Network Cities Enter the Chat

Mar 8, 2025

REQUIRED VIEWING:

THE SHORT VERSION: The Thiel-Yarvin Playbook: Understanding the Endgame
THE LONG VERSION: The CEO-Dictator Playbook
THE REAAALY LONG VERSION: The Context of Yarvin According to Me

Understanding these events requires viewing them as part of a long-planned blueprint for authoritarian takeover, not isolated incidents. This video outlines Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel’s decades-in-the-making strategy to dismantle democracy and consolidate power under billionaire-controlled executive rule. The Trump administration is aggressively reshaping the federal government, challenging legal and constitutional boundaries._

These actions aim to consolidate executive power, diminish checks and balances, and align governance with corporate interests, reflecting the ideological visions of Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel, who advocate for a CEO-style presidency with minimal oversight.

The (Not So) Slow Dismantling of Education

Trump & Friends keep teasing a new EO that will dismantle the Dept. of Education. He is also attempting to get Congress to just abolish completely. While, I am not a fan of standardized testing, I do recognize the role that the DOEd plays in providing resources and funding for the poorer districts that need the most help for more vulnerable students.

I keep having to remind myself that it isn’t about the specific What that is the issue, but rather the How. The plea to congress is likely a test of his pressure to exact his will on the Legislative branch, effectively making them a proxy of his whim rather than a check or a balance.

At the end of the day, the removal of the Department of Education will have a net negative effect on a subset of schools and students who are already struggling and marginalized. (Source: NEA)

I’m sad to say, but I’m already getting desensitized to the illegal and unconstitutional Executive Orders targeting federal agencies, personnel and funding. I’m not sure what else I can say about each and everyone at this point.

But luckily, just when I get bored of one flavor of fascism, the good folks at Baskin Robbin’-us-blind roll out a whole new line!

Tastes Like Pistachios and Suppression!

This week’s debut flavor was obviously the increased attacks on education from new and creative angles. In addition to the comment made earlier this week that implied any Universities or Schools that allow “illegal” protests could lose their funding, acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin sent a letter to Georgetown Dean, William Treanor explaining that the U.S. Government would not be hiring any graduates from Georgetown if they continue to promote “DEI” in their school curriculum.

This is incredible for several reasons. But primarily, as Dean Treanor points out in his rebuttal letter, Georgetown was “founded on the principal that serious and sustained discourse among people of different faiths, cultures, and beliefs promotes intellectual, ethical, and spiritual understanding”.

He further states that the letter from the acting U.S. Attorney “challenges Georgetown’s ability to define our mission as an educational institution”. This is likely the point if we are to believe that they are still following Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint for government takeover. The dismantling of independent media and higher education is crucial to the plan as it limits discourse, sets major precedents in the regime’s ability to limit free speech across multiple cross-sections of traditional bastions of the First Amendment.

Speaking of Curtis Yarvin

I have been speaking on him for a little over a month. As soon as I discovered the influence of the NeoReactionary movement on current events and further discovered that folks like Peter Thiel and other prominent billionaires have been actively working to infiltrate and take over the government in precisely the manner that is happening now, I was shocked to learn that I had never heard of some of these people or their ideology. I was equally shocked to realize that these people and ideologies are not coming up in the national conversation regarding current events at all. So I started this blog.

Since then I have found many independent sources that have been trying to get this information out and in to the conversation for a LONG time. One of these people is Gil Durham who is the star of the Short and Long versions of the required viewing the top of every report. If you haven’t read or watched those, scroll up now and do so!

But here is a video he released almost 7 months ago. It’s him, explaining everything very clearly in a much more detailed way than I have ever done. It is both fascinating and terrifying to me that people have been really, really trying to get this information out, but it just keeps getting lost in the noise?

So What is a Network City?

I mention “Network Cities” a lot because they are a core tenet of the NeoReactionary endgame. Understanding who Yarvin is, along with the influence he wields through proxies such as Peter Thiel and JD Pants, is essential to making sense of current events. Likewise, understanding what their endgame is, is crucial to understanding the point of all the madness.

In short, a network city, in Yarvin’s vision, is a privately governed, digital-first community that evolves into a real-world enclave, operating like a corporate city-state rather than a democracy. It is an invite-only network of like-minded individuals who pool resources to establish a parallel system with its own governance, economy, and legal framework. Prioritizing competence and shared values, it bypasses traditional state control, aiming for autonomy through financial and technological independence rather than political reform. The ultimate goal is to replace aspects of the nation-state with a more efficient, opt-in society run like a startup.

It’s actually even weirder, scarier and more surreal than that. I will be writing more on this in the future as a dedicated article to this concept. If you’ve stuck with me this long, then you might be ready for the real crazy sauce. The more you dig into the type of structures they are angling for—what they mean and how they plan to achieve them—the more insane it sounds. However, it is critical to understand that the people who have developed these ideologies are incredibly ultra-wealthy and are now either directly in charge or directly adjacent to the people in charge.

So What Is a Freedom City?

Even on the campaign trail, Trump was touting the idea of “Freedom Cities”. And since being in office he has had a lot to say about America’s “big beautiful lands.” In addition to firing off executive orders that open up our national parks to timber harvesting, mining, and oil drilling, he has also indicated that perhaps we could sell some of this land off to be developed into “Freedom Cities.”

