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Propaganda

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Substantial size include those serving the cities of Vero Beach, Anchorage, Alaska, Eagle Mountain, Utah, and altogether, we are talking about 800,000 citizens today have their electricity private. Sales have occurred in 26 states, and almost all of Kansas was sold, and it was sold in the 1980s. Now, why even make an episode on this? And it's because of this last thing, corporate cities.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Substantial size include those serving the cities of Vero Beach, Anchorage, Alaska, Eagle Mountain, Utah, and altogether, we are talking about 800,000 citizens today have their electricity private. Sales have occurred in 26 states, and almost all of Kansas was sold, and it was sold in the 1980s. Now, why even make an episode on this? And it's because of this last thing, corporate cities.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Now, of course, company towns is as old as companies are. You had train things and stuff like that where a company moves in and it just made sense for the company to make sure that they were providing housing and saloons and stuff like that for the people that you know, lived in their area. That it just made sense. That was just, it was just good business, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Now, of course, company towns is as old as companies are. You had train things and stuff like that where a company moves in and it just made sense for the company to make sure that they were providing housing and saloons and stuff like that for the people that you know, lived in their area. That it just made sense. That was just, it was just good business, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Now, of course, company towns is as old as companies are. You had train things and stuff like that where a company moves in and it just made sense for the company to make sure that they were providing housing and saloons and stuff like that for the people that you know, lived in their area. That it just made sense. That was just, it was just good business, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

You wanted to attract more people to stay in this area. If you've ever been in Northwest Arkansas city called Bentonville, it's actually very dope to be in, but it is the headquarters for Walmart. So if you're going to work in corporate Walmart, you got to live in Bentonville. Now the city's dope. Is that a corporate town? It's not, not, not in what I'm talking about.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

You wanted to attract more people to stay in this area. If you've ever been in Northwest Arkansas city called Bentonville, it's actually very dope to be in, but it is the headquarters for Walmart. So if you're going to work in corporate Walmart, you got to live in Bentonville. Now the city's dope. Is that a corporate town? It's not, not, not in what I'm talking about.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

You wanted to attract more people to stay in this area. If you've ever been in Northwest Arkansas city called Bentonville, it's actually very dope to be in, but it is the headquarters for Walmart. So if you're going to work in corporate Walmart, you got to live in Bentonville. Now the city's dope. Is that a corporate town? It's not, not, not in what I'm talking about.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It is a company that said, we're going to dump a kajillion dollars to make this city as dope as possible. That's one thing. I am talking about a brand making a city. I wish I was making this up. Google got one. It's working on a community called North Bay Shore in Mountain View, California. That'll have 7,000 housing units. And another called Middlefield Park that'll have 2,000 units.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It is a company that said, we're going to dump a kajillion dollars to make this city as dope as possible. That's one thing. I am talking about a brand making a city. I wish I was making this up. Google got one. It's working on a community called North Bay Shore in Mountain View, California. That'll have 7,000 housing units. And another called Middlefield Park that'll have 2,000 units.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It is a company that said, we're going to dump a kajillion dollars to make this city as dope as possible. That's one thing. I am talking about a brand making a city. I wish I was making this up. Google got one. It's working on a community called North Bay Shore in Mountain View, California. That'll have 7,000 housing units. And another called Middlefield Park that'll have 2,000 units.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Meta is building... Willow Village, dubbed Zuck Town in Menlo Park, California. And they'll have 1,700 housing units, a hotel, and plenty of retail. Disney is developing 1,400 housing units across 80 acres in Kissimmee, Florida, right near Walt Disney World. Elon Musk is building his city called Zuck.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Meta is building... Willow Village, dubbed Zuck Town in Menlo Park, California. And they'll have 1,700 housing units, a hotel, and plenty of retail. Disney is developing 1,400 housing units across 80 acres in Kissimmee, Florida, right near Walt Disney World. Elon Musk is building his city called Zuck.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

Meta is building... Willow Village, dubbed Zuck Town in Menlo Park, California. And they'll have 1,700 housing units, a hotel, and plenty of retail. Disney is developing 1,400 housing units across 80 acres in Kissimmee, Florida, right near Walt Disney World. Elon Musk is building his city called Zuck.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

in Snail Brook outside of Austin, Texas for employees of his constellations of startups, including SpaceX, Tesla, and Boeing. But the most ambitious is California Forever. It's supposed to be Silicon Valley 2.0.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

in Snail Brook outside of Austin, Texas for employees of his constellations of startups, including SpaceX, Tesla, and Boeing. But the most ambitious is California Forever. It's supposed to be Silicon Valley 2.0.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

in Snail Brook outside of Austin, Texas for employees of his constellations of startups, including SpaceX, Tesla, and Boeing. But the most ambitious is California Forever. It's supposed to be Silicon Valley 2.0.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It's this group ran by the former Golden Sacks trader, Jane Simark, and is backed by investors like the LinkedIn co-founder, Reid Hoffman, Chris Dixon, and this philanthropist named Lorene Powell. And it plans to create this new city in Solano County, 60 miles north of San Bernardino, with tens of thousands of homes.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It's this group ran by the former Golden Sacks trader, Jane Simark, and is backed by investors like the LinkedIn co-founder, Reid Hoffman, Chris Dixon, and this philanthropist named Lorene Powell. And it plans to create this new city in Solano County, 60 miles north of San Bernardino, with tens of thousands of homes.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

It's this group ran by the former Golden Sacks trader, Jane Simark, and is backed by investors like the LinkedIn co-founder, Reid Hoffman, Chris Dixon, and this philanthropist named Lorene Powell. And it plans to create this new city in Solano County, 60 miles north of San Bernardino, with tens of thousands of homes.