We tried every form of peaceful protest. They make protest illegal. They wouldn’t listen. The fact of the matter is we’re in a fight for the very survival of humanity and these people want to drive us all off a cliff.
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You know, it doesn't even take 5 more CEOs being blue shelled to really scare them.
It really only takes 1 more, but that person happens to be a member of the security firm they hire to protect them.
At that point, the paranoia would eat them up way more than any future violence ever could, because it'd be impossible for them to feel safe with money.
They have to succeed in defending from attacks every time, the slayers have to succeed only once.
Yep, even if it didn't shake them its a good way someone so inclined might get access to them
Hey look it's one of the immigrants that's actually ruining this country
It would be great if this dude just destroys his liver or kidneys with whatever ghoulish, experimental life extension treatments he's constantly trying...
And I mean like in a way that makes it so they can't just replace them. What a wonderful Christmas gift that would be.
This is what peak CEO looks like. Anything less is phoning it in.
At least he did his alledged killing personally
Is that the dude that paid women to shit on him through a hole in a hammock?
Yeah no thanks
That is almost definitely not the weirdest thing John McAfee ever did.
As much as I also find this gross.. At least he paid for consensual services, and didn't rape people.
Well, no, he raped people too.
Oh he did?... Well shit. I guess that shouldn't be surprising, but that's the first I heard of it.
Alleged certainly, I guess it's hard to prove at this point, but on balance I think I side with the accuser.
That looks like it could be a farcry warlord
Did he have a stroke on tv, wtf
Chaos corruption
With this guy “blood for the blood god” has whole different connotations, since he’s a vampire.
the effects of drugs or alcohol (and the withdrawal/sleep deprivation from them) can cause the conditions we see on screen. Stroke is not likely, as he was not hospitalized.
Yeah obviously, I was being facetious.
Also maybe hopeful and trying to manifest a stroke.
🙌 wolololololooo
He's probably just on horse tranquilizer. Or drunk from too many baby tears.
Thiel has a bunker in NZ that he plans to retreat to if "shit hits the fan".
How hard would it be to convince him to bug out and seal himself up in that place, cutting off all communications? Obviously, I'd prefer if he were dead, but sealed up in a hole in the ground terrified about what's happening in the outside world would be an acceptable compromise.
They’re absolute fools to think they can survive long in a bunker.
The only solution to survival is building community - a sustainable socialist society where people work together to live good lives and take of each other and our planet.
These absolute fools think they can turn the world to ash and go live in a concrete prison underground. Then emerge when? To what kind of existence?
If shit really hits the fan the first thing we’ll do is go after the bunkers and space ships.
Yeah, Douglas Rushkoff has a book about that, Survival of the Richest. For some reason, billionaires consulted him about their "shit hits the fan" plans, and he laughed at them and wrote a book about it. They had all these elaborate fantasies about how they were going to keep their security team loyal after civilization collapsed, or about how they'd avoid having any humans working for them and use robots instead. But, they hadn't even thought about the most basic things.
Like, one guy had an underground bunker complete with a swimming pool (or at least plans for one). Rushkoff said to the guy that his neighbor had a pool and frequently had contractors over to clean it, or replace parts, etc. He asked what the guy was going to do about basic pool maintenance. The guy got out a notepad and wrote "get replacement parts for the pool" or something. He basically hadn't even thought 1 step beyond the initial idea.
You're right that the best plan for an apocalyptic scenario is to have useful skills that other people will appreciate, so that you can be a valuable, contributing member of their community. And no, billionaire CEOs, "leadership skills" don't count. Or, if they do, the leaders will either be strongmen who are personally very comfortable with using violence to ensure everyone falls in line, or they'll be very empathetic people who resolve disputes and make sure everyone works in harmony. It won't be people who make "cut-throat decisions" but who faint at the sight of actual blood.
Thank you for posting this - I may have to add that to my reading list.
One thing that's been in the back of my mind for a few years now, was basically this. I think we're seeing the wealthiest going full-mask-off-kleptocracy in an effort to hoard wealth only to leave (somehow) when the physical and metaphorical heat gets to be too much. A true rich-man's response to climate change. But I struggled to square the concept of building wealth that is ultimately based on the current economy, with how that could possibly be useful in a worst-case scenario. Now I can see that there really is a disconnect in the minds of these people, as though the medium to long-term isn't a consideration.
The problem with living in a bunker is that it's too easy to backfill the air pipe and entrance with concrete.
They’ve built their own prison cells.
So, roll out, the fallout,
The front rows are sold out.
Even Peter Thiel is like "Well, you can't murder Brian Thompson from a virtue ethics point of view. But the world is better off without him so from a utilitarian perspective it was a good thing to do. Can't say that, can I? What can I say?"
Peter ~~Thiel~~ Peel
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