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This Scallion character is described as a "spiritual visionary." Which is fine but I'm not sure I want my metaphysics guru drawing maps of coastline shifts in a
by iambateman 9y ago
This Scallion character is described as a "spiritual visionary." Which is fine but I'm not sure I want my metaphysics guru drawing maps of coastline shifts in a Forbes article.
Also, billionaire land purchases probably have more to do with the human desire to dominate than with a doomsday scenario. E.g. If financial markets and land rights go down the tubes, I'm not sure what 200,000 acres in Montana is going to do.
- anigbrowl 9y agoDominate what, though? Presumably if society collapsed they hope to be able to defend and exploit such land by the traditional feudal methods.
- Finnucane 9y agoReally. If you anticipate that central government and most societal structures collapse, then your money and deeds to the land become worthless. Billionaires would be holding billions of nothings. Which means they need to be going full prepper and stockpiling stuff that can be used to influence people to work for them.
- iambateman 9y ago1. This conversation is exceedingly conjectural. Fun, too. 2A. Mob bosses & gang leaders would be better positioned to take control from a supply chain perspective. They could offer safety and resources in exchange for power, loyalty and rents. 2B. As another commenter pointed out, a billionaire in the middle of a frozen financial system isn't much better off than an average joe. In a rapid destabilization scenario, wouldn't go to Montana...they would go to Hong Kong. 3. Ok, I need to get back to reality.