In These Times

What I find disheartening is not the concept of this Utopian or Segretopian projects, but that when cast off their marketing sheen, there's still a number of people who would support them, namely here the people of Trujillo. Why it is so? Because a closer look would reveal that they would accept a simultaneous appropiation of land and being the subject of a pyramid (pun) scam while aspiring for a better life beside the crazy rich. Yes, probably no freedom ship will sail off Trujillo, but surely walled communities and their ill cascading effects (broken society, increased costs and appropiation of …

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