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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?

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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?

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