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“We’ve seen a lot more of a focus on entertainment,” said Al Corbi, who has been at the forefront of secure luxury for 50 years as the president and founder of SAFE (Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments), based in Virginia, in the US. “If you’re going to be able to survive underground, we want you to be having fun.”

Corbi, who helped secure a 27-floor private home in Mumbai for the billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani (whose son Anant recently made headlines with his lavish wedding celebrations), is currently working on a sprawling house on a 200-acre wooded plot, at an undisclosed location in the US (he is understandably tight-lipped about many aspects of his work).

The house itself, Corbi said in an interview via Zoom, is ultra-secure with the blast-proof doors, unbreakable windows and biometric door-entry systems. Then there’s the 30-foot-deep moat with a swing bridge, the water canons capable of taking out helicopters, drones or skydivers, and the film of flammable liquid that can be automatically deployed across the surface of the artificial lake and ignited to create a defensive ring of fire.

"Look at medieval times, a moat is one of the greatest deterrents,” said Corbi. “But they didn’t have jet skis back then.” Corbi’s client, a business mogul and avid watersports fan, saw a dual use for his moat and plans to use it as a race track for his alpha pals, too.

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[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 61 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 3 months ago

Let's make our own Vault-Tec and sell the rich ~~tombs where we experiment on them~~ luxury vaults.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Composting the rich would reduce the risk of prion disease.

[–] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Not if it's like the chronic wasting disease in deer that they reckon is being transferred by prions taken up by plants.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Uh huh. And when the world goes tits up because of the class warfare you all are pushing, who's gonna do all the work in your luxury bunkers?

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.

This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from raiders as well as angry mobs. One had already secured a dozen Navy Seals to make their way to his compound if he gave them the right cue. But how would he pay the guards once even his crypto was worthless? What would stop the guards from eventually choosing their own leader?

The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers – if that technology could be developed “in time”.

About as dystopian as you get.

It's a really good article if you want a read.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. The collapse of the Roman Empire led to greater army diplomacy, which became the underpinnings of European feudalism. Billionaires aren't going to stay in charge by having money, but leading an army.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

But to do that they'd have to be not-inept though

[–] cynthorpe@discuss.online 5 points 3 months ago

You hire a bunch of dumb brutal apes. Feed them, and provide them with things to kill and rape.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago

And "the world goes tits up" doesn't mean that it's Mad Max or Fallout. Realistically it means the police and the military will be after you if the new ruling class wants what you have.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then there’s the 30-foot-deep moat with a swing bridge, the water canons capable of taking out helicopters, drones or skydivers, and the film of flammable liquid that can be automatically deployed across the surface of the artificial lake and ignited to create a defensive ring of fire.

what kinda rube goldberg home alone security system is that

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the water canons capable of taking out helicopters

Is that going to be more effective than the guy in the helicopter with a gun?

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

no, and definitely-fucking-not not if that heli has ATGMs

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

These people are dumb fucks. Rich dumb fucks, but still. They wouldn't know how to maintain that equipment. In no short time it'd all be broken and worthless.

[–] vanontom@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

And any people that can maintain it have all the power and leverage. (I bet they hate that, as they desperately fund robot startups, praying they'll be ready in time. One can't simply "learn skills", unpossible!) These ghouls have already wasted billions collectively on their paranoia / fantasies, burying much of it underground to rot. Essentially because we did not properly tax them.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But who’s going to wait on them hand and foot when the world’s gone to shit. Seems like it’s just a big tomb to be raided at some point.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This is how fantasy dungeons are made, complete with a wealth hoarding dragon at the end

[–] lath@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Post-apocalyptic tomb raiding, fuck yeah!

[–] Junkhead@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 months ago

god i hope these fucks get eaten alive before they ever even see in the inside of their fucking vault

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there a list of who owns these bunkers?

Wont the famous hacker 4Chan do something??

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How about a list of the people who own/operate the companies that make them?

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Por que no los dos?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

To be honest I don't mind people scamming the rich.

[–] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

And I hope they need them

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

where the family is safe plenty long enough for the police to finish their coffee and donuts.”

It's damn near a taunt

[–] Kabloink@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

It will be like in some of the movies where these sit empty due to the rich being unable to make it to them in time. They will only work if they basically live there or travel there at every hint of a major problem.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 3 months ago

geez I thought at first it was just their homes being skewed but nope its actually about bunkers. I think the wealthier I am the less interested I would be in surviving in a bunker from disaster.

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