Billionaires are building bunkers and buying islands—are they prepping for apocalypse or pioneering a new feudalism?reported that Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Meta and one of the foremost architects of today's social-media-dominated world, has been buying up large swathes of the Hawaiian island Kauai.and is patrolled by numerous security guards driving quad bikes on nearby beaches. Hundreds of local Hawaiians work on Zuckerberg's property.
"My daughters help plant the mac trees and take care of our different animals. We're still early in the journey and it's fun improving on it every season. Of all my projects, this is the most delicious."from Zuckerberg and Chan include wildlife preservation, native plant restoration, organic turmeric and ginger farms, and partnerships with conservation experts in Kauai to preserve and protect the native flora and fauna.
Here it's easy to see a contrast between Ko'olau Ranch and earlier attempts by billionaires to build bunkers to"escape" some future cataclysm.an elaborate, bunker-like underground lodge in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island, taking up more than 73,700 square meters of land. The plan was rejected because of hostilities between Thiel and the local council.
Instead, since they have far more money than they know what to do with, they may as well use a small fraction of it to build underground fortresses. Bill Gates, for example, ownsOn the other hand, the less disposable income someone has, the more any serious attempts to"prepare for the future" will disrupt their lives in the here and now.