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It's ok. It's not outside the safe operating space for billionaires.

Once society and rule of law break down, a billionaire is just another guy who used to have a lot of property when that was a thing.

> a billionaire is just another guy who used to have a lot of property

If that property can shoot, then they’re qualitatively different. Robotics is, for the first time in human history, threatening to decouple control over a population with force projection capability.

Rich people have always been able to buy Castles, forts, even battleships The difference being security guards you have manning the castle fort or ship expect a weekly salary and robots are a one and done purchase.

Robots expect a weekly(?) charge and regular maintainance.

They're absolutely not "buy and forget".

I can't believe Fallout lied to me. I thought robots could last hundreds of years without maintenance or getting their batteries replaced

Then I guess it’s better to take out the billionaires now while we still can?

It's not the amount of property that matters, it's the location.

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