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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Movement has actually done The most developed colony in the Network State movement is Prospera, a self-described “startup city” based on an island off the coast of Honduras that has alternately been described as a “for-profit” “town” and an “egregious” enclave for “libertarian wackos.” Founded in 2017 by a U.S. company, Prospera describes itself as having a “regulatory system designed for entrepreneurs to build better, cheaper, and faster than anywhere else in the world.” Indeed, Prospera claims to offer its entrepreneurial denizens the opportunity to “start a business in minutes.” The idea behind Prospera is relatively simple: low taxes, almost no regulations, and a corporate governance structure that seems to allow limited transparency or public oversight. Prospera has also served as a breeding ground for new technologies that may suffer from too much regulatory scrutiny under more developed governments. Patri Friedman, of Pronomos, recently bragged about how he had used his most recent trip to Prospera as an opportunity to get a microchip surgically inserted into his hand so that he could unlock his Tesla without the use of a key fob (a procedure available in the U.S., but requires proper licensing and oversight so people don’t get infections). Prospera has tried to style itself as a launching pad for experimental new biotechnologies and life extension efforts. Bryan Johnson, the tech millionaire who has spent untold sums to “de-age” himself using a host of controversial and bizarre methods, is a regular at Prospera. So far, however, Prospera doesn’t so much resemble a functioning city as it does a resort where the wealthy adherents of the network state ideology go to hang out, party, and talk to each other. The enclave hosts regular conventions—or what it refers to as “Prospera monthly weekends”—to allow supporters to congregate and intermingle. There’s also Praxis,
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