Tech Billionaires Are Creating Private Cities To Flee America. 'Can You Imagine Being That Rich And Miserable?' [View all]

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AUTHOR: Ivana Cesnik
December 17, 2025
3 min.read

A growing number of tech billionaires are pouring money into private, libertarian-style cities to escape what they view as a declining America.

The rise of these so-called “startup societies” is raising eyebrows around the world, especially among those who question whether the ultra-wealthy are abandoning the rest of society after benefiting from its systems for years.

… One of the most notable efforts was Prospera, a libertarian charter city on the island of Roatán in Honduras. Backed by investors like Peter Thiel, Adam Draper, and Marc Andreessen, Prospera was built as a deregulated tax haven with more than $100 million in funding. But the project has run into serious trouble. Its legal footing was made possible by Honduras’ former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was later arrested in the United States

…Commentator Kyle Kulinski summed up the issue more sharply: “They’re going to take your job while they cut the social safety net. The country is going to go to [expletive], and they’re going to [expletive] leave.”


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The Thiel/Hernandez connection explains a lot about the pardon. It looks like he is an acquaintance of Thiel.