ities ▁Development ▁Corporation ▁ceased ▁operations . ▁ ▁Pr onom os ▁Capital ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Fried man ▁founded ▁Pr onom os ▁Capital , ▁a ▁vent ure ▁capital ▁firm ▁whose ▁purpose ▁is ▁to ▁bank roll ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁experimental ▁cities ▁on ▁vac ant ▁tract s ▁of ▁land ▁in ▁developing ▁countries . ▁Like ▁the ▁Se aste ading ▁Institute , ▁Pr onom os ▁Capital ▁is ▁back ed ▁by ▁Peter ▁Th iel . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁cities ▁will ▁be ▁aim ed ▁at ▁foreign ▁business es ▁seeking ▁friend lier ▁tax ▁treatment . ▁ ▁Al leg ed ▁ne ore action ary ▁views ▁According ▁to ▁Core y ▁Pe in , ▁" F ried man ▁wanted ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁ne ore action ▁by ▁using ▁TV - ready , ▁bu zz word - lad en ▁eu ph em isms ▁like ▁' comp et itive ▁govern ance ' ▁rather ▁than ▁referring ▁directly ▁to ▁the ▁Mold bug g ian ▁ideal ▁of ▁corpor ate ▁dict ator ship . ▁In ▁a ▁Facebook ▁post , ▁he ▁called ▁for ▁' a ▁more ▁polit ically ▁correct ' ▁ne ore action ary ▁movement ▁with ▁room ▁for ▁women ▁and ▁non wh ites , ▁in ▁what ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁cover ▁to xic ▁ideas ▁with ▁the ▁v ene er ▁of ▁toler ance ▁and ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁campus ▁liberal ism ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Fried man ▁pra ised ▁ne ore action ary ▁Curt is ▁Y ar vin ▁for ▁insp iring ▁" an ▁entire ▁school ▁of ▁red ▁pill ▁political ▁philosophy ." . ▁