Futurology

Once a military base and these days a public park, Presidio is 1,500 acres of federal land within San Francisco's city limits. Fans of the Freedom City concept have long eyed it as a location. In March 2023, President Trump made that a campaign promise. Today, he started to make good on that promise by firing all the board members of the trust that runs it.

America already has something like freedom cities. Native American tribal nations are autonomous and self-governing to a degree. But Freedom Cities adherents want more autonomy than tribal nations. Tribal nations are subject to US federal laws on the environment, science, tech & medical regulation. It's those in particular that Big Tech wants to be free of.

Will libertarian Big Tech get its wish? They've already succeeded in Honduras. The US Congress may not be so keen. Setting up a 'state-within-a-state' has many downsides and will likely have little public support. But the people who really want it have plenty of money & buyable politicians on their side, so who knows.

Build the Presidio Freedom City

Trump fires entire San Francisco Presidio Trust board