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William Seger

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50. St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go

Reply to kysrsoze (Reply #31)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 03:12 PM

Oct 6

I owe my soul to the company store.

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Trump is now ranting about using public land to build maga cities [View all] Klarkashton Oct 6 OP

Cloister them in their own living hell cilla4progress Oct 6 #1

This is just Herman Cain's Sim City plan but a better conceptualized. nt Gore1FL Oct 6 #2

Ayn Rand's dream. No one has to pickup garbage or fix the roads unless they want to. underpants Oct 6 #55

I know a good spot. The Madcap Oct 6 #3

So Las Vegas then? Nt Jk23 Oct 6 #4

beat me to it prodigitalson Oct 6 #9

Not Vegas. The Madcap Oct 6 #11

How about a current nuclear waste site. ToxMarz Oct 6 #16

How about subterranean? Don't we have a few caves full of drums of toxic waste? littlemissmartypants Oct 6 #23

Chernobyl? Katcat Oct 6 #34

You know the current Vegas Strip is located in the town of Paradise? NT Jk23 Oct 6 #61

That's a twist... The Madcap Oct 6 #62

White Sands. Probably still glows in the dark. Hekate Oct 6 #59

There was an early short story by Heinlein called Coventry... haele Oct 6 #8

The entire country of Australia is basically based on that Jk23 Oct 6 #10

Or John Carpenter's Escape from New York jmowreader Oct 6 #13

Loved that movie The Madcap Oct 6 #64

And this would enable Trump's Forever Purge Attilatheblond Oct 6 #32

Or how about in one of our oceans. Or in one of our Great Lakes. Seinan Sensei Oct 6 #26

There's lots of land susanr516 Oct 6 #63

i don't think most...even here...realize how much ret5hd Oct 6 #5

That's it. They'll take the land and never build anything. yardwork Oct 6 #35

Read "The Open Veins of Latin America". The bible for raping and pillaging and leaving nothing for the population. SharonAnn Oct 6 #47

Also, markodochartaigh Oct 6 #49

It is exactly what happened after the markodochartaigh Oct 6 #54

They want the Native American Land big time! ALBliberal Oct 6 #42

TSF always wants what isn't his..these public lands are OUR property. Deuxcents Oct 6 #6

All developers want free land, public land, other people's land. And Tax free arrangements and government subsidies. SharonAnn Oct 6 #48

Atlas Shrugged BS. Silent Type Oct 6 #7

Of course, the problem with building cities Metaphorical Oct 6 #12

With the way maga wants it. duncang Oct 6 #14

The biggest issue in all this... jmowreader Oct 6 #15

Correction: They want to live out in the middle of fucking nowhere on five to ten acres of forested land CrispyQ Oct 6 #20

and lest we forget MizLibby Oct 6 #33

Oh, you'd be surprised jmowreader Oct 6 #38

It's not... 2naSalit Oct 6 #22

He's been huffing glue with eloon again. Have you seen the new dark maga trend? littlemissmartypants Oct 6 #17

What's Dark MAGA? keep_left Oct 6 #36

DeSantis tried to do it in Florida and people got so pissed he backed out. kerry-is-my-prez Oct 6 #18

He's half right. WarGamer Oct 6 #19

Absolutely. underpants Oct 6 #57

He likes chiiina so much, maybe he should look into how maga building worked out for them. PortTack Oct 6 #21

I think rich guys know this economic cycle is about at its end Warpy Oct 6 #24

There was a recent DU post about it (originally a George Conway tweet). keep_left Oct 6 #25

Right. H2O Man Oct 6 #28

Recommended. H2O Man Oct 6 #27

He's probably whining in part, because the market for hi-rises (like his properties) are dead in the water. SWBTATTReg Oct 6 #29

Yes, one big city in the middle of the desert. Magoo48 Oct 6 #30

Tech CEO scumbags like Peter Thiel are already trying this near Sacramento and other spots kysrsoze Oct 6 #31

Musk is doing this in Texas also. Klarkashton Oct 6 #40

St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go William Seger Oct 6 #50

The usual Trumpshit. twodogsbarking Oct 6 #37

Just build them underground near any of our three super volcanoes. GreenWave Oct 6 #39

This shows what a hard time people have figuring out... ananda Oct 6 #41

One of the tech Linda ladeewolf Oct 6 #43

It has been a part of the Repugs platform for years to privatize public land. spike jones Oct 6 #44

It was always a land grab for Republican real estate developers and oil companies bucolic_frolic Oct 6 #45

Yeah, gee wonder who gets the contracts and subcontracts on this. underpants Oct 6 #53

CEMENT!!! Just like NYC. /nt bucolic_frolic Oct 6 #58

👍 And cleanup. underpants Oct 6 #60

OK, FINALLY, he has a program to offer! Montauk6 Oct 6 #46

This is why MAGA will never escape that "weird" label. Initech Oct 6 #51

Atlas Shrugged, Part 2: one hour later orthoclad Oct 6 #52

And how long would it be before these like-minded Magat's got sick of one or more aspects of their "perfect cities"? patphil Oct 6 #56

He can get the leftover plans Albert Speer left when the Nazis were stopped. Liberal In Texas Oct 6 #65

They think it will be "Galt's Gulch" ThoughtCriminal Oct 6 #66

Let's just give them Texas. It's a pretty big state, still got lots of resources. mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #67

It's been tried. Hint: did not end well. not fooled Oct 8 #68