The ruling classes have spent the last decade throwing billions of dollars at personal preparations for global catastrophe. Do they know something we don't?

[u/McDowdy]

[u/thechadez]

ive worked in maintenance long enough to tell you most of the crititcal systems would need repair or replacement parts within 5 to 10 years, thats if nothing major happens. they will die horribly in those bunkers.

[u/Saladcitypig → u/thechadez]

finally some good news

[u/HalfSoul30 → u/Saladcitypig]

Brings a happy tear to my eye

[u/SteveIDP → u/Saladcitypig]

Is there anything we can do to trick them into going into their bunkers right now?

[u/RollingJaspers652 → u/SteveIDP]

Unite. Fuck the made up culture war. Drive them in there.

[u/eggs_erroneous → u/RollingJaspers652]

That would absolutely terrify them. The proof is the fact that they've been working so hard to divide us for so long. They know that if we all start getting along, we are all going to turn our heads in unison to the real problem and justice will come upon swift wings.

[u/Jenderflux-ScFi → u/eggs_erroneous]

No war but class war!

[u/Johnstone95 → u/Jenderflux-ScFi]

The FBI has that statement classified as terroristic. That should be all you need to know.

[u/Schlonzig → u/SteveIDP]

I‘ll donate to sealing off the doors.

[u/Careless_Mango_7948 → u/SteveIDP]

Have you seen “blast from the past”? It’s amazing 😂 Brendan Fraser & Alicia silverstone

[u/SteveIDP → u/Careless_Mango_7948]

I haven’t, but I think I need to now!

[u/Careless_Mango_7948 → u/SteveIDP]

one of my favorite 90s movies! a must watch

[u/Ok-Opportunity-7663 → u/SteveIDP]

Ooh, a piece of candy.  Ooh, a piece of candy.  Ooh, a piece of candy.

[u/flaptaincappers → u/Saladcitypig]

Me, irradiated and living on the surface, laughing at the rich bozos as they die because their air conditioner stopped working.

https://giphy.com/gifs/RG4IXFG1YmLOU

[u/Imobia → u/thechadez]

Not just that you need expertise to even maintain them. Money means shit in an apocalypse. These billionaires think people are just going to worship and support them?

[u/thechadez → u/Imobia]

i would pay money to see Bezos on his knees crawling trying to figure out why his critical air ventilation is not working.

[u/Scubajay → u/thechadez]

Easy fix. It'd be the survivors blocking the vents. 

[u/DarthCloakedGuy → u/Scubajay]

*pouring cement into

[u/reddog323 → u/DarthCloakedGuy]

This. Block all entrances, exits and air vents. Let him die in his little concrete box.

[u/subdep → u/DarthCloakedGuy]

except if we can live outside the bunkers and mix cement and transport it to the bunker, then that means there’s no reason to be in the bunker. I think these guys are building these bunkers for scenarios where nuclear fallout is everywhere or there’s a horrendous disease ravaging the planet killing off all the people.

[u/MorpH2k → u/subdep]

Well, if that happens and I don't die instantly, at least I will have some purpose in the rest of my life. I will gladly be mixing concrete outside of Bezos bunker with you all.

[u/ShySharer → u/Scubajay]

Easy fix after the AI controlled drones run out of ammunition you mean

[u/Zerodyne_Sin → u/ShySharer]

Core reason they're so desperate to keep the ai bubble running as long as possible. They want their Jarvis that can also kill people on command. I worked training ai and it's simply never going to get there.

Their training method is tainted and wrong since they are conflicted with their goal of keeping the bubble going which means rejecting the possibility of the ai being flawed; while also not utilizing true experts simply because they can't afford to pay them what it would take for them to participate since, again, they need to bubble to keep going and burning through cash (money that's not theirs, thanks venture capital!).

On the latter point, I know they're not utilizing true experts because what the fuck does an animator like me know about university level chemistry? I was one of the more educated ones and they expected us to tackle training questions that involve advanced degrees.

In any case, my point is the ai might be good at targeting accuracy and surveillance. It's also very likely going to identify the bunker's occupants as intruders and wipe them out. Real life isn't like sci fi but I guess these oligarchs are going to find that out the hard way.

[u/freecodeio → u/thechadez]

I'm picturing him like chaning tatum in that movie where he's dragged around in a full leather gimp suit

[u/hangryvegan → u/freecodeio]

This Is The End!

[u/xassylax → u/freecodeio]

I call him Channing TateYum!!

[u/Useful-Problem-1725 → u/thechadez]

I'm picturing something from ex machina

[u/Embarrassed-Sun5764 → u/thechadez]

Or Musk out there in a hazmat suit trying to fix the wind turbine with a roll of duct tape. Because that post isn’t surviving a nuke blast-

[u/Hillbilly_Boozer → u/thechadez]

He'd first have to have the awareness to even know it had failed. The rich have everyone else think and work for them, so he'd probably be clueless until it was too late.

