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1. slopinthebag · 1790635312 · focus · HN ↗

   i doubt it's for a bunker but it's kind of interesting to think about. i think if you have a ton of money, why not build a bunker? you don't have to believe that you'll need it. if the money isn't an issue, it's better to have it and not need it than the opposite, and plenty of non-rich people do the same at a smaller scale too.

   if i had that much money i'd have all sorts of contingencies for myself and my family/friends all over the world. like, why not?

   1. Jamesbeam · 1790643111 · focus · HN ↗

      Having your own doomsday bunker (not talking tornado alley people) just tells everyone you are a loser, neither smart nor important enough to simply get picked up by your government and be put into the good full-service government bunker at taxpayers’ expense.

      There will also be no help coming if you’re not in that bunker, so what do you need doomsday preparations for if the people who will be rebuilding consider your life worthless and kill you on sight if you tried wasting some of their resources even if your Temu bunker survived anyway.

      1. slopinthebag · 1790644780 · focus · HN ↗

         there are many scenarios where governments are dysfunctional

         also the point of the bunker is to be located far away from other people, nobody puts a doomsday bunker in manhattan

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