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Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north (www.reuters.com)

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April 10 (Reuters) - As the Trump administration intensifies efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark — or take it by force — some Silicon Valley tech investors are promoting the frozen island as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The discussions are in early stages, but the idea has been taken seriously by Trump's pick for Denmark ambassador, Ken Howery, who is expected to be confirmed by Congress in the coming months and lead Greenland-acquisition negotiations, the people said. Howery, whose involvement with the idea hasn't been previously reported, once co-founded a venture-capital firm with tech billionaire Peter Thiel, a leading advocate for such low-regulation cities. Howery is also a longtime friend of Elon Musk, a top Trump advisor.

Howery declined to comment. The White House did not respond to requests for comment. Sources who spoke to Reuters requested anonymity to discuss private conversations.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Howery wasn't just some dude who happened to just invest randomly in some peter thiel project.

He is an OG in the PayPal Mafia with elon and thiel. Oh, and he was the co-counder of PayPal. (Not elon)

And that company he once founded with Peter Thiel is Founders Fund. Their investments include Palantir (the facial recognition surveillance system), spacex, Facebook, Spotify (the sales platform that is super cool with Nazi merch), and wish (lol)

Their influence on modern society is already too much. Their visions for the future are insane, delusional, evil, and do not involve any concern for your freedom.

They are all megalomaniacal authoritarian assholes.

Consider this group of people enemies of humanity.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia