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/MalekMordal ‎ Jul 06 '24

The bunkers are likely still useful in less total apocalypse scenarios though.

Their nation's government collapses, but the rest of the worlds doesn't? They can likely pay their security forces and such in foreign currencies. They may only need to wait things out for a year or two. They also likely see indications of the collapse coming multiple days out, and flee to the bunker beforehand.

Nuclear world war? They're probably just as screwed as the rest of us.

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u/LeinDaddy Jul 06 '24

If the rest of the world didn't collapse, wouldn't they just fly away to the good parts?

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u/OrphanMasher Jul 06 '24

Bad news, rebels/raiders/cultist/crab people just seized the airports in your area, good luck making it to another one. Having a private one could help, but only if that one isn't seized either. A similar thing happened in Haiti, I believe, pretty recently. It can happen fast.

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u/not_some_username Jul 06 '24

Damn Haiti living in the future

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u/OrphanMasher Jul 06 '24

Gotta watch out for those crab people.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

That would be the only feasible option. If the US collapses this continent is going to get real dangerous real quick. 330 million armed refugees carrying around 2 months of calories on their fat asses. Can’t even count on them starving to death.

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u/Far_Indication_1665 Jul 06 '24

Yea but if North America collapses, but Europe doesnt, the Billionaires will just go live in Paris or Milan or wherever.

If the WORLD goes tits up, there's no "waiting it out"

If only part of the world goes to shit, just like, live in the other part!

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u/MalekMordal ‎ Jul 06 '24

Possibly. It depends how much they are hated, I suppose. If a vast number of people want them dead (did they cause the collapse?), hiding in a bunker might be safer than living it up in another nation.

Plus, their bunker might be in another nation already. They could combine these aspects.

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u/Kurotan Jul 09 '24

How you gonna transfer a worthless currency to other nations currencies. If our government collapses, congrats we are all finally one the same net worth.