Trump is back to threatening to invade Greenland… Again. This time, it is even more deranged and stupid. But is there an actual reason behind his insane desire to steal the country? Gil Duran of The Nerd Reich joined Francesca to talk about network states and how Greenland fits into this dystopian vision from the broligarchy.



As the climate emergency continues to melt the polar ice caps at an alarming rate, Greenland has become a prime target for the U.S. under Trump. In 2018, billionaire Ron Lauder told Trump he should buy Greenland because of its natural resources, like rare earth minerals. Now Trump wants to use the power of the American empire to act as a conquering dictator, stealing other countries’ resources. Sounds an awful lot like Putin invading Ukraine, or China’s desire to invade Taiwan…

Then you have the tech billionaires like Peter Thiel who want to use Greenland to create “freedom cities” or network states. He’s invested in a company called Praxis, run by yet another kooky Silicon Valley weirdo Dryden Brown. These freedom cities essentially function as corporate city states, where the company that owns them gets to create their own government, tax free of course. This is the techno-monarchist philosophy that freaks like Curtis Yarvin love.

Watch a longer video about Praxis: