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And what is fucked is that this also consistent with the actions of many elites. When the going got tough for a lot of major leaders of formerly rich and powerful nations, their course of action was to pack up their valuables and flee.
In Ancient Rome when the empire was declining, many Roman nobility just took their valuables and their slaves/servants away from the cities and started their own self-sufficient villas where they still tried to draw a salary from the empire while not giving a damn to pay taxes back. This is how the feudal system and serfdom as we know it started in some places. During the Fourth Crusade when the crusaders sacked Constantinople the emperor at the time expected his subjects to fight... but fled with his treasury behind him.
Even today with the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, the US-backed puppet they put in power spoke about never surrendering, but then fled to the UAE with 150 million dollars with him.
They're all like this shit. I wonder if even trying to win is even feasible at times.
Edit: The titanic submarine is the perfect example of that. These people weren't just violating the laws of physics, but they also were talking about submarine travel as if they invented it, when it has been around since the 19th century. Their arrogance is unbelievable.