Glenn Beck unveils plans for a $2 billion libertarian commune - Polidicks

[img]http://imgkk.com/i/jg3c.png[/img] [url]http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/17/glenn-becks-utopian-community-a-place-called-independence-u-s-a/[/url] [quote=TIME]Who says fantasies don’t come true? Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck has already parlayed his rabble-rousing into libertarian website The Blaze, his own denim line and a march on Washington called the Rally to Restore Honor. Those projects didn’t cost $2 billion, nor did they require a total suspension of disbelief. Still, Beck is betting big on his new real estate venture: a self-sustaining city and theme park called Independence, USA, intended to offer visitors refuge from a country that is “going away from the values of freedom, responsibility and truth.” Beck introduced his high-concept oasis during a Blaze TV program, complete with a blueprint and drawings. Independence would showcase live events, small businesses, educational projects, charity, entertainment, news and information, all built on free-market principles. Residency would not be required for participation. The conceit has obvious roots in utopian societies like Israeli kibbutzim and the Oneida Community, but Beck attributes much of his inspiration to Walt Disney. Beck co-opted Disney’s original plan for Disneyland — that it be a place for “happiness, courage and hope.” And it sure sounds quite a bit like the original plans for Disney’s EPCOT center: EPCOT was supposed to be a 20,000-resident controlled community of fully-employed innovators, “a showcase for American industry and research, schools, cultural and educational opportunities,” and nearby Celebration, Fla. is a hyper-planned Disney Company residential development. Independence would imbue its values into its architecture (the front gate is modeled after the one on Ellis Island), its agriculture (plans include a working ranch where visitors can learn how to farm and work the land) and its economy (free-market and laissez-faire, naturally). For instance, a downtown “Marketplace” would be the centerpiece of commerce. “The Marketplace would be a place where craftsmen and artisans could open and run real small businesses and stores,” Beck explained during his presentation. “The owners and tradesmen could hold apprenticeships and teach young people the skills and entrepreneurial spirit that has been lost in today’s entitlement state.” Beckster’s paradise would also be multi-denominational, with a mission center modeled after the Alamo and a Disney-inspired Development center where people could innovate, educate, and create. Most important, for Beck at least, would be the Media Center, where his production company would film scripted and unscripted television that would challenge viewers without resorting to a loss of human decency, and where aspiring journalists would learn how to be great reporters, just like him.[/quote] 3-part video of Beck explaining the plans can be found [url=http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/01/10/take-a-tour-of-glenns-visionary-plans-for-independence/]here[/url]

So it's Rapture from Bioshock?

This is literally Bioshock Infinite

I rejected those answers I chose something different I chose Beckture

This reminds me of the "Pastor Richards salvation statue" from Vice City.

I'd like to see it succeed so it'll draw all those loonies to it and away from the rest of us could be interesting to visit as well.

[QUOTE=trotskygrad;39255920]I'd like to see it succeed so it'll draw all those loonies to it and away from the rest of us could be interesting to visit as well.[/QUOTE] make it a giant city floating in the middle of the ocean, sink the shit out of it

God I hope he builds it so it can descend into anarchy

[QUOTE=Medevilae;39255970]It should be built underwater or in the sky[/QUOTE] If this thing was actually made and Beck was behind it, the probably underwater. This is so nobody would have to clean up the mess after it all came burning down.

In my opinion Glenn Beck is a fake conservative who was kicked off of CNN and is on Fox news. He is completely nuts and not credible what so ever.

[QUOTE=UziXxX;39255992]In my opinion Glenn Beck is a fake conservative who was kicked off of CNN and is on Fox news. He is completely nuts and not credible what so ever.[/QUOTE] how do you fake being conservative.

well it's good that it's mostly gonna be separate from the real world, because that's the only way libertarian ideals can make sense in the first place

[QUOTE=UziXxX;39255992]In my opinion Glenn Beck is a fake conservative who was kicked off of CNN and is on Fox news. He is completely nuts and not credible what so ever.[/QUOTE] Fox didn't pay him to be a thinker, he got paid to rally the conservative fanbase, and that's just what he did.

