
calling out bs
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨 NETWORK SCHOOL (@ns) ORDERED TO CEASE OPERATIONS The Johor Iskandar Puteri City Council has ordered enforcement against : "NSO Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Network School) at Forest City" Business licence cancelled, cease-business notice issued. Effective 22 July 2026. Confirmed by the Chief Minister of Johor My breakdown, in a thread🧵👇🏼



Ironically, this whole drama with Balaji literally validated the network state thesis. The whole idea of a network state is taking a dense group of talent and capital, and collectively negotiating with states. The Malaysia drama set up Balaji to negotiate better terms with another state to copy and paste the network there. This now looks like a much more stable setup. Guess I'll be visiting Kazakhstan!





Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.





I am pleased to announce that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Network School. Our new campus will become a haven for global techno-optimism, with expedited visas, streamlined redomiciliation, and active recruitment of talent.


🚨BREAKING: Malaysia orders shutdown of Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School Balaji Srinivasan’s digital nomad community has been ordered to cease all operations in Malaysia after authorities revoked its business license over alleged immigration violations. The move follows an investigation into claims that the project facilitated the entry of Israeli nationals and growing concerns over Srinivasan’s vision of decentralized “network states,” which critics argued could pose risks to Malaysia’s sovereignty.



I am pleased to announce that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Network School. Our new campus will become a haven for global techno-optimism, with expedited visas, streamlined redomiciliation, and active recruitment of talent.









I received death threats after my last post. That changes nothing. The Network School in Johor can still be net positive for Malaysia. Our country has real potential to become Southeast Asia’s top tech hub. But as I clearly said before, we must properly investigate it first to protect our national interests. The book The Network State by Balaji describes online groups building their own “cloud countries”. They eventually buy land and want to run their own rules. This raises a serious issue: sovereignty, i.e. who actually controls Malaysia Here are the main concerns: • Land: If wealthy outsiders buy land and demand their own government, Putrajaya loses authority over Malaysian territory • Taxes: High earners could pay taxes to the online group instead of Malaysia. We would lose revenue needed for schools, hospitals and development • Laws: They could impose their own rules and private security instead of following Malaysian law and police We should welcome good ideas and investment. But we cannot compromise on who controls our land, our taxes and our laws. A proper and transparent check is needed. The authorities have started looking into this. Keep the conversation going. Seek clarity. That is the right step.





As a Malaysian who lived in Johor for many years of my life, seeing Forest City turn into a ghost town was pretty sad. The Network School literally came in and revitalized the entire place and turned JB into an international destination for digital nomads, techpreneurs, and high-net worth individuals. Accusing them of harboring illegals is ridiculous to say the least cause it’s not a cheap place to reside or hide in. I respect Balaji for standing his ground. Initiatives like this should be welcomed with open arms. I would also call on the Johor royal family to look into this matter. @HRHJohorII



