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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by FLUX-YOU on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:04AM (#13482488)
It must be great to be known as a doomsday escape haven like New Zealand. When the world actually goes tits up, you have a whole bunch of rich people bringing supplies and survival gear to your country for you to take.
Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by runjake on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:40AM (#13482915)
The smart looters would identify those spots in NZ now, and loot them when they're relatively unoccupied and not in alert state.

You see these OPSEC fails in the middle class, too, with the NRA/AR-15/"Molon Labe" bumper stickers on their cars. Thanks for letting me know you have cool firearms, ammunition, and god knows what else.

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by lawless123 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:55AM (#13483106)
You have a point.

A modest clandestine bunker close to but not directly in a population centre might fare a lot better than these pinatas. Especially if everyone else has run off to raid the Theil compound.

I think if i was this rich i wouldn't just build a bunker in the middle of nowhere but invest in existing town, help them become more independent/self sufficient.

Same for wherever i lived, the more people protected from a disaster the quicker they can rebuild.

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by forgetsusername on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:18PM (#13484168)
>Thanks for letting me know you have cool firearms, ammunition, and god knows what else.

I'm pretty sure many of those card carrying NRA members would love for you to show up on their doorstep to take possession of their firearms and survival stash...

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by scarecrowbob on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:31PM (#13484313)
* That love pending being home to enact their castle-doctrine fantasies.

It's only anecdotal, but the one thief that I knew loved handguns as they are small, have real value, and are easy to sell.

The fact that no one is going to go into a house to steal stuff if they think someone is there to protect it pairs just fine with the fact that often folks aren't home.

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by 0xfeba on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:41PM (#13484454)
It's not so anecdotal. The majority (70%) of gun homicides in the US are with (cheap) handguns[1]:

Total firearm homicides: 8,454

Handgun homicides: 5,782

Rifles, Shotguns, other: ~700

Which, with other stats, goes to show IMO, that "Assault Weapon Bans" are more grandstanding than anything else.

[1] - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by xenihn on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:30PM (#13484304)
>The smart looters would identify those spots in NZ now, and loot them when they're relatively unoccupied and not in alert state.

The military (or whatever it turns into) would be the ones who gain control of fortified locations, and whatever resources they contain.

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by knz on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:57PM (#13483929)
Kiwi here - no thanks. The last thing New Zealand needs is more politicized money flowing into the country.

C.f: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/323098/'exceptional-c... and http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/323107/nz-back-at-top-of... are both headlines on most major NZ news websites today.

It didn't work out too well for Kim Dotcom either (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom#Arrest_and_extradit...).

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by rb808 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:43PM (#13483728)
From what I know of New Zealanders they still are very egalitarian and generally hate wealthy billionaires. I think if these rich people actually move there they'd regret it.
Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by knz on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:21PM (#13484198)
I'm not sure "hate" is the correct word but "Tall Poppy syndrome" is real in NZ.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

The egalitarian ideal is also declining rapidly in NZ.

Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by peatmoss on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:54PM (#13483874)
I don't know why you're being downvoted. Having lived in NZ, kiwis are a fiercely egalitarian society. Looking at pretty landscapes in solitude doesn't strike me as a great living.
Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by Hydraulix989 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:44PM (#13485859)
How do they view Kim Dotcom then who has a giant mansion there with Mercedes cars with license plates like GOD, HACKER, CRIMINAL?