Elon Musk Is Colonizing Earth -- By Amy Gamerman, New York Times

[ancianita]

... In this town,, almost every communal space is private property. A company controlled by the world’s richest man owns nearly all of it. He shapes its future.

This is Starbase, Texas, the city that Elon Musk built on America’s ragged hem at the southern border as the home for SpaceX, his aerospace and artificial intelligence company. Locals describe a highly secretive environment overseen by a company-affiliated city commission that rubber-stamps Mr. Musk’s vision, a place where even kindergartners are guided by his philosophies. Starbase is the newest manifestation of Mr. Musk’s political power. It is a beta test for a rising oligarchy that seems intent on transforming America from the inside out.
Soon, there may be more spaceport cities just like it, thanks to the huge infusion of cash that will flood SpaceX’s coffers when it makes its debut as a publicly traded company on Friday...

... One new Texas law makes interfering with Starbase’s operations potentially punishable with jail time. Another allows the company to shut down the beach and the highway into town at the mayor’s discretion. Another shields SpaceX, and by extension Starbase, from lawsuits by neighbors over nuisance caused by its rockets. The laws are so protective of Starbase that critics fear they could be wielded to criminalize any protests near it. (Louisiana lawmakers just enacted a package of similar aerospace incentives and tax breaks in a charm offensive aimed at Mr. Musk.)...

There are a handful of non-SpaceX employees, including Mr. Pompa, who cling to their homes inside Starbase but outside the village. One longtime resident described how SpaceX bulldozers and heavy machinery have torn up the road to his home and made it hard to get to his property. But he hasn’t complained to the city. SpaceX’s people are in control, he said. If he speaks out against SpaceX, he fears the city could pass an ordinance that would create havoc for him. It’s like living in a dictatorship, he said. (SpaceX and Starbase’s city commission did not respond to requests for comment.)....

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/opinion/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.xLPm.ZQbyuiy-XZPC&smid=url-share

Knowing Musk, Gamerman makes a good case and projection about his corporate, proprietary vision. Just seeing the photos reveals how ugly that vision could be, at scale. Of course, any scaled up version of Musk's projects are death for democracy; and for decades before Citizens United, the militarized corporate world has paved the way. This is one terrible, horrible revelation that Americans of any demographic need to know. It would be a perilous mistake to believe that Musk's colonies would end, if they end at all, the way Ford's Fordlandia did.

[Goonch]

1. ;-{) SCREW WORM

[Uncle Joe]

2. I think this is along the lines of what Peter Thiel wants to accomplish in Argentina, but on a bigger scale

A government within the government having an oligarch loving government in power there just as in Texas.

Thanks for the thread ancianita

[ancianita]

4. I didn't know that, Uncle Joe. Is there a read on what Thiel's said/done along these lines? If so, I'd

appreciate a link.

[Uncle Joe]

5. I reached my conclusion from a combination of data points, the most recent of which

is this New York Times article.

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Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End of the World

The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader.

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Last month at a candlelit dinner at Mr. Thiel’s Buenos Aires mansion, influential economists and Argentine intellectuals gathered with the billionaire to discuss the country’s history and economy, before the conversation turned to the Antichrist, according to three people familiar with the gathering.

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In a polarized nation, rapidly changing under Mr. Milei, Mr. Thiel’s presence has been viewed starkly differently across the political spectrum. Government supporters see the venture capitalist’s presence as proof that Mr. Milei is successfully turning Argentina into a haven for foreign investors. Mr. Milei’s critics, however, see it as another example of the country being sold out to unbridled capitalism.

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Others have spread theories that he was coming to meddle in next year’s presidential elections, build large data centers or seize Argentines’ personal data with Palantir, which has deep relationships with the U.S. government.

The Uruguayan property, on sprawling grasslands studded with ranches, is near Punta del Este, a glamorous tourist destination on the Atlantic Ocean that people call the Hamptons of South America. Some observers have speculated that it could include a bunker to shelter from nuclear apocalypse.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/americas/peter-thiel-argentina.html

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Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina's President Milei While Firing Thousands of Workers in U.S.?

We speak to Argentine journalist Pablo Calvi about the U.S. government's multibillion-dollar bailout for Argentina, which could grow from $20 billion to $40 billion as Argentina is rocked by an ongoing economic crisis. "I don't see that the bailout would benefit the Argentine people or the American people, for that matter," says Calvi. Instead, he believes the tech industry will reap the financial rewards from its ties to U.S. President Trump and his ally, far-right Argentine President Javier Milei, who attended the conservative CPAC conference in the U.S., where he gifted billionaire Elon Musk a chain saw.

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I'm convinced there is a global cabal of oligarchs who have largely written off the people of the world, that's why *rump's oligarch backers have been pushing him to condemn and threaten our own NATO allies in taking over Greenland, when we already have a military base there to provide security. They're all about taking over precious minerals and holding the world's second largest supply of fresh water as they abandon any attempts at sustainable energy in pursuit of AI sucking up all the water and energy driven by fossil fuels. That's why all the hostility toward wind turbines and solar.

The American People, nor the law hold no more value to them than South Americans in small boats two or three thousand miles from our shore.

The global oligarchs hold no allegiance to any particular nation, they're just getting their own lifeboats ready for WW III and or climate change collapse.

[ancianita]

7. Thanks!

[Uncle Joe]

8. I couldn't think of it at the time when you asked me, but this Miami Herald article spells out the MO

of how the Epstein Class has used divided government to protect themselves at the expense of the people.

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Reiter Fights Back

One of the things that people outside of South Florida often get wrong about the Epstein case is where the crimes happened and which law enforcement jurisdictions were responsible for holding Epstein accountable. Epstein lived in a mansion in the Town of Palm Beach, which is an island off the coast of Palm Beach County — separate from the City of West Palm Beach, which is over a bridge on the mainland. The Town of Palm Beach and the City of West Palm Beach each have their own police departments. Palm Beach County, which encompasses both the Town of Palm Beach and the City of West Palm Beach, has a county sheriff’s office with jurisdiction over towns and cities in the county that don’t have their own police departments.

Epstein's mansion in the Town of Palm Beach

The shaded area shows the boundaries of the town, across the bridge from the City of West Palm Beach.

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Geography is important to understand how the case fell apart. For example, the sheriff’s department had oversight of Epstein’s incarceration because it operates the county jail, and the county stockade, where Epstein was eventually sentenced to be incarcerated.

The Palm Beach Police Department has no jurisdiction over the county jails.

Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach. At that time, State Attorney Barry Krischer was the most powerful figure in Palm Beach, having served for 13 years; the sheriff, Ric Bradshaw, who has now been in office for 22 years, was a close second.

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Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article315967185.html#storylink=cpy

Bush admin implicated in bombshell claim on Epstein's 'secret' plea deal: report

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3675657

[Faux pas]

3. ...

[dalton99a]

6. A must read.