Elon Musk Wants His Own Town Now

[demmiblue]

Elon Musk has always wanted near total control of the unfortunate souls who work long hours at his various companies, so the personal appeal of his new venture makes sense. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Twitter CEO wants to build his own town outside of Austin, Texas, near where his Boring Company and SpaceX facilities are already under construction. The working name isn’t Muskville but Snailbrook, the mascot of the Boring Company.

In meetings with landowners and real-estate agents, Musk has reportedly described his idea for the estate — which he envisions building on thousands of acres of property he purchased on the Colorado River — as a utopia, so that his employees can live, work, and play without ever leaving. (That pitch sounds awfully familiar.) He has tasked his engineers at the Boring Company to research how to incorporate the town within Bastrop County, which would allow him to set local regulations and speed up his building plans. Advisers on the project include Musk’s ex-girlfriend Grimes as well as Hitler-liker Ye, who toured the site with his personal architectural designer last year. Two years ago, Musk also reportedly discussed the idea of building a town with his brother, Kimball, to figure out how to set up an off-the-grid settlement.

Link to tweet

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/elon-musk-wants-his-own-town-in-texas.html

[hildegaard28]

1. Oh look

Musky wants his own plantation.

[montanacowboy]

2. Where's the water coming from?

The Colorado River? Good Luck with that.

[VGNonly]

18. A different Colorado River.

His would be entirely in TX.

[PortTack]

3. Oh ..then go back to South Africa!

[C_U_L8R]

4. I owe my soul to the company store.

Musk seems attracted to debt slavery.

[Initech]

10. Ha, I instantly thought of that song when I saw this.

&t=36s

[2naSalit]

22. +1

[dembotoz]

5. company towns nothing new

utopia is hard when the boss is the landlord

[niyad]

6. Knowing what is now publicly known about egoloon muskrat, any person who

actually voluntarily goes to work for him, and would move into such a prison. . .errr, town, is a FUCKING MORON.

[ret5hd]

7. Getting fired by musk while living there:

[2naSalit]

23. +1

[keep_left]

8. Sounds a lot like another megalomaniac, Tom Monaghan (Domino's Pizza founder).

Monaghan is a billionaire Catholic radtrad who founded the privatized city of Ave Maria, Florida. It is also home to Ave Maria University, where Monaghan has banned the Ex Corde Ecclesiae document promoted by the late John Paul II as...too liberal.

These billionaires are really starting to act like villains right out of the pages of comic books!

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tom_Monaghan
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/ave-maria-university-a-catholic-project-gone-wrong-6384870

[Joinfortmill]

9. Why doesn't he jump on his space shuttle and find his own planet?

[Coventina]

11. Somebody oughtta build a town that works!

on edit: Typo

[Takket]

25. this was my first thought lol

[Initech]

12. I used to compare Musk to Blofeld. Now I think Hank Scorpio might be a better comparison.

[Coventina]

17. GMTA!

on edit: Hank Scorpio is way more likeable than Musk.

[Initech]

19. Yeah he's more like an evil version of Scorpio.

[comradebillyboy]

13. Musk will model it on a Stalinist forced labor camp.

He'll see if he can get 20hrs a day from his workers.

But who in their right mind would consent to live in Musk's concentration camp?

[Coventina]

14. I am reccing this thread due to the awesome media clips!!

[lpbk2713]

15. If there's a law enforcement agency they will report to Musk.

And not to the people.

And that is scary.

[Coventina]

16. Muskville

[Samrob]

20. Musktown. What could go wrong? nt

[Faux pas]

21. ...

Sounds more like he wants to build a plantation

[Carlitos Brigante]

24. A "sundown" town? nt

[tishaLA]

26. Well now I know where whatshisname's idea of building 10 "freedom cities" came from

[sakabatou]

27. Next thing you know, he'll pay people in business scrip instead of money.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Is he paying them in scrip?