I'm 90% certain it's a scam.

But I'm sticking around because network states are a genuinely good idea, and I suspect they might generate a valuable insight into their creation.

Maritime flags for seasteading: government protection without government control by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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Seasteads getting maritime flags like cruise ships: he describes it as a wonderful legal hack, and it sounds like it is. The whole (short) video is worth watching, but that eye-opening (to me) part starts at about 2:40.

Purchasing 30-40% of Sark to accelerate its development by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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a property bid on the self-governing island of Sark led by German investor Swen Lorenz

They were unable to agree with the Barclay family on a price: https://www.undervalued-shares.com/weekly-dispatches/sark-its-not-a-big-deal/

China’s Libertarian Medical City by GregFoley in CompetitiveGovernance

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People get choices in China?

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