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orthoclad

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2. They think their money will insulate them

Wed Jul 19, 2023, 11:28 PM

Jul 2023

Buying bunkers in New Zealand and Wyoming, hiring a bunch of mercs and laborers, and living as warlords. They're beginning to appreciate the Praetorian Guard thing, though:

article:
"Survival of the Richest

The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind

by Douglas Rushkoff
One Zero, July 5, 2018"
https://onezero.medium.com/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1

and the book: Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires

They brought Rushkoff in as a consultant at a seminar on how to control their security forces, when the center doesn't hold.

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The heat index reached 152 degrees in the Middle East -- nearly at the limit for human survival [View all] orthoclad Jul 2023 OP

It is not killing the monied-they have air conditioning Stargazer99 Jul 2023 #1

They think their money will insulate them orthoclad Jul 2023 #2

Probably a lot of people don't know how it worked out with the Praetorian Guard captain queeg Jul 2023 #4

These tech billionaires knew, orthoclad Jul 2023 #6

Oh shit. What was that term floating around among CT awhile back? captain queeg Jul 2023 #9

Yeah, the people "in the know" orthoclad Jul 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Jul 2023 #11

Heat index is a little like wind chill. I saw that thing about 152 heat index captain queeg Jul 2023 #3

Wet bulb temp was 92.7 orthoclad Jul 2023 #5

Thank you for posting... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #7

I'm dead MFM008 Jul 2023 #8