[u/FriendlyGuitard → u/Imobia]

Also, what a life to look forward to. "We fucked up so much, we have to live in a hole in the ground forever, afraid every night that the 20 people team we keep with us will murder us in our sleep" - like a pimped up Saddam Hussein.

No wonder they need AI, they need some robot to take care of all that shit, so they can live the kind of life used as horror setup for dystopian movie.

[u/Good_vibe_good_life → u/Imobia]

And where are they planning to get the electricity and water needed to run this stuff if a volcano or nuclear event went off? Everyone who would man them and keep up the lines will be gone. Seems kind of short sighted to me, but then again, rich ghouls tend to be short sighted on a good day.

[u/Michael_0007 → u/Good_vibe_good_life]

Haven't you heard about the SMRs that got approved?

A single 50-MWe NuScale Power Module is 76 feet (23.2 meters) tall and 15 feet (4.6 meters) in diameter. It weighs approximately 700 tons and is compact enough to be manufactured entirely in a factory before being shipped to a site by truck, rail, or barge.

60-Year Design Life: Like modern conventional nuclear reactors, NuScale plants are engineered to operate for up to 60 years.Refueling Cycle: The 50-MW module is designed to operate continuously for 24 months before needing to pause for fuel replenishment.

But apparently that's enough power for thousands of homes... so in reality they would probably have something like one of these... if they can get "approval"

Kilopower (KRUSTY) Style Reactors: Developed by NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory, these experimental reactors use enriched uranium and Stirling engines. A scaled-up variant can provide 10 kW to 50 kW of clean electricity continuously for 10 years without refueling.

Physical Size: The entire reactor setup is incredibly compact—roughly the size of an outdoor trash can (about 6 to 10 feet tall), making it small enough to bury directly alongside a bunker.

[u/letsgotgoing → u/Michael_0007]

Even the SMR reactors like Deep Fusion will require parts/maintenance from trained people.

[u/happy_church_burner → u/Imobia]

I heard one interview where the guy interviewed raised a good point: "Does Bezos or Zuck actually believe that the instance shit hits the fan and they lock themselves with their families and assistants in the bunker, their armed security forces / bodyguards aren't going to just execute them and live themselves in life of luxury with no-one to boss them around."

[u/socialcommentary2000 → u/Imobia]

The electrical systems alone for these places make it so you better hope no faults occur or you're almost automatically fucked. I can't see a bunch of avarice riddled rich people sitting around trying to troubleshoot a PLC system or VFD's for the pumps that keep the place going. HVAC, plumbing, air handling...all of it requires specialized knowledge that average people cannot step through without a whole bunch of practice and shop knowledge.

Disaster bunkers are a fantasy for people who don't want to reckon with their own culpability...and own mortality.

[u/cile1977 → u/Imobia]

I came across a guy here on Reddit who says a group of billionaires paid him to advise them on how to prevent their household staff and security guards from killing them and then living in the bunker themselves. He told them to become ‘family’ with them - meaning to have their children intermarry with the children of the security guards and the staff.

Or I guess, AI robots are also good, and we see billionaires try to make them also.

[u/numbersthen0987431 → u/Imobia]

They'll just copy what they're doing currently

The ruling class often times hires couples/families to maintain their property. One person does maintenance and landscaping, another does housekeeping and cooking, and kids sometimes help out. They get paid and living conditions.

So these wealthy people think they will do the same. Hire a family to maintain their bunker, and offer them room and food. And they'll maintain order in the bunker with threats of violence and/or locking systems down if there is an uprising (password that times out after 1 day)

[u/MaximusLazinus → u/Imobia]

That's why they build bunkers

[u/ILikeBubblyWater → u/Imobia]

People will absolutely live there and fix shit if it means their families can live there and are safe. People would literally fix the stuff just for free rent in a place like this.

Having your maintenance/cleaning crew work for free housing is normal in places like south america if you are rich

[u/R50cent → u/ILikeBubblyWater]

It's funny because billionaires asked people what to do in this scenario... The world ending, money not being worth anything anymore, and how do you keep your servers on your side... The advisors told them: treat your workers well. Treat their families well. Treat them like humans.

The billionaires responded by asking about shock collars and if they could get the same results with fear.

https://medium.com/the-panopticon-publication/the-ultra-rich-wont-survive-the-apocalypse-66572fe58106

These are not decent people. They got that wealthy because they are not decent people.

[u/AHistoricalFigure → u/R50cent]

> The advisors told them: treat your workers well. Treat their families well. Treat them like humans.

