Innovative service providers such as Uber or Airbnb are not prohibited but a matter of course. There are private entrepreneurs who cover everything that is in demand, from hospitals, schools and kindergartens to waste collection. If desired, residents can insure themselves privately against all eventualities of life or set up self-help groups, be it to protect against illness, death, need of care or accidents. Anyone can offer new products and services without authorization or license and get paid in any desired currency, including Bitcoin. There is also use for unskilled workers – for lack of minimum wage regulations. New drugs and treatment methods are available to any adult who wants to test them with knowledge of the potential risk. Environmental thresholds apply only to truly dangerous products and processes as determined by serious scientific research. Crime and vandalism hardly exist, you can even let your children out on the streets at night without worrying about them.

People are not stirred up against each other by politics, which no longer plays a significant role. There is neither Parliament nor a Central Bank, but comprehensive self-determination. Due to the low density of regulation, residents produce many innovations and achieve a high level of productivity. Since free trade prevails, and everyone can import everything duty-free, and no taxes are payable apart from the annual contribution, even low-income earners have a high standard of living.

Because neither currency nor interest rates can be manipulated by the government, the purchasing power of the residents is constantly increasing. The pension scheme can be planned and allows for retirement whenever the person concerned considers the level reached to be sufficient.

Political activism, missionary zeal, distributional struggles and the stirring-up of social groups against each other have practically disappeared. Residents know that they cannot interfere in the contracts of fellow citizens and respect each other’s different views and assessments. People are once again responsible for taking care of themselves and are thus automatically more self-confident, more stable and more realistic in their assessments. After two generations at the latest, Free Private Cities would be wealthier, freer and more peaceful than anything we have known so far.