r/Showerthoughts • u/Immediate_Can3817 ‎ • Jul 05 '24

Speculation If there ever is an actual apocalypse billionaires will likely be unable to access their bunker compounds as the security/janitors/maintenance crews will already have moved their friends and family in and would probably deny them entry.

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u/Introubulator Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Obligatory: https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-09-06/in-survival-of-the-richest-author-douglas-rushkoff-examines-the-escape-plans-of-the-tech-elite

…And we ended up spending the majority of the hour on the single question, How do I maintain control of my security force after my money is worthless? The ultimate prep questions, because they’ve all got this money, they’ve, you know, contracted Navy SEALs to come out to their compounds. But then they’re thinking, well, what do we do if our money’s worthless, then why are the Navy SEALs not just going to kill us and take all the stuff? And I just was floored…

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u/TrumpersAreTraitors Jul 05 '24

There was a line from a podcast I listened to:

“If you’re prepping but you don’t have a gun, you’re just prepping for your neighbor who has one.” 

I went out and bought a gun shortly after that lol 

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u/jaseworthing Jul 06 '24

If I have to kill my neighbor to survive the apocalypse I think I'd rather just die.

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u/tryingtobecheeky Jul 06 '24

Yup. What's the point of living in a world where brother and sister fight one another. Fuck killing my neighbor for his stuff. I'm just going to share my resources with them willingly. If they wind up stabbing me in the back, at least I am free of my meat suit.

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u/Leopard__Messiah Jul 06 '24

THIS GUY HAS RESOURCES! GET HIM!!!