In an ominous sign for social stability, it’s the mega-wealthy who have become the most enthusiastic “preppers.”
The left-wing Daily Beast reports affluent European elites are turning to bodyguards in response to a rash of high-profile street crimes and terrorist attacks.
The rich are also in the vanguard of a new wave of interest in survival shelters and underground bunkers, with ever more elaborate and fortified enclosures being constructed.
About 50 miles northwest of Dallas, an entire survivalist luxury community is being planned that
features athletic facilities, a polo field and a clubhouse. It also
contains more unusual features such as communal greenhouses, an
air-purification system, underground shelters and, according to the
Houston Chronicle, a “DNA vault.”
The British Daily Mirror also reports an American company is creating $1.5 million “earthship” shelters designed to survive radiation outbreaks or a killer virus.
Widespread media reports as well as independent investigations from groups such as New World Wealth
suggest wealthy people around the globe are quietly moving away from
major cities because of fears of social instability. Increasing crime,
terrorism and rising racial tensions have all been identified as factors
driving the exodus. Even the Daily Beast reported the
introduction of large numbers of Muslim refugees into Europe has made
once prosperous areas fraught with danger, in the opinion of some
security experts. Read More
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