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Part of me wonders if the “Super-Rich” have some sort of insider knowledge that is leading them to prep for the end of civilization. In reality, i imagine it is

Part of me wonders if the “Super-Rich” have some sort of insider knowledge that is leading them to prep for the end of civilization. In reality, i imagine it is more than likely an excuse to spend money to feed their own neurosis.

lostcolony 5y ago
I think most people feel a lot of anxiety over the future. Any members of the super rich who are donating a lot of their money to social causes, A. Don't remain super rich, B. Are probably less likely to have ever have been super rich, and C. Aren't reported on in these kinds of articles. What you're left with are the people focused on "me and mine" over "them and theirs", and couple that with the vague unease most of us have over the future...you get this. For perspective, I've known working class preppers too. Lots of survival skill practice, storage dedicated to large amounts of shelf stable foods and water, etc. They're just not as 'interesting' to warrant as much reporting, as even though they're spending the same percentage of their income on it as the super rich, it's not as extravagant.
- api 5y ago
  The super rich are also subject to the same cynicism as you and me. Some don't donate to social issues or try to fix things because they feel like sure they could throw money at the problem but nothing would change because the problems are just intractable. The super rich are just people with a lot of money. You'd find that some traits are distributed differently from the general population, but they are not cognitively superhuman or exempt from anything humans normally think. The super rich also get conned, join cults, jump on cultural or ideological bandwagons that eventually look embarrassing, have mental illness, get addicted to substances or behaviors, etc.
Zababa 5y ago
It's about how much money they have. If I estimate it to a 1% risk, I can't invest all of my income, and even if I did, I could maybe own a rural home, but that's it. For them, by investing the same proportion, they get way more.
refurb 5y ago
My theory: - humans need things to do - rich CEOs doubly so, their drive got them to where they are; BBQs and baseball games with their kids won’t scratch that itch - the problem that occupy the minds of the 99%, most of which revolve around money, don’t concern them - hence they move to the next “problem” and put 100% of their effort into that. Some other rich CEO asks what they’ll do if the world collapses and suddenly that voice in their head says “find a solution” It’s nothing more than the ultra high level of Maslow’s hierarchy. Shit us common folks don’t have time to think about.

lostcolony 5y ago

I think most people feel a lot of anxiety over the future. Any members of the super rich who are donating a lot of their money to social causes, A. Don't remain super rich, B. Are probably less likely to have ever have been super rich, and C. Aren't reported on in these kinds of articles. What you're left with are the people focused on "me and mine" over "them and theirs", and couple that with the vague unease most of us have over the future...you get this. For perspective, I've known working class preppers too. Lots of survival skill practice, storage dedicated to large amounts of shelf stable foods and water, etc. They're just not as 'interesting' to warrant as much reporting, as even though they're spending the same percentage of their income on it as the super rich, it's not as extravagant.

api 5y ago
The super rich are also subject to the same cynicism as you and me. Some don't donate to social issues or try to fix things because they feel like sure they could throw money at the problem but nothing would change because the problems are just intractable. The super rich are just people with a lot of money. You'd find that some traits are distributed differently from the general population, but they are not cognitively superhuman or exempt from anything humans normally think. The super rich also get conned, join cults, jump on cultural or ideological bandwagons that eventually look embarrassing, have mental illness, get addicted to substances or behaviors, etc.

Zababa 5y ago

It's about how much money they have. If I estimate it to a 1% risk, I can't invest all of my income, and even if I did, I could maybe own a rural home, but that's it. For them, by investing the same proportion, they get way more.

refurb 5y ago

My theory: - humans need things to do - rich CEOs doubly so, their drive got them to where they are; BBQs and baseball games with their kids won’t scratch that itch - the problem that occupy the minds of the 99%, most of which revolve around money, don’t concern them - hence they move to the next “problem” and put 100% of their effort into that. Some other rich CEO asks what they’ll do if the world collapses and suddenly that voice in their head says “find a solution” It’s nothing more than the ultra high level of Maslow’s hierarchy. Shit us common folks don’t have time to think about.