Greenland: A future playground for TechBro dystopian fantasies
Greenland has an important strategic position. And is as a part of Denmark, which is part of NATO, and the US and other (still-)allies have privileged access to it for military-defense purposes in the context of Russian and Chinese ambitious in the North Pole area.
Andy Vasoyan reports on Greenland as a possible playground for TechBro billionaires who want to set up their version of utopian in “the city of the future.”1 A guy name Dryden Brown is “the cofounder of Praxis, a theoretical city-state aiming to “restore Western Civilization.”
Vasoyan recently did an interview with Francesca Fiorini on this dystopian nightmare2:
Vasoyan writes:
The most prominent investor linked to Praxis is Peter Thiel. A member of the “PayPal Mafia” and erstwhile frenemy of Elon Musk, Thiel was one of the first Silicon Valley elite to support Donald Trump when he became a presidential candidate in 2016. He is also an outspoken supporter of “seasteading,” an effort to build floating city-states in international waters, and has gabbed with Joe Rogan about moving out of California to pay less taxes. So it’s no surprise that he backs Pronomos Capital, a venture which has become a hub for funding experimental cities, including Praxis.
Founded by Patri Friedman — grandson of Milton Friedman, the libertarian economist — with seed funding from Thiel, Pronomos Capital has a portfolio of city projects in countries ranging from Palau to Nigeria. The most widely known is Próspera, located on the island of Roatán in Honduras. Developed as a Zone for Employment and Economic Development, or ZEDE, with a highly autonomous administrative structure and its own civil code, Próspera is far and away the leader in the “city of the future” category for the simple fact that it actually exists.
As Francesca reports, Trump during his last campaign suggested a idea that sounds a lot like this grim notion.
This whole idea of turning the US government into a playpen for demented antisocial oligarchs is really not looking like a good one!
Vasoyan, Andy (2025): A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the “Next Great City” in Greenland. Insidehook 02/06/2025. <https://www.insidehook.com/internet/peter-thiel-praxis-next-great-city-greenland> (Accessed: 16-03-2025).
Is Trump Going To Allow Private Cities To Be Built... In Greenland?! The Bitchuation Room YouTube channel 03/16/2025. (Accessed: 16-03-2025).