It 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

It 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.