Marc Lore's Utopia: Telosa

[pecksniff]

Telosa -- a planned city (location not yet determined) based on . . . well, you make the call.

Planning

Telosa was conceived by former Walmart president and billionaire Marc Lore.[5] In a statement announcing his resignation from Walmart, Lore expressed his desire to construct a "city of the future" based on a "reformed version of capitalism".[2] Lore refers to his design philosophy for the city as "Equitism", which he states is "a new model for society, where wealth is created in a fair way... It's not burdening the wealthy; it's not increasing taxes. It is simply giving back to the citizens and the people the wealth that they helped create".[6]

Lore has hired the architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), owned by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, to handle the proposed city's master planning.[3]

Features

Telosa is planned to be a 15-minute city, with workplaces, schools, and basic goods and services being within a 15-minute commute from residents' homes. Vehicles that are powered by fossil fuels will not be permitted within the city, with an emphasis instead being placed upon walkability and the use of scooters, bicycles, and autonomous electric vehicles.[1][5]

A massive skyscraper, dubbed "Equitism Tower", is planned to serve as a "beacon for the city". The skyscraper's projected features include space for water storage, aeroponic farms, and a photovoltaic roof.[1]

The proposed land ownership in the city is based on Georgist principles, as advocated by political economist Henry George in his 1879 book Progress and Poverty.[6] Under the proposed rules, anyone would be licensed to build, keep or sell a home, building or any other structure, and residents would share ownership of the land under a community endowment.[1]

I like the walkable scale, but, otherwise, I dunno . . . When people announce a planned community based on certain political principles, it never seems to go anywhere. Remember The Citadel? Or Glenn Beck's Independence?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Telosa is a proposed utopian planned US city conceived by American billionaire Marc Lore and announced in September 2021.[1][2] The project has a target population of 5 million people by 2050, with the first phase of construction expected to house 50,000. The location had initially not been chosen, with the project's planners intending for the city to be built on cheap land in Appalachia or the American West desert.[1][3]



5 million people. I'd sooner have the second 6" of my pecker cut off than live in a place with 5 million people. ...or 5 thousand people.

Built in Appalachia? Bahahahahahaha Good one! If your family name isn't on a military lot deed from the 18th century, we don't want you here.

 

[Rightguide]

Telosa -- a planned city (location not yet determined) based on . . . well, you make the call.

Another woke failure ready to happen. Many have come and gone. Not everyone can be Walt Disney.

 

[pecksniff]

Another woke failure ready to happen. Many have come and gone. Not everyone can be Walt Disney.

Disney actually intended to build a planned community at Epcot. Really, it would have been a company town, and a test market for new products (you wouldn't own your home, and you might come home after work and find all your appliances had been replaced). After he died, the execs changed the concept to a theme park, a proven money-maker. When they finally did decide to build a planned community, they went with something much more traditional.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

A Brasilia for our time, a city that no one would want to live in if not for the power there.

 

[pecksniff]

A Brasilia for our time, a city that no one would want to live in if not for the power there.

I don't see how the plan includes putting any power there, except in the electric sense.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

I don't see how the plan includes putting any power there, except in the electric sense.

Then it'll just be unlivable.