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from the company-towns-and-company-scrip dept.
Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments:
Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies to effectively form separate local governments.
Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch so-called Innovation Zones in Nevada to jumpstart the state's economy by attracting technology firms, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.
The zones would permit companies with large areas of land to form governments carrying the same authority as counties, including the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and courts and provide government services.
The measure to further economic development with the "alternative form of local government" has not yet been introduced in the Legislature.
[...] The governor's economic development office did not respond to questions about the zones Wednesday.
(Score: 2, Touché) by VLM on Saturday February 06 2021, @08:03PM
I'll give two contemporary examples of "company town-like" experiences that aren't too awful
One is unelected corporate dictatorship of the condo-board and the home-owners-association. They do kinda suck and their worst behaviors are legendary yet plenty of people voluntarily move there and live pretty well.
Another example is very corporate-like Air Force bases. AF is widely seen as the most corporate branch of the mil. I've spent quite awhile on various Army bases back in the 90s and they're generally the nicest place to live for some distance around.
I would imagine life in the Peoples Republic of Google would be very much like living on a military base.