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That's why the tech billionaires buy islands. It's easier to protect the land in the coming conflicts.
by myth_drannon 1y ago
That's why the tech billionaires buy islands. It's easier to protect the land in the coming conflicts.
- cool_man_bob 1y agoNotice they’re building castles too. Look deeper you can even find insane sounding manifestos describing feudal style martial-loyalty oaths.
- emchammer 1y agoReference for techno-neo-feudal loyalty oath please?
- myth_drannon 1y agoAnd the lords of the land fly their jets while asking the subjects to reduce their climate footprint.
- archagon 1y agoFeudal lords, at least, had the wisdom to build their castles in the middle of their protected fiefdoms. In times of social upheaval, a doomsday bunker just becomes a particularly juicy oyster to shuck.
- mopsi 1y agoHow many divisions does Zuck have?
- optimalsolver 1y agoHow will they protect themselves from their own security forces?
- myth_drannon 1y agoAh, that's the billion-dollar question. In most of the revolutions, the army, not the citizenry, was the one who went against the ruler. For example that's why Putin kept his army weakened and ineffective and had Wagner force(which still tried to revolt).
- ryandrake 1y agoThey're hoping AI and robotics will be capable of handling security by that time.
- xboxnolifes 1y agoTreat them well enough, and they become the new middle class. Not rich, but not poor enough to revolt.