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Operating theatres, bowling alleys and home cinemas: Not happy with safe rooms, the super-rich are building luxury fortresses (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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“We’ve seen a lot more of a focus on entertainment,” said Al Corbi, who has been at the forefront of secure luxury for 50 years as the president and founder of SAFE (Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments), based in Virginia, in the US. “If you’re going to be able to survive underground, we want you to be having fun.”

Corbi, who helped secure a 27-floor private home in Mumbai for the billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani (whose son Anant recently made headlines with his lavish wedding celebrations), is currently working on a sprawling house on a 200-acre wooded plot, at an undisclosed location in the US (he is understandably tight-lipped about many aspects of his work).

The house itself, Corbi said in an interview via Zoom, is ultra-secure with the blast-proof doors, unbreakable windows and biometric door-entry systems. Then there’s the 30-foot-deep moat with a swing bridge, the water canons capable of taking out helicopters, drones or skydivers, and the film of flammable liquid that can be automatically deployed across the surface of the artificial lake and ignited to create a defensive ring of fire.

"Look at medieval times, a moat is one of the greatest deterrents,” said Corbi. “But they didn’t have jet skis back then.” Corbi’s client, a business mogul and avid watersports fan, saw a dual use for his moat and plans to use it as a race track for his alpha pals, too.

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[–] billiam0202 29 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Uh huh. And when the world goes tits up because of the class warfare you all are pushing, who's gonna do all the work in your luxury bunkers?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.

This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs. One had already secured a dozen Navy Seals to make their way to his compound if he gave them the right cue. But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader?

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”.

About as dystopian as you get.

It's a really good article if you want a read.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. The collapse of the Roman Empire led to greater army diplomacy, which became the underpinnings of European feudalism. Billionaires aren't going to stay in charge by having money, but leading an army.

[–] tb_ 1 points 2 months ago

But to do that they'd have to be not-inept though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

You hire a bunch of dumb brutal apes. Feed them, and provide them with things to kill and rape.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

And "the world goes tits up" doesn't mean that it's Mad Max or Fallout. Realistically it means the police and the military will be after you if the new ruling class wants what you have.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

The staff, as long as they keep them fed and happy. (Probably gonna need to include their families)