Silicon Valley billionaires are ‘prepping’ to survive in underground bunkers
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Something something worker ownership of the means of production something something.
Seriously though, workers should be the first to benefit from automating their own jobs out of existence. It's been over a hundred years since marxists talked about what they perceived as the inherent contradictions of a capitalist system. Automation and the struggle for a livelihood in the face of falling wages and growing profits isn't new. Technology has changed but the fundamental conflicts remain unsolved. So while we can all debate here about the effectiveness of bunkers, we're glossing over the systemic problems that necessitate the capitalist class to hide in bunkers in the first place. At least we've moved on to the point where most recognize that there could be an existential problem accelerating toward us.
One thing I'm sure of, the class of YC 2035 will have great uber-for-bunker-security apps.
What exactly are we talking about here?
If the bunkers are well stocked with supplies, then it only takes a very small cadre for the rich to rapidly be able to scale up to a militia more capable than anyone without supply stockpiles is going to be able to put together, and then actively target and acquire (whether by force or cooperation deals) the smaller stockpiles that exist and consolidate their power.
Of course it's not real, and it's a silly show, but the idea of spending a good deal of time and money beyond reasonable emergency precautions is pretty useless as well.
And that was the point.