From the beginning, I’ve argued that these “Freedom Cities” are simply Yarvin’s “Network Cities” rebranded under a more palatable name. Yet another indication of what motives are really driving most domestic decisions. It’s NOT RUSSIA!

And now it is coming to light that there are ‘people’ lobbying the administration for Deregulated Freedom Cities.

I only bring this up now because it provides further evidence that the major backing agenda behind these seemingly chaotic events does not primarily originate from Russia or Putin. Instead, these developments are direct harbingers of the endgame that Yarvin, Thiel, and others have in mind.

If you want a quick crash course, check out this Bluesky thread where The Gil Duram steps in to educate someone just discovering these unsettling truths. In this thread, Gil posts links to some of his past articles covering this very scenario, which is quite the read—but likely the most relevant information you’ll get today regarding what is happening.

For a more detailed explanation on ‘Freedom Cities’ and what exactly a “Network City” is click HERE

Here’s Another Fun Thing

Trump issued an Executive Order targeting one specific law firm. His reasoning is that they engaged in some kind of conspiracy against him personally. However, like every one of his reasons and rationale, we have to look beyond the specific idiocy of the moment and peer deeper into the precedents and larger message that is sent via example.

In this case, all signs point to this being a targeted attack based on legal representation. That is, the administration is signaling that it is willing to not only sue law firms that represent clients against Trump or the Administration, but it will also not hesitate to engage in gross executive overreach to bring about penalties, sanctions and termination of contracts, security clearances or other rights. He even goes so far as to penalize anyone who would do business with this law firm! This is NOT within his authority AT ALL. Add another constitutional amendment onto the burn pile! This one runs a cross-section of constitutional vandalism. First Amendment, obviously, Fifth Amendment (Due Process) all while completely disregarding the separation of powers (it’s kind of his thing now).

The broader message, again, is not the specific act but the message it sends down stream. This will absolutely deter many law firms from representing clients in opposition to the government. Add this onto the mass culling of federal judges, intimidation and deceptive legal wrangling to clog the system and it’s a duel attack at both ends of the system. This is a purposeful coordinated attack designed to render the judicial system ineffective, underpowered and unable to even stand up for itself.
(Source: Lawfare Media)

Line In The Sand

We’ve had this line in the sand for over a week since I thought it was crossed. But the Trump Dump Truck Regime continues to engage in shady strategies to keep kicking the can down the road. But now, I am assured by headlines and confidants that the actually, real and totally non negotiable deadline to release portions of the USAID funds is Monday.

I will be watching this closely because at the point that the actual deadline has passed, if those funds are not turned back on, the Judicial Branch will have it’s first true test of constitutional rigor. (Source: Reuters)

Abandoning Ukraine and Our Place on The World Stage

By turning our back on Ukraine, we destroy trust that other nations have in us for the short and long (generational) term. We have halted funding, removed our support, publicly berated their leader as a performance for Russia State Propaganda and now the US has removed it’s intelligence updates and information to Ukraine.

There seems to be this mighty delusion that Trump maintains that no one else in the world can help defend Ukraine or help it with surveillance. Now this may be partly true because much of the internet and possibly surveillance is handled by Starlink. Which Elon so generously offered early on in the war, but now it can be seen for what it is. A Trojan horse to elicit dependency, only to be removed at the critical juncture where the American regime needed to exert unethical and immoral pressure on them, which are they are doing now.

This is not only disgraceful and malicious and evil, but it also directly violates the agreement from 1994 when the United States, Russia and the UK agreed to provide protection for Ukraine if they gave up their Nukes. We are now the second country to break that treaty. The first, Russia.

It’s not just the company we keep, it’s the behavior of the company we keep. In six short weeks, America has realigned itself with the worst and most deplorable authoritarians in the world. The literal New World Order is upon us, and we’re the bad guys.

I also have to wonder about all the other things Elon is doing for America out of the “goodness of his heart”. We are being set up for a very similar rug pull, but on a much grander scale.

Final Thoughts

This weekend continues to be a tough one for me. There’s a lot happening in real life, and I haven’t been able to keep an eye on things. But again, this isn’t the news—it’s just my observations and what they make me think about. This report is really just an extension of my anxiety and overactive pattern-seeking tendencies.

Lately, my anxiety has been growing around the realization that I’m far from the first person to try making it a mission to bring awareness to Yarvin and the NRx, etc. People like Gil Durham have been at this for years, yet almost no one seems to know.

There seems to be a kind of social and traditional media "sponge" that absorbs any information about Yarvin, no matter how timely or relevant, before it ever has a chance to resonate.

The more I uncover and pull on directly connected threads that spin out from that group and its ideologies, the more confused I become. At first, discovering Yarvin and the NRx felt like a breakthrough—it gave context and framing to what had otherwise seemed like chaotic, disjointed events.

But now, that initial clarity has been replaced by a new kind of anxiety and confusion. It comes from realizing that there seems to be no way to break through the velvet curtain that separates factual, relevant observations from the broader conversation.