Whitney Webb SOUNDS ALARM! Tech Billionaires Have Completely Taken Over Government!
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Takeaways
- ❖Leslie Wexner, with Jeffrey Epstein's help, allegedly created a private government model in New Albany, Ohio, which has since been expanded statewide through public-private partnerships.
- ❖Ohio's state liquor tax revenue is funneled into a private corporation, Jobs Ohio, which provides massive taxpayer subsidies to attract big tech data centers (e.g., Amazon, Google, Intel) with little public oversight.
- ❖The influx of data centers has caused Ohioans' power bills to surge, while funding for public schools, libraries, and healthcare is drastically cut.
- ❖Epstein was intimately involved in the New Albany project and had financial businesses based there, directly overlapping with his efforts to court big tech CEOs.
- ❖This system is framed as a move towards a 'techno-state' or 'techno-feudal' model, where government is privatized and run by CEO-dictators, promoting digital ID, 15-minute cities, and the end of private car ownership.
- ❖Journalists dismissing Epstein's intelligence ties are allegedly funded by figures like Peter Thiel (who was Epstein's business partner) and the Soros family, suggesting a coordinated effort to control the narrative.
Insights
1Wexner and Epstein's Privatization Blueprint in Ohio
Leslie Wexner, Ohio's richest man and Jeffrey Epstein's main benefactor, allegedly created a model for government takeover via public-private partnerships starting in New Albany in the late 1980s. This involved changing zoning laws, establishing the New Albany Company as a de facto private government, and later spreading this model statewide through entities like Jobs Ohio. Epstein was deeply involved in the New Albany project, with his investment company operating there, and he courted big tech CEOs who later established data centers in the area.
Wexner's New Albany Company's public-private governing partnership with the local government; Wexner lobbying for laws allowing New Albany to tax citizens and issue bonds independently; Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony that Epstein 'ran New Albany'; Epstein's investment company operating in New Albany; Epstein's Edge Foundation courting CEOs of companies like Google, Amazon, and Meta, which later built data centers in New Albany.
2Jobs Ohio: A Private Corporation Funneling Taxpayer Money to Big Tech
Jobs Ohio, a private corporation created in 2011 by former Governor John Kasich (allegedly influenced by venture capitalist Mark Kvamme), privatized the state's economic development authority. It controls the state's liquor tax revenue, which is funneled into incentive packages for corporations without public scrutiny. This system has attracted numerous data centers to Ohio, making it fourth in the country, with over 120 located in the Wexner-controlled New Albany area.
Mark Kvamme's campaign donations to Kasich; Jobs Ohio taking control of the state liquor tax; lack of public accountability for Jobs Ohio spending; 75% of companies would have relocated anyway; 120+ data centers in the New Albany area.
3Socio-Economic Impact of the 'Techno-State' Model
The rapid expansion of data centers in Ohio, facilitated by these public-private partnerships, has led to a significant affordability crisis for regular Ohioans. Power bills have skyrocketed (up to $700/month for single-family homes), while funding for public schools, libraries, and healthcare is severely cut. This is framed as a wealth transfer from ordinary citizens to corporations, building infrastructure for a 'techno-state' that aims to enslave them through mass surveillance and control.
Reports of power bills near $700/month; dramatic cuts to public services; Ohio state legislature creating a commission to 'dispel inaccurate myths' about data centers instead of addressing citizen concerns.
4The 'Dark Enlightenment' and Digital Control
The architects of Ohio's 'techno-state' model, including figures like JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy, are linked to 'dark enlightenment' or 'accelerationist' ideologies that advocate for privatizing government and ruling by a CEO-dictator. This vision includes implementing digital IDs (Ohio ID), 15-minute cities (corralled, surveilled populations), and eliminating private car ownership in favor of autonomous fleets, as proposed by Eric Schmidt's National Security Commission on AI.
JD Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy's association with 'dark enlightenment' ideas; Innovate Ohio board (including Vance and Ramaswamy) creating Ohio ID; Governor Mike DeWine's executive order mandating state agencies use Innovate Ohio platform; National Security Commission on AI (chaired by Eric Schmidt) recommending ending private car ownership to 'beat China in AI'.
5Coordinated Dismissal of Epstein's Intelligence Ties
Webb identifies a pattern of 'bad faith' journalism, often from outlets funded by figures like Peter Thiel and the Soros family, that dismisses Jeffrey Epstein's intelligence connections. These journalists allegedly ignore key evidence, focus on limited document releases, and discourage further investigation, mirroring tactics used in other controversial narratives like 'Russia Gate.' This serves to protect powerful individuals and maintain a controlled narrative.
Compact Magazine (funded by Soros and Thiel) publishing articles dismissing Epstein's intelligence ties; Peter Thiel's documented business partnership and desire to form a 'secret society' with Epstein despite public denials; Peter Soros (George Soros's nephew) being circled in Epstein's black book; Elon Musk's public denials of Epstein ties contradicted by released files.
Bottom Line
The alleged engineering of a 'MAGA civil war' or similar internal conflicts could be a strategy by the national security state to create a class of 'domestic terrorists' (e.g., 'anti-Semitic right-leaning populists') to justify the use of expanded surveillance and domestic terror infrastructure.
This suggests that political polarization and specific narratives might be manipulated to categorize and target segments of the population, leading to increased state control and suppression of dissent under the guise of national security.
Vigilance and critical thinking are essential to discern genuine concerns from engineered narratives. Communities should be wary of figures who appear to align with populist sentiment but have intelligence backgrounds, as they might be used to steer public sentiment towards predetermined outcomes.
Key Concepts
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as a Privatization Tool
The episode highlights how PPPs, particularly in Ohio, are allegedly used to transfer public funds and governmental control to private corporations with minimal public scrutiny. This model, exemplified by Jobs Ohio, allows private entities to manage and benefit from public resources (like the state liquor tax) and influence policy (like tax incentives for data centers), effectively privatizing economic development and governance.
Techno-Feudal State / Dark Enlightenment
This model describes a society where government is entirely privatized and run by sovereign corporations, with a CEO functioning as a dictator. Citizens become 'clients' of these corporations, and technology (AI, digital ID, surveillance) is used as an enforcement tool to micromanage and control people's lives, extracting data and wealth. Ohio is presented as a prototype for this vision, influenced by figures like Curtis Yarvin and Peter Thiel.
Lessons
- Organize locally against the establishment of new data centers and the privatization of local government, as Ohio's experience shows this model is advancing rapidly.
- Do not sell land to companies like the New Albany Company or similar entities that offer above-market prices but require non-disclosure agreements, as this facilitates corporate land grabs for data centers.
- Vote in local elections for politicians not beholden to big tech or corporate interests, and consider running for office if no suitable candidates exist, to prevent the erosion of public services and local control.
- Divest from big tech products and services where possible, and support alternative platforms, to reduce dependence on the very systems being used to build the 'techno-state' and to fight against mass surveillance.
- Critically analyze media narratives, especially those dismissing major scandals or promoting specific political figures, and seek out diverse sources to form independent conclusions, rather than accepting 'sole opinions' at face value.
Quotes
"Wexner and his closest allies, Epstein among them, worked to create a model for the takeover of local governments via public private partnership."
"Jobs Ohio is an extremely controversial organization as it should be because it's extremely egregious. So basically, um this venture capitalist who's uh super cozy with Reed Hoffman of LinkedIn fame and also perhaps Epstein uh infamy if you will named Markwame uh paid uh governor's uh John former governor John Case Kasich's uh campaign like over a million dollars and basically when Caseich got in he putqwame in charge of this corporation he created called jobs Ohio that privatized the entire state's economic development authority."
"Ohio is being turned into the, you know, uh, the prototype of a techno state."
"The goal is basically to privatize the entire government, um, and have it, uh, run by these sovereign corporations. Uh, so instead of the public sector, you would basically be, um, you know, a client of the of the sovereign corporation, which would be ruled by a CI CEO who functions as a as a dictator."
"I mean, they're not all they're not all as dumb as Podesta."
"Citizens better be on their best behavior once AI is surveilling everybody."
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