• Chetzemoka@startrek.website
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    11 months ago

    That’s the worst part. They’re definitely the ones least equipped to deal with an end of the world scenario. Their preferred “problem solving” technique of just throwing money around doesn’t work when supply chains, societies, and currencies are not functioning.

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      11 months ago

      I’d be surprised if at least some of the people throwing money around wouldn’t be preparded for the post-dollar world.

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        11 months ago

        If I had unimaginable wealth you can bet I’d be building one hell of a doomsday prepper bunker

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          How much food do you really think anyone could fit in a bunker? I mean, seriously. Think about that. They’re still planning on being able to resupply, I guarantee it

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            11 months ago

            As a former/recovered prepper, a year’s worth of food for a single individual takes up surprisingly little space if it’s calorie-dense food.

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              recovered prepper

              I don’t know if anyone has told you this, but you should be proud you were able to walk away from that.

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                Thank you, genuinely. Once I started questioning the legitimacy of my familiy’s religion, it opened the flood gates to questioning the conspiracies we believed, and finally to the necessity of prepping for those fantastical events.

                My life has improved immeasurably since getting out of that quagmire of thought.

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              A year isn’t much in a collapsed economy. Three years, five years isn’t much. That’s my point.

              And you think these billionaire assholes are going to have the self-discipline to eat nothing but rations for the rest of their lives? Of course not.

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                11 months ago

                I mentioned a year just as an example of how little space it takes for one person. With access to millions or billions of dollars, it would be trivial for them to build a large enough space to house 30 years worth of food for an entire family plus some security. And when money is no object, you can get some surprisingly luxurious freeze-dried food.

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                  11 months ago

                  We’re talking about people who are used to spending all of their time on luxury super yachts and hotels with full staff who have never had to go without for even an hour.

                  I’m not buying that they’re going to fare well in a genuine apocalypse.

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                    Oh I’m sure they’ll have trouble adjusting to ‘roughing’ it, but they’ll choose that over giving up their power every time.

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      11 months ago

      Has anyone else noticed the super-rich have been using their hoarded wealth to buy heavily-fortified mansions with bunkers, private islands, or lifeboats to space?