[QUOTE=laserguided;39256014]how do you fake being conservative.[/QUOTE] He labels himself being a conservative but its just a face he puts on.

[QUOTE=laserguided;39256014]how do you fake being conservative.[/QUOTE] Well you can fake just about anything when you're making obscene amounts of money.

[QUOTE=laserguided;39256014]how do you fake being conservative.[/QUOTE] lack of dignity, abundance of paychecks

Go ahead, build it. If they comply to building health, safety and fire codes they will only be demonstrating to the world that they are run by [b]the man[/b].

[QUOTE=UziXxX;39256029]He labels himself being a conservative but its just a face he puts on.[/QUOTE] if he refuses to accept change in social institutions, he is a conservative

It's quite cult-like actually. In the video he talks about parents bringing their children to be 'deprogrammed'

[QUOTE=smurfy;39256082]It's quite cult-like actually. In the video he talks about parents bringing their children to be 'deprogrammed'[/QUOTE] every time people talk about this kind of stuff the only word I can use to describe the amount of irony is "bleeding" [QUOTE=Cone;39256074]if he refuses to accept change in social institutions, he is a conservative[/QUOTE] he spends his show telling people they need to change out of fear of change we're talking about a man who's proposing the city of rapture here, which I should have seen coming after the election results became official- he was telling people to move far away from blue-voting areas, be with like-minded people, and to be prepared for a 'major change', alluding to a potential new age civil war

[QUOTE=UziXxX;39255992]In my opinion Glenn Beck is a fake conservative who was kicked off of CNN and is on Fox news. He is completely nuts and not credible what so ever.[/QUOTE] Actually he was 'kicked off'(left) fox news. Oh late... I hate how he labels himself a libertarian. Listen to 20 minutes of his show and you'll forever know his opinion on things. Which aren't really libertarian at all.

Glenn Beck makes a bad name for conservatives.

It would be a great demonstration of how a society can fail miserably in record time.

[QUOTE=smurfy;39256082]It's quite cult-like actually. In the video he talks about parents bringing their children to be 'deprogrammed'[/QUOTE] Glenn would be a magnificent cult leader with his personality and ability to make idiots believe everything he says.

[QUOTE=UziXxX;39256117]Glenn Beck makes a bad name for conservatives.[/QUOTE] Fox News makes a bad name for Conservatives. Fox News makes the poor support the rich who support Fox News.

I dunno about you guys, but I'd love to see it made, and how it ends up.

[quote]Independence would imbue its values into its architecture (the front gate is modeled after the one on Ellis Island), its agriculture (plans include a working ranch where visitors can learn how to farm and work the land) and its economy (free-market and laissez-faire, naturally). For instance, a downtown “Marketplace” would be the centerpiece of commerce. “The Marketplace would be a place where craftsmen and artisans could open and run real small businesses and stores,” Beck explained during his presentation. [/quote] Within a year some successful mogul or someother will be practically ruling the island, having driven labor prices to rock bottom and in control of all means of production.

[QUOTE=Mr. N;39256208]I dunno about you guys, but I'd love to see it made, and how it ends up.[/QUOTE] [t]http://i.imgur.com/2lCIP.jpg[/t] [QUOTE=scout1;39256230][quote] Independence would imbue its values into its architecture (the front gate is modeled after the one on Ellis Island), its agriculture (plans include a working ranch where visitors can learn how to farm and work the land) and its economy (free-market and laissez-faire, naturally). For instance, a downtown “Marketplace” would be the centerpiece of commerce. “The Marketplace would be a place where craftsmen and artisans could open and run real small businesses and stores,” Beck explained during his presentation.[/quote] Within a year some successful mogul or someother will be practically ruling the island, having driven labor prices to rock bottom and in control of all means of production.[/QUOTE] the more I read that quote, the more I wonder how this wouldn't turn straight to actual communism

Fund it, let it secede from the united states enjoy world peace

[QUOTE=Jimmyshimmy;39256257]Fund it, let it secede from the united states enjoy world peace[/QUOTE] But then they would call it USA 2.0