The Praxis/city-state vision is compelling, but long-term it risks becoming a handful of Chinese client-states accepting emigrants from collapsing Woke empires. Without economies of scale, these sovereign corporations are just boutique investment banks pretending to be nations. Real viability requires working-class participation and thus real hierarchies. Sure, they may dodge biotech and financial regulations, but the whole concept feels defeatist. Why not just legislate radical tech like von Neumann clones for single mothers if you're serious about change? These ideas trace back to Scott Alexander’s “Archipelago” and the SF-Jewish utopia model where people sort into states by 'values.' But most meaningful values must be imposed, not chosen — which is why many of these efforts drift into medieval pastiche: a city-state for the Carnivore Diet, or one for Tate’s war room. Carlyle liked monasteries, but not like this. NIMBYism would cripple neocameralist states after one generation — how do you build a Hoover Dam if all shareholders are homeowners? My own justification is humanitarian: these projects are the only alternative to a clearly decaying liberal democracy. We need an answer to its mediocrity — especially given the West’s apparent inability to emulate Chinese pragmatism.