They are seeing that same protests and lawlessness that we see. The pathetic thing is that the majority of these elite muti-millionaires and billionaires continue to vote for and support the politics of insurrection (democrats) and seemingly fail to see the connection between the democrat party and policies and lawlessness they fear.
> The wealthy are spending between $100,000 and $1.5 million on security installations. <
Could be they know something we don’t.
Could be they have lots of money laying around, and just decided to spend some of it on a whim.
Sort of like me when I find an extra $5 in the glove compartment. I stop somewhere, and buy a couple of Mallo Cups. Never could resist those things.
On a more serious note, it’s always a good idea to have at least a month’s worth of essentials stowed away. It’s cheap insurance. Just don’t forget the Mallo Cups!
Would it matter? No way most could afford to do what they do.
I’ll guess they do it because it is a current popular social trend in their group. When I was growing up the wealthy built bomb shelters for the coming atomic war. One doctor was notable for building a shelter at his office and not at his home.
On Instagram, I have ran a daily page about AI/AGI/ASI from a positive and hopeful perspective. Yet, the more I learn, the more I believe there’s a 75% chance it will kill us all, either with or without man’s (China’s) direction. I believe the top 1% easily understand this (or worse) and for far longer than I have.
Not so much anymore.
Now the victims are behind bars instead.
Bkmk
"The DJI just hit a new high and the future looks great!"
But it’s stolen land.
I recall in Revelations people begging the rocks fall on themselves. That is where they will likely end up.
Reminds me of 1960 when FALLOUT SHELTERS were the “Hot” thing.
Then the 1980s when survival manuals were all the rage urging people to buy CAVES for the same. One man bought and furnished a large cave in the Ozarks. Then was found the moisture in the air caused a constant drip of water onto everything, so he had to put a tarp “roof” over everything inside the cave.
One “reporter” claimed to have found a huge shelter cut into the rock! Truth is it was an underground refrigeration storage area owned by a trucking company.
perhaps then good men will finally wake up but I have my doubts.
“America’s richest citizens are quietly transforming their estates into military-grade compounds equipped with underground bunkers, biometric security systems, moats, and private armed forces.”
I wonder if things really fall apart how many of those people when wanting to enter their hidey holes will find out the security folks that were guarding it will refuse to let them in?
"Because that's where the money is."
“Yes we’re gonna have a wingding
A summer smoker underground
It’s just a dugout that my dad built
In case the reds decide to push the button down
We’ve got provisions and lots of beer
The key word is survival on the new frontier”
Defensive fortifications are a monument to the gullibility of man. If someone wants in...
Their bunkers won’t help them. They’ll most likely die somewhere else.
My Dad is retired and doing fine, but not mega rich, He’s an engineer. Helped design his house. Looks normal. It’s not — it’s a frreaking fortress. He just considered it prudent.
I think it’s just a shift to knowing you need physical security because the cops can’t or won’t do anything.
You see the same thing in Europe and South America.
My house is not a fortress, but it’s remote and I live in a forest that periodically burns. So, when I built it, I built it such that it would be hard to break into by someone using tools and having some time on their hands — plus fire resistant.
The walls are concrete covered in stucco. Lots of steel.
Windows are all on the second floor, have lexan cores and steel frames, plus the dividers are actually bars that don’t look like bars. Metal electric shutters (like you see in a hurrricane area) come down obstensibly for storm and fire protection, but also help with crime. These go down at night.
Doors are all metal, solid core, with metal frames, and double-cylinder assa-abloy locks (unpicksble and you need a key to get out). We also have light bar doors (mainly for bears and bugs if we want to keep the door open and not have a visitor). Doors also have a floor kick lock.
Double thick (2inch plywood) roof, thick fireproof layer, with a low gauge metal cover (that’s mainly for fire). Spray foam insulation.
Commercial garage doors that can’t be “popped” using the hanger and triangle wood method. Also insulated. Locked door between garage and house.
Yes, cameras and alarms, all wired and call local security by cell.
And and locked property gate about a mile from the front of our house that discourages idle visitors. Can’t see our house from any public road.
Zombie proof? No, but resistant to all but someone specifically targeting us.