What I came to realise was that these men are actually the losers. The billionaires who called me out to the desert to evaluate their bunker strategies are not the victors of the economic game so much as the victims of its perversely limited rules. More than anything, they have succumbed to a mindset where “winning” means earning enough money to insulate themselves from the damage they are creating by earning money in that way. It’s as if they want to build a car that goes fast enough to escape from its own exhaust.
They are scared, they have no idea what they’re doing, their money can’t protect them from their own ignorance. We will win.
Also the whole story about how some of them got a some professional opinions about keeping their mercs in line and when they came back with “just be friends with them” they collectively said no about asked about bomb collars.
Yup, from that same old article (sorry if that’s what you already meant)
The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers – if that technology could be developed “in time”.
I tried to reason with them. I made pro-social arguments for partnership and solidarity as the best approaches to our collective, long-term challenges. The way to get your guards to exhibit loyalty in the future was to treat them like friends right now, I explained. Don’t just invest in ammo and electric fences, invest in people and relationships. They rolled their eyes at what must have sounded to them like hippy philosophy.
They are so high on their own supply of “the only realistic way to win is through sociopathy” that they don’t even consider not being ghouls, even when it’s logical and would save them
“the only realistic way to win is through sociopathy”
I don’t think these people are playing at sociopathy, I think they actually are sociopaths and have embraced it; I don’t make this as a dig at people suffering from sociopathy, I mean that these people are also sociopaths and rather than try to overcome it have embraced it instead as something that’s given them wealth and power.
To be fair. It seems like a skill than can be developed. I have not partied with alot of upper class people. The ones i have treat exploitation and domination as a game or a virtue. They are brought up trained in it. The way we treat sharing as a virtue because it helps us survive, that helps them survive. Plus they do way too many drugs. So that has to help the process.
It was like…2021 or so. I recall it not being rhe main thing they were discussing, he had some book out, but it came up briefly and I was like ‘OH ITS THE BUNKER ARTICLE GUY’
From this old article
They are scared, they have no idea what they’re doing, their money can’t protect them from their own ignorance. We will win.
Also the whole story about how some of them got a some professional opinions about keeping their mercs in line and when they came back with “just be friends with them” they collectively said no about asked about bomb collars.
Yup, from that same old article (sorry if that’s what you already meant)
They are so high on their own supply of “the only realistic way to win is through sociopathy” that they don’t even consider not being ghouls, even when it’s logical and would save them
I don’t think these people are playing at sociopathy, I think they actually are sociopaths and have embraced it; I don’t make this as a dig at people suffering from sociopathy, I mean that these people are also sociopaths and rather than try to overcome it have embraced it instead as something that’s given them wealth and power.
To be fair. It seems like a skill than can be developed. I have not partied with alot of upper class people. The ones i have treat exploitation and domination as a game or a virtue. They are brought up trained in it. The way we treat sharing as a virtue because it helps us survive, that helps them survive. Plus they do way too many drugs. So that has to help the process.
I forget the episode and the guy, but TruAnnon interviewed that person
Douglas Rushkoff Episodes 244 and 305
Cheers!
If anyone can remember the episode I would be super interested in listening
It was like…2021 or so. I recall it not being rhe main thing they were discussing, he had some book out, but it came up briefly and I was like ‘OH ITS THE BUNKER ARTICLE GUY’
Yup that’s exactly it. Where brought him into like a compound’s round table. Douglas R.
Edited the last initial cause I saw the other comment had the correct name.
Ok but to be fair the typical car does go fast enough to escape it’s own exhaust unless it’s standing in traffic
Yeah but eventually the pollution finds you in the end because that carbon monoxide doesn’t disappear
Reminds me of survival of the richest
yep, that is the title of the book which the article linked in the comment you replied to is an excerpt of