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There is one billionaire I can think of who is "building a survival bolthole" in NZ, and that's Peter Thiel. Who is eccentric even as far as billionaires go, an
by missedthecue 5y ago
There is one billionaire I can think of who is "building a survival bolthole" in NZ, and that's Peter Thiel. Who is eccentric even as far as billionaires go, and who doesn't really have a "survival bolthole" there, just a normal extravagant mansion.
- ModernMech 5y ago> normal extravagant mansion. There's an oxymoron if I've ever heard one.
- missedthecue 5y agoOut of all the mansions, it's not exceptional
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoIt was a sardonic point, not a literal point. But it's also a reference to preppers generally among the billionaire classes -- "buying somewhere in New Zealand" is sort of billionaire nudge-wink-speak for a wider trend (according to Reid Hoffman who is quoted below). https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/17/billionaires-bolthole-new-zealand-preppers-paradise https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/17/billionaires-b... https://peakoil.com/consumption/tech-billionaires-are-building-boltholes-in-new-zealand-because-they-now-fear-social-collapse-or-nuclear-war https://peakoil.com/consumption/tech-billionaires-are-buildi... Basically, the Randian supermen maximising their happiness are so fully aware of the downside risk of being super-rich that they are now fearfully planning to maximise their happiness somewhere a gang of poor people with guns can be fended off. This is an actual observable trend. It just doesn't always specifically involve New Zealand.
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