• Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I don’t think it was a ted talk, I’m pretty sure it was a seminar put on specifically by the billionaire class asking this guy how best to navigate societal collapse with their vast amount of resources.

    This I believe was one of the exchanges at that event.

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      13 days ago

      What’s incredible to me is that they don’t realize that societal collapse will render their resources more or less worthless. Their options are the same as everyone else’s: get a bug out plan, be ready to abandon all belongings, etc. What are you planning to do to keep your bunkers stocked past the first month? How will you pay your security if your banks are gone or your currency is worthless?

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        13 days ago

        Exactly. These people don’t think rationally. They truly believe they’ll have a group of sycophants who will do anything they say because they had them all this time before.

        When shit hits the fan, you need to be the only one with the keys to the shock collars. You need to basically become Batman.

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      13 days ago

      You’re right, though I was first introduced to the story from the guy telling it at a TED talk. I phrased it poorly :p

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      13 days ago

      And it’s funny because the answer is build an egalitarian compound where your share of the labor is the funding. That’s it. If the guards see it as how they contribute to a shared community then they’re not going to turn on their boss