Crémieux on representative democracy: "Voice is annoying." Watch & Listen on - https://fountain.fm/episode/wnv0Nt6IZ2qNQ2Dhv9m8

Crémieux is on the show this week. Subs have early access now... https://fountain.fm/episode/wnv0Nt6IZ2qNQ2Dhv9m8

Just lost my Waymo virginity in Austin.

In 1967, a British WWII veteran named Paddy Roy Bates seized an abandoned North Sea fort and declared it the Principality of Sealand. A British court ruled it had no jurisdiction. His family has defended it ever since - against the Royal Navy, a German-led coup in 1978, and decades of a government hoping they'd disappear. Now the third generation has taken the reins. Prince Liam Bates talks about what comes next: building towers in the North Sea, reclaiming land to create an actual island and growing an e-citizen community that already spans 124 countries with 1.5 million followers. The family funded the operation for decades through a shellfish business. Noble titles and e-citizenship now sustain it. The plan is full sovereignty, physical expansion, and a permanent population. "That's the only way you can drive change. You can't ask to do anything. The world's regulated. They tell you no. So you just have to go and do it." https://fountain.fm/episode/wx2mWplRLVACJdGBJGrE

You don’t build a new jurisdiction with ideas. You build it with deals, capital, and leverage. Here are 8 hard truths from one of the OGs of the Free Cities ecosystem. https://fountain.fm/episode/ciFR5rnH4BWYm3oYL7NV

I've got Milton's grandson, a Free Cities OG on the pod this week. Subscribe for early access.. https://fountain.fm/episode/ciFR5rnH4BWYm3oYL7NV

Music recommendation: This isn't gonna be for everyone, but I reckon Meshell Ndegeocello's music is excellent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH-DGveW7BM

Three years ago, Próspera had one building and a hostile government that swore to destroy it. Today? Every metric is up and to the right. On today's show I sat down with co-founder Gabriel Delgado to hear the full story - and the master plan that's even bigger than I previously thought. https://fountain.fm/episode/6z7Iezt9eMsfXHRy1KSm

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I went back to this older episode today and it feels more relevant now than when I recorded it. Not because it “predicted everything”, but because the core questions have only got sharper: Ukraine as a proxy battleground, migration as a destabilising force, Israel’s centrality in Middle East power politics, and how media narratives shape what the public is allowed to see. https://fountain.fm/episode/XIiKUFNCzaKkPNp4c1tt