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The Tony Blair Institute helped form a plan that proposed selling land in Gaza via blockchain tokens, the Financial Times reported Monday, after paying Palestinians to leave their land. The tokenization project would have also seen the region rebuilt with Dubai-style artificial islands and “blockchain-trade initiatives,” complete with Elon Musk and Donald Trump-themed areas.

A slide deck titled the “Great Trust” was developed by the Boston Consulting Group, or BCG, the FT reported on Sunday, with participation from two staff members from the Tony Blair Institute—an organization founded by the former UK prime minister. It was shared with the Trump administration, according to the FT, which echoed similar sentiments in February.

The deck suggested paying half a million Palestinians to leave Gaza to attract private investors to redevelop the area, following Israel’s bombings. It proposed that the public land in Gaza be put into a trust and sold via “digital tokens traded on a blockchain.” Gazans could add their private land into the trust in return for a token that would give them the right to a housing unit.

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[-] queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago

amerika is such a disgusting nation, with a history of doing this in many different ways since it was founded. kill and drive out all locals and claim the land as their own. bringing “democracy” to war torn areas. you know why it’s war torn? CAUSE THE US MADE IT WAR TORN

[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Palestine is for Palestinians

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago

Ah yes, no worries, we will give them $PALESTINE tokens in exchange

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Tony Blair really should have been tried and executed a long time ago.

[-] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

The times we live in are wild. Predicted that, Aldous?

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 7 points 3 days ago

I'm starting to think maybe I'd prefer Brave New World over the current reality. At least the people are happy and not miserable.

Until I'm reminded we still have some power in numbers, and speech isn't completely censored yet.

Though the future is basically BNW but with no soma. The soma will be UBI. Enough to live, but not enough to afford to rebel.

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