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People who are funding political chaos monkeys to "blow up the system" have a financial moat against consequences of their own destructive actions. Now they have actual moats.

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I expect they'll learn the same hard lesson that the Romans and others did... fortifications only get you so far after the civilization you depend on starts to fade or fall. It's an oddly pathetic reminder that money only gets you so far, and "end of an era" is the limit.

Same with the bunkers, when money is worthless and the only truly valuable thing are access to food and force of arms, who's going to submit to some nerd because they "employ" them?

Buy islands, build bunkers... it's just an expensive version of going to sleep clutching a stuffed animal.

Some of those Romans became the nobles and royalty in the new kingdoms after Rome fell. We might not want them learning those lessons.

Some, yes, but many of them were former local overseers taking advantage of the fall of globalisation to convert their de facto control into de jure.

The Roman Britons were almost all driven into Scotland and Wales by the invading Angles and Saxons, the cities were abandoned, and pretty much everyone lived a life we'd consider primitive and awful for the next thousand or so years.

This is a really good point. I suppose the only thing I can add is that I have noticed many of those building bunkers have also hired personal chefs and personal trainers to get as built and in shape as humanly possible. Could it be just in case people get past their guards or perhaps to survive some form of muscle wasting event?

Might just be a renewed interest in living a long time. Why make all this money if you’re going to die from poor diet and obesity at 65?

That's regardless of the environment. They are isolated from the rest of society and they want to keep creature comforts no matter what. Hardship is not part of their plans.

Billionaires now have the closest thing to paradise on earth, for the first time in human history. Food, entertainment, transportation, beautiful partners - all at the snap of fingers. Of course they want to live forever. On the other end of it is either judgement or just Nothing.

What constitutes a muscle-wasting event?

Yep. Peter Thiel's antics supporting Trump and funding psyops on Facebook and Reddit to bring about a new feudalism world is a perfect example. His bunker in New Zealand was luckily exposed, so he can't hide from the consequences. I'd love to see someone develop a Billionaire Bunker locator, similar to the Elon's Jet idea.

Interested in hearing more about Thiel funding Reddit psyops when you have the time!

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