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Creating a Utopian City Is Harder Than Tech Billionaires Think::The man who created Sandy Springs, Georgia, has some advice for those who want to a build a metropolis in northern California.

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[-] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 37 points 9 months ago

They imagine this place where only rich people live and work, but don't think to the next step of who does the things that rich people don't care to do...so they'll bring in poor people and then eventually complain bitterly that they either can't get what they want done at poverty wages, or that their local exclusive society is falling apart.

In short: there is no valid reason for the ultra-rich to exist. The rising tide doesn't lift all boats: it sinks the boat that have been tethered to the sea floor.

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

It's really hard to exploit everyone for personal gain and still call it a utopia.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Well no shit. A billionaire is evil per definition. I wouldn’t expect an evil person to know how (or want) to create a utopia. Any ideals they’d come up with ought be heavily scrutinised.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

These tech billionaires don't understand what utopia really is, for starters.

Because if they understand, they know utopia cannot exist...

[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

And since their billionaire interests are at such odds with ours, they might be uniquely unqualified for that task....

[-] Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I keep yelling “on screen!” at my wall, but nothing happens.

[-] 9thSun@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Idk the Saudis seem hell bent on creating them

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Everything is harder than tech billionaires think. Billionaires are almost completely helpless.

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