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Let’s cut through the noise: the ultra-wealthy are not just accumulating wealth; they are hoarding it, stockpiling fortunes at a rate so obscene it makes the concept of money itself feel ridiculous. While the rest of us get lectured on cutting back — drive less, eat less meat, recycle, make do with less — they are securing their bunkers, buying up remote islands, and building escape plans for the very collapse they are accelerating.

And make no mistake, collapse is not just some distant dystopian fantasy. We are already deep into a polycrisisclimate change, biodiversity loss, resource overshoot, economic instability, and **authoritarian creep all feeding into one another like an unstoppable chain reaction. Meanwhile, banks and corporations, who could be funding solutions, are instead dragging their feet or outright obstructing progress, ensuring the system remains tilted in favor of those who already have everything.

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[–] Alatarius 4 points 4 days ago

As an old saying goes, the rats are the first to jump from a sinking ship