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100%, those idiots will last less than a day. Meanwhile, the rest of the world may collapse, but a society will survive and rebuild. Those rich morons will be some of the first casualties, and they are setting their own doom traps themselves.
The fun thing about bunkers is they have to be ventilated.
Imagine if there was a guilt-free hole in the ground. You can toss whatever in there and its OK. Dirt. Rocks. Used oil. Toxins. Trash. Bodies.
That's what would happen. And you can't guard it that effectively, because you need guards around yourself. I think you're right, and a day is all it would take. A week at most.
You're forgetting the killbots again aren't you.
I'm glad you mentioned robots, because robots and automation are something I deal with often. I can respond with a question: You're forgetting how useless a billionaire is, aren't you?
Robots don't spring from whole cloth, ready to go. Someone, usually several people, have to make them. And once they are made, someone has to maintain them, charge them, and repair them. Amd it will be left in the hands of someone that Bob the Billionaire doesn't respect: a mechanic. Someone who isn't useless, and can disable those robots in minutes, probably in ways you can't easily trace.
I totally agree but something like perimeter Phalanx CIWS with decent ammo stores would put all but the bravest off for a while surely you agree with that? I'm also expecting one of the first purposes of decent Automatons would be a certain amount of self maintainance/basic repair.
Therein lies the problem. No matter what they come up with, it will not work forever.
OK, now I see you at the edge of range of the phalanx, hiding behind a rock occasionally holding up a "scarecrow" to see if the phalanx is out of power/ammo yet.
Put a toilet seat on top of it.