Trump’s Freedom Cities are Corporate-Controlled Technates Disguised as the American Dream

Trump plans to build ten "Freedom Cities," pitching them as a bold revival of the American Dream. But beneath the patriotic branding lies a blueprint for corporate-controlled city-states modeled after Honduras' ZEDEs, where private investors rule over governance, taxes, and security. These cities wouldn’t be bound by traditional regulations, effectively creating deregulated zones where Big Tech, finance elites, and multinational corporations operate without oversight.

The Freedom Cities Coalition is already pushing to expand the project beyond ten, aiming to establish as many as the market will allow. If approved, these cities would function as "startup nations"—sovereign corporate states (sov-corps) where governance shifts from elected officials to private stakeholders. This aligns with the neoreactionary vision of tech elites like Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen, who advocate for independent, corporate-run territories free from government constraints.

Trump's ambitions don’t stop at U.S. land—his administration is exploring acquiring Greenland and Gaza as future sites for gov-corp experiments. While marketed as innovation hubs, Freedom Cities are the next phase of elite consolidation, where unelected billionaires shape laws, control infrastructure, and dictate the future—outside democratic accountability.