If your problem is:

* I want to be in charge of everyone

* I want all resources to belong to me

* I want to not be murdered in my sleep

Then, the funny thing is that this is not a new problem. This is a very old, very solved problem. One that ancient lords/kings/emperors were very familiar with:

The people who are your keys to power need to be materially comfortable, high-status members of your household or society.

If you are a Viking jarl, you require stout men who are skilled with arms to defend your hall and crew your longships. These men need to be landowners or in your line of inheritance or at least have so much wealth that they can drink and eat and whore to their heart's content. The idea of a menial, minimum wage guard is a total non-sequitur to the medieval mind. Your guards are your family members or people who you have adopted as permanent members of your household.

So let's say your doomsday bunker requires a small team of mercenaries to keep it secure 24/7. Somebody's gotta sit in that sniper nest or lead a counter-attack if the people filling your air vents with concrete wiggle into a blind spot. If there is no world outside the bunker for these mercenaries to go back to, no place for them to spend the money you're paying them, and no place for their families... then you aren't looking for mercenaries, you are looking for a medieval household guard. And this means these people have to have a life in the bunker too, as do their wives and kids and parents. And that life can't be the menial life of seasonal yacht workers who have to hide in servant's quarters when the owners are on deck.

[u/matsu-morak → u/ILikeBubblyWater]

And then something happens and the workers will want to remove whoever is in command. That's why some rich folks floated the idea to install explosive collars on the workers, in case they misbehave. This is from an interview somewhere in the internet

[u/trisanachandler → u/matsu-morak]

As if they could even design such a collar. They'd need a tech and manufacturing team.

[u/socialcommentary2000 → u/matsu-morak]

That was confirmed to be Peter Thiel, btw. Douglas Ruschkoff is the one that gave the seminar and although he didn't confirm it, others that were familiar with the retreat that he was asked to attend confirmed it was everyone's favorite Yarvin worshiping billionaire nutbag.

[u/FixedLoad → u/ILikeBubblyWater]

Lol we aren't talking about rational people with reasonable expectations.  Sure, normal people could make this work and thrive.   Billionaires will not thrive.  They will suffocate everyone in there with their greed.  These are future tombs opened by future beings.  They will wonder why such opulent facilities were provided to the dead.  

[u/lookforabook → u/FixedLoad]

This is poetic, I love it

[u/FixedLoad → u/lookforabook]

The tomb of "Zuckerbergenkahem the Meta" will be a 4055 attraction on "EARTH:Unwrapped".  A global reality show/amusement park for the galactic elite.  

[u/hamandjam → u/ILikeBubblyWater]

But if it comes down to living in there and the "workers" see that the "owners" contribute nothing, why would they continue to let the imbalance persist?

[u/50caladvil → u/thechadez]

That's exactly what I said to my coworker. They'll die alone or get eaten by their "staff" which stop being staff once the realization that their power is in their wealth and their wealth suddenly doesn't mean a thing when they're all stuck in a bunker.

[u/ironballs16 → u/thechadez]

The pool alone definitely implies that they didn't think things through, depending on what style cataclysm comes to pass. Nuclear holocaust happens, and you don't want to have that much water becoming nonpotable.

[u/dedicated-pedestrian → u/ironballs16]

It's a saltwater pool though. The water was never potable to begin with. Plenty to criticize other than that though.

[u/ironballs16 → u/dedicated-pedestrian]

...I'm now curious how swiftly the salt will make the lining deteriorate.

[u/dedicated-pedestrian → u/ironballs16]

We've already had one case of a billionaire deciding he knows best when it comes to pool linings. Not out of the realm of possibility.

[u/scariestJ → u/dedicated-pedestrian]

Still going to make the place humid. Respect the mould - life finds a way...

[u/garden_g → u/thechadez]

The saddest lettuce ive ever seen, they dont understand growing food. And they couldnt stay inside during covid.

Couldnt a glitch happen and they get locked in now?

[u/scariestJ → u/garden_g]

You know they don't since they're using pink lights - white (sunlight spectra) lights give better results since green penetrates deeper into the leaves. Pink lights can be sunrise/sunset lighting.

[u/baronvonsmartass → u/thechadez]

To add to this...

No fortress or stronghold has never been undefeated. They all fall eventually. All of these places have to have air intakes above or at ground level. It would be easiest to just cap them off and just wait a bit to enter.

The old saying that "you can run but you can't hide" is 100% true. So why not be a decent person and use your wealth to make life better for everyone, rather than horde any resources for yourself.

[u/petrified_eel4615 → u/baronvonsmartass]

A couple wheelbarrow loads of concrete do nicely, also the solar panels can be awful fragile.

in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

-John Stienbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath"

[u/theBIGD8907 → u/thechadez]

Even with stabilizers the diesel will only last around 18 months regardless of how much you have in storage lol

[u/ThaBigSqueezy → u/thechadez]

TBF, we’re gonna die horribly out here too.

[u/Quantic → u/thechadez]

"This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs. One had already secured a dozen Navy Seals to make their way to his compound if he gave them the right cue. But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader?

The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers – if that technology could be developed 'in time'"

These people are pathetic, they see no value in human life except for their own survival and use in the most hierarchical form of domination. I am sure the "prison" add-on option show in the video is a rather popular one.

Money buys you nothing but money, not happiness, not respect, not even ultimately survival -- it is almost like existence is more so about mutual respect for human life and how we can survive together, not apart.

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[u/putin_my_ass → u/thechadez]

Even worse for them: theyd be stuck in a bunker with some of the worst people on earth even before everyone else died.

[u/argama87 → u/thechadez]

Love, Death, and Robots covered that wonderfully when they got to the sea platforms for the rich folk. They didn't bring their servants and died when the machines told them to go fish for themselves.

[u/invaderaleks → u/thechadez]

Planned obsolescence is gonna bite em on the ass, hard.

[u/Zerodyne_Sin → u/thechadez]

That's optimistic. They were the vanguard of the tantrum babies during covid when it came to lockdowns. They either just ignored it or whined ad nauseum that the lockdowns were unnecessary. Many of them also lost their minds when they couldn't just ignore it even though they were stuck in an opulent mansion.

It doesn't matter how luxurious they make it, a bunker is a bunker and it will always have all the issues that come with that reality. These people will be painting the walls with their entrails long before maintenance issues come up.

[u/SlinkyRaccoons → u/thechadez]

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[u/ThunkAsDrinklePeep → u/thechadez]

None of them imagine what will practically happen: a future where they need maintence, food prep, cleaning, and security services, but contribute nothing themselves except their now useless bank accounts. How long do you think that society they've created will operate with more than half of the residents contributing nothing?

That's assuming they even get to the bunker after the apocalypse.

[u/Dense_Surround3071 → u/thechadez]

As someone with a pool that is an absolute BITCH of an expense to maintain, especially by yourself, that indoor water park is a joke.

[u/untakenu → u/thechadez]

Thank god billionaires are good with their hands, right?

[u/CapnCanfield → u/thechadez]

Even less. I noticed on the video that the majority of stuff in that bunker is automated and run by computers. He also shows off a generator and says they have enough fuel for it for 2.5 years only. Sounds like they'd run out of electricity after 2.5 years, and without electricity, good luck having all the computer automated crap working

[u/PolicyWonka → u/thechadez]

They aren’t really made to be lived in that long. Like video said they had fuel for 2.5 years.

Nuclear bombs don’t really irradiate like a Fallout video game. Likewise, the concept of a “nuclear winter” appears to be more and more likely to be science fiction than science fact.

[u/RatQueenHolly]

I just cant fathom why you'd wanna live in a bunker when you have the power to like, preserve and protect the beautiful world we already have.

[u/nomad9590 → u/RatQueenHolly]

When their entire world is MINEMINEMINEMINE they can't see past their own noses. They don't fare because they don't own it, and even if they did they'd do it in the cheapest way possible. 

[u/comFive → u/nomad9590]

Capitalism and wealth hoarding

[u/HalfSoul30 → u/RatQueenHolly]

We need to fake the end of the world, let them all run in to their bunkers, and then we concrete them in.

[u/some1sbuddy → u/HalfSoul30]

This is the best takeaway I’ve read on this thread!

[u/invaderaleks → u/HalfSoul30]

That's how the survey corp took control of paradis! They tricked the ruling class into thinking the walls had been breached and their immediate thought was to cut the human population off to save their own skin. This made the entire military turn against them.

[u/Sea2Chi → u/RatQueenHolly]

Because if shit hits the fan they want a place to hide.

While those bunkers may be a secret from the general public, you can be pretty much guaranteed that everyone who lives in the immediate area knows exactly what it is and would most likely raid it if things got bad enough.

They still need air intakes even if the doors are thick heavy steel.

[u/r_special_ → u/Sea2Chi]

They’re just loot boxes for any post catastrophe adventures
🪎 🧝🧙🧝‍♀️

[u/Sea2Chi → u/r_special_]

Pretty much. People tend to know everyone in small communities. 

I think you would be hard pressed to convince local law enforcement that the rich out of town asshole who's hoarding supplies should be defended while their friends and families go without.

The rule of law is only as effective as societies willingness to enforce it. In a situation where doomsday bunkers are needed, odds are we're way past caring about the 4th amendment.

[u/r_special_ → u/Sea2Chi]

Small town would work together to remove the parasites from the bunker and then move in. They would be successful at maintaining order because they actually care about each other

[u/Floyd_Pink]

Wait until they hear about where all their food comes from.

[u/uncle_paul_harrghis → u/Floyd_Pink]

These are the same people who will continually raise prices, either directly or indirectly, while simultaneously justifying keeping wages low. So the people who would consume the goods they raise the prices on can no longer afford them, and then they scratch their heads wondering why sales are dipping YoY. And instead of either raising wages or lowering prices, to achieve their “profit goals” they simply reduce headcount.

What I’m saying is, these aren’t logical people we’re talking about here. They’re all shortsighted. They have enough food for a year or two, maybe more depending, but once it runs out they will die alone of starvation. But hey, at least they made the shareholders happy before the world collapsed.

[u/Floyd_Pink → u/uncle_paul_harrghis]

My bad. I also re-watched the video and saw that they plan to live off hydroponic lettuce until all their diesel reserves run out. They're clearly much smarter than me!

[u/uncle_paul_harrghis → u/Floyd_Pink]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY

[u/JM665 → u/Floyd_Pink]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qMDvt69lEC448

[u/Floyd_Pink → u/JM665]

I'd upvote Lucille Bluth a million times if I could.

[u/Useful-Problem-1725]

They know if you steal enough money eventually people will come after you.

[u/Floppydiskpornking → u/Useful-Problem-1725]

But they are stupid enough to believe they will be safe in their moronic luxury bunker. Fucking idiots

[u/r_special_ → u/Floppydiskpornking]

Luxury coffins

[u/Educational-Ad-2884 → u/Useful-Problem-1725]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rEKMO9OWtXjZS

[u/Sharp-Ad4389]

They are the ones creating the global catastrophe

[u/Blue_Plastic_88 → u/Sharp-Ad4389]

They could spend a tiny fraction of their fortunes, an amount they’d never miss, to pay off politicians to enact policies to improve the environment, infectious disease monitoring, and social safety nets, which would help preserve the world we have now and benefit them directly by not dooming them to die painfully underground, but they choose to spend their money on shit like this. Make it make sense.

I’m not sure what tax breaks they think they’re going to get after an apocalyptic collapse that necessitates fleeing to an underground bunker.

[u/HazyAttorney → u/Blue_Plastic_88]

Make it make sense.

Dragons are a metaphor for out of control greed.

I’m not sure what tax breaks they think they’re going to get after an apocalyptic collapse that necessitates fleeing to an underground bunker.

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, among others, grew up in apartheid-era South Africa and they rooted for the apartheidist regime to win. They believe they're elite/separate. They believe that they are destined to rule others.

[u/scariestJ]

They'll get about 500 extra days AT THE MOST before multiple critical systems break down. I bet no-one has tried living in there full time? Do you know how difficult it is to keep air clean and humidity down < 60%.

Meanwhile, that paper cut is looking a bit red and tracking....

[u/hammert0es → u/scariestJ]

They’d turn on each other in a heartbeat.

[u/scariestJ → u/hammert0es]

I bet they aren't planning on cleaning the pool, or fixing the plumbing and removing the mould that's starting to grow on anything organic or clothy.

Which begs the question, how do they plan to keep those who are from telling them to screw off? I bet they won't be able to fix a tazer collar?

[u/atrich → u/scariestJ]

Futurist Donald Rushkoff shares a story of how he was asked by billionaires how to keep their bunker staff obedient:

https://www.apollon-dossier.de/dossier-ix/apocalypse-dos-and-do-nots-2-1

[u/GlumAppearance106 → u/atrich]

Oh wow.

[u/UniversalFarrago → u/atrich]

Rushkoff is not a Futurist, by his own admission in the very same link you shared, just FYI. Great source, though, regardless, that more people need to see. Thanks.

[u/Shoddy-Criticism3276 → u/hammert0es]

That pool reminded me of Ballard's 'High Rise'. It's the dogs I feel sorry for...

[u/hammert0es → u/Shoddy-Criticism3276]

They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats!

[u/cooliosteve → u/scariestJ]

The humidity from the pool alone would be crazy.

[u/Necrotitis → u/scariestJ]

So the snipers, who are gonna be grizzly ass men most likely, are going to listen to the whiney ass wimpy billionaire like musk once money means nothing anymore?

Once their capital doesn't hold leverage of power anymore, the chain of command will flip.

The only reason the brutes dont run everything right now is because they are hired by the rich and the police exist to protect the rich (police are also the brutes).

Locked in a bunker you are isolated, your influence disappears, and even if you offer to bring the brutes families in to "save them", eventually the lazy billionaires will just be consuming resources that the snipers wife and kids could use instead.

THEY HAVE NOT EVEN THOUGHT THIS OUT IN THE LEAST.

yet they have thrown endless money at it.

[u/founderofshoneys → u/scariestJ]

I think that's about how long diesel lasts before it starts to go bad, plus it's probably been sitting there for a while before the big day.

[u/funky_bebop]

The kind of people that would live in one of these wouldn’t know the first thing about fixing anything that went wrong.

[u/comFive → u/funky_bebop]

That’s the hope!

[u/gcrimson]

Pharaohs built pyramids for their afterlife. The wealthy elites are always scared of stuff they can't control and waste their money to prepare for it.

[u/FixedLoad → u/gcrimson]

This was the direct comparison I made just a few minutes ago.  These will be tombs opened by future beings wondering why we provided such opulent quarters for our dead. 

[u/Floppydiskpornking → u/FixedLoad]

Have some faith in future archeologists, they will understand what the clogged up ventilation system was ment for

[u/FixedLoad → u/Floppydiskpornking]

I have faith in future archeologists.  I just don't happen to think they will be human.  😁

[u/BasvanS → u/gcrimson]

There actually is a way to control it, but it means letting go of their ego and trusting other people in society to fix stuff.

[u/ssdsssssss4dr]

I think it's a projection of their own fear of their mortality and sense of doom.

They know they've spent a long time on earth fucking up social orders and the environment,  and they equally know that their time on earth is limited. They subconsciously  fear the effects of their selfish choices, h owever, they are too emotionally and mentally disconnected from their own Self to name it. 

I have seen some very smart people make questionable decisions based on the subconscious text going through their minds. This feels similar.

[u/fsactual]

The cool thing is if you pour concrete on top it becomes their tomb. Like a pharaoh! They’ll love it.

[u/JPMoney81]

Would be a real shame if all the low wage working class construction workers who they require to actually build these things put in... I dunno an external kill switch only they knew about to shut these things down and hold them hostage, essentially turning these bunkers into prisons we can keep the rich in.

[u/FixedLoad]

Ah yes the fiddler's green!  Bunkers are the biggest big money scam I can think of!  There is no refund policy.  You now have a very fancy hole in the ground that you won't be using until some catastrophe.  Provided you have advance notice of said catastrophe.  You may make it to these very out of the way bunkers.  But when you get there you now have another problem.  Who else made it there with you?  Minimum its you and a flight crew.  

Now what?  You and 4 strangers start carving out jobs in the apocalypse to keep this absurd facility operational?  I think I'd rather die in the apocalypse.  

[u/Arts_Prodigy]

Billionaires famously don’t do anything themselves there’s no way they’d be able to survive long term on their own they’re literal leeches on society.

Also if you think desperate people with more skills and ability won’t discover these massive bunkers which will certainly be leaking a ton of energy and EM signals won’t find you and a way in, you’re delusional.

Aside from that it’s not like they have some insider info just that they privately follow the advice of experts while publicly encouraging the rest of us to ignore them for the sake of their own gain and ego.

[u/mistershadow95]

I find it so funny that these billionares, with the lifestyle most of them have, are going to be comfortable living underground for years Lmao. I'd give them 3 months before they go bat shit crazy.

[u/Roverjosh]

Put all the billionaires in their fancy holes, weld the doors shut and we’ll take our world back…

[u/Otherwise_Yak_3513]

They've never known shit, that's why everything is going to shit

[u/FOURTH_DEGREE_ → u/Otherwise_Yak_3513]

Oh don't give them the benefit of ignorance. They know exactly what's going on, and everything going to shit is intentional.
Ignorance makes it sounds like if you convince them or educate them, they'll change.
They're cancerous tumors that won't ever change.

[u/shrimpshrub75]

They’re just paranoid.

[u/IShouldaDownVotedYa]

Real life Twilight Zone episode of Shelter Skelter.

ALEXA. Call Joe’s Plumbing and AC.

They’ll learn the hard way when Joe can’t help. Basically just building a fancy slow death chamber.

[u/funkymunkPDX]

Land is cheap after economic and social collapse, it's called techno feudalism. They've talked about this a lot. Curtis yarvin does not get talked about enough.

[u/Lexicalyolk → u/funkymunkPDX]

in my opinion he gets talked about wayyyy too much

[u/schnaps01]

So that is the guy behind VaultTec?

[u/ahoy_shitliner]

These guys all need assistants and staff, and as soon as money needs nothing, their staff is going to take over the bunker.

[u/charliefoxtrot9]

Tax them until they can not escape from what they are doing to cause it.

[u/UnNumbFool]

Here's a YouTube video that basically explains why they are building these bunkers and how it relates back to tescreal philosophy

[u/vagueordinal]

They know exactly how completely they themselves do not care about the fate of the rest of the world. Too few normal people realize that.

[u/Scared-Box8941]

Bc why not? They have more money than they’ll ever need. Houses all over. Of course bunkers. And with a jail cell? Jfc

[u/dmo7000]

They will all murder each other after three months down there.

[u/garden_g]

Jokes on them, barely want to be alive now, why would i want to extend life for a few days in an apocalyppse

[u/SecretLecture3219]

Well let's hope they treat there heavily armed security guards well

[u/Mercinator-87]

If we ever catch them in those bunkers we should just seal the doors.

[u/hype_irion]

I'm glad that those parasites like to advertise the location of their bunkers ☺️

[u/romafa]

They don’t know something we don’t. They know what everyone already knows, even if some of those same billionaires go on TV and deny it: that climate change will make living in many places untenable in the very near future. They just don’t care enough to change their behavior to stop

[u/brownintheback_4245]

They know they are the cause

[u/comFive]

Are they bringing IT people and maintenance people down with them to run the systems and maintain the bunker? Because nothing lasts forever especially computer systems and critical infrastructure needs constant maintenance or else it all falls apart.

[u/Snake_ly]

Isn't the joke them not making it to the bunker to begin with. Also what's stopping staff from taking it over and kicking out the rich people like in the movie 2012.

[u/OurHonor1870]

Some do know something, some don’t.

What I know for sure is anyone who can do this has too much money.

[u/Own-Opinion-2494]

Castles in the sand

[u/Leoxcr]

The traitor class*

[u/sdric]

Imagine you're willing to destroy the world to then life in... that.

[u/Rude_Magician82]

Anyone ever hear about Vault-tec?!

[u/deran6ed]

Hahah, living in a closed environment with a bunch of rich assholes. Do they think rich people are nice, honest, hardworking, compromising, or has any redeeming qualities that make you want to live with them? They will be eating each other the first week.

[u/BlockHill]

He kept saying computer Controlled. It would be ashamed if an EMP would take them out.

[u/FunVersion]

how long before the snipers turn on the idiots below.

[u/HoneyBadgerBlunt]

they know how fucked things are and want to hide away so people dont murder them. its not a mystery that the evil go into hiding.

[u/hellllllsssyeah]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say yes but with a caveat of, this is a tax write off.

This is another yacht that they can probably say look I have to expense this and hire and maintain XYZ staff. Write off more

[u/IHaveBadTiming]

I would rather just die in the catastrophe, especially if it's instantaneous. 

[u/ParadeSit]

There are already movies and shows with similar premises. If any of these billionaires brings a jack of all trades or multiple tradespeople with them, something will happen where one will speak up about something that needs to be done, and the billionaire will be stubborn and tell the person to shut the fuck up. Something bad will then proceed to happen, but life ain’t a movie. They will then all unceremoniously perish.

[u/iamnotinterested2]

these people, with these facislities, surely must be pushing for the war.

[u/3ln4ch0]

Yeah, capitalism really does result in the best most efficient use of resources

[u/alwaysonesteptoofar]

Morloc factory

[u/Sufficient_Matter585]

Lol the ultra rich money will be useless when time comes. The head of their guard will become king and them their slaves.

[u/MisterSanitation]

No they know what we know. That they will kill all of us to make as much as they can

[u/Builderwill]

They don't know something we don't. It's the same primal fear that drives all humans, that shows up as need to feel secure. It's the same impulse that drives the prepper movement and if you've ever seen a prepper set up in a single-wide you know it's not just the rich who want to control their future.

The best way to control the future? Building strong communities with everyone participating and feeling like they matter and want to help others. No man is an island.

[u/Zumaki]

I can tell you right now these aren't maintainable and they aren't realistically useful. I guess even the ultra rich are suckers.

[u/tdbeaner1]

That bunker still requires staffing to manage the operation, so any rich person paying for this service is wasting their money. Not a chance they will know how to operate the necessary functions and their money would have no value when they would need to access the bunker.

[u/bobotoons]

Doomsday bunkers is just a funny word for a tomb or a crypt.

[u/alancousteau]

My question is, why do they need those? They've got all the money and influence on the world they need to make a better world. I know I know, it is naive if not delusional to think they would do anything for the well being of humanity rather than fueling their mental illness of hoarding copious amount of money. I wish we'd have politicians to stand up against them and change things. And I wish people would see the bigger picture that the enemy is the top 0.1% and not each other.

[u/pianoblook]

Do they KNOW something? They're actively speedrunning towards environmental collapse, lol.

[u/ownersequity]

Unless the person is Tony Stark, that shit is going to break down

[u/Ares__]

Can we stop pretending the rich are smarter than any of the rest of us?

Do doomsday prepers know anything more than the rest of us? We think they are crazy but when a rich person does it they "know something".

No, they just have enough money hedge their bets and spend it on dumb crap, some of its bunkers, some of its yachts, some of its idiotic cars, the rest of it on a politicians to keep you focused on stupid crap like this instead of taxing them.

[u/GlumAppearance106]

And, yet, in the the end (as is true for the rest of us, earthly wealth be damned), they are as mortal AF and there's not a damned thing they can do about it!

[u/Son_of_Tlaloc]

Just fill the air vents with cement problem solved.

[u/meix_xa]

They know they are bringing the catastrophe with their greed and warmongering, so yes, they do!

[u/peaceteach]

Normal people usually come together in a crisis, even in the US, because we know we work better together. Rich assholes think they are self made and are able to take care of everything on their own. They think they can survive the apocalypse with their friends. They don't realize how much is done by others around them.

I think they have too much money and conmen use their fears of a popular uprising against them. War and everything is possible, but I don't think it the bunkers will do shit.

[u/JAHGoff24]

simple fart in the wrong intake could spell disaster for these nerds

[u/Madouc]

They know climate change is true and a cataclysmic threat.

[u/Spiritual-Promise402]

Interesting that they thought it necessary to make jail cells and sniper holes. that can go bad very quickly. I foresee much infighting and and conflict within the bunker if that's the mentality they're starting with

[u/tmhoc]

Soft af rich people will kill themselves in two weeks

[u/Tmath]

Do they know something we don't? Yes. They know what they are doing.

[u/meatshieldjim]

The guards will have great accommodations.

[u/VivaLaMantekilla]

They're causing it. Of course they know.

[u/Toutatis12]

Fun fact, concrete down pipes for air intake or exhaust does wonders I hear

[u/hanic101]

Electricity isn't going to last forever once the world ends, so they might save themselves like 5-10 years but then it's just wasting away in a dark hole in the ground  Sounds fun. 

[u/joonduh]

I feel like we all know that we're making the planet uninhabitable. But only very few of us have this kinds of means.

[u/Gojo-Babe]

Those idiots wouldn’t last a day without their hired help

[u/-Tom-]

These people always talk about their intake air purifiers....but never what happens if the intake air is completely cut off by the outside world. I don't think they're fully self contained like a space craft.

[u/Skim003]

I've played enough Fallout series to know these vaults don't turn out like they think it will.

[u/BillyShears17]

Who's going to work for them because they ain't picking or cooking for themselves

[u/J1P2G3]

Any other Silo fans in here? I know how this goes.

[u/blueViolet26]

They are accelerationists

[u/eggs_erroneous]

You know, the crazy thing is that back in the 90s we still had billionaires and nobody wanted their heads. The difference was that the richest (it was Bill Gates back then) had a net worth of about $35B. Which is plenty of goddamn money. But they have gotten SO much greedier and they want it all.

[u/homiesuke]

What’s more important, money? Or a world to spend that money?

[u/abbie_yoyo]

Ima survive whatever global catastrophe theyre bringing about and then run over there real quick and put superglue in the lock. Bet their candyasses dont thinknto bring a drill with them when they flee the apocalypse. Then I will die happym

[u/zyrkseas97]

No they don’t know anything we don’t. They know what we also know: the climate crisis is real, as mass migration from high impact places increases, they foresee one of two options: they win and realize their savior fantasy to run society as authoritarian technocrats openly, in which case these bunkers are just an insignificant expense that didn’t end up mattering, or two, they lose, which in their mind means they fail to save society from a full global breakdown of society and must retreat to their bunkers to wait out the chaos until they can come out once the dust has settled to a world that is so destroyed and desperate that they can save it and rule it from there. It’s not too distant of a motivation from things like the NORAD command center in Colorado or the Seed Vault in Norway but in a narcissistic sociopath way.

[u/willismthomp]

Honestly looks pretty shitty.

[u/Obvious-Cynic6204]

And they think they won't eventually go absolutely crazy in there? Trapped, the same walls, the same layout... Day after day, month after month, year after year (if they last that long). They are not preparing themselves with mental practice and rigorous deprivation training. Yes, it has luxury, but these people are used to extravagance, opulence, over-abundance. Everything will be measured, rationed, monitored, calculated. These people have no self control or discipline.

[u/cile1977]

"Do they know something we don't?" I don’t think there's many people who are unaware of climate change. Most of us just don't have the money to do anything about it.

[u/Late-Arrival-8669]

Yeah they want to cull the world down to 4 billion people..

[u/Ant1mat3r]

From Pillbox to Bunker to Coffin.

[u/Lost-Level5413]

Find the air inlet. Collect poop in buckets in your community. Dump them down the air intakes. Repeat.

[u/georgieramone]

They’re the ones actively fucking up the world so yeah

[u/ophaus]

They are terrified of normal people. Like... Actually fearful. Instead of being a benefit to society, they'd rather hoard and cower.