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If you had billions, wouldn't you have a prepper facility? Even if there were no global warming or political upheaval, it's common sense when you have money like that.
"Hey, want to build a doomsday shelter for .0001% of your net worth?"
"Meh, why not."
They don't necessarily have to see bad times coming is my point.
You are correct, but also when you look at the aggregate of their behavior and goals (both stated and implied) you have to reach the conclusion that they WANT to use the bunker. Or want a scenario in which it becomes useful.
The scary part is that you might be wrong, they may not even realize they're causing it and are just stuck in a loop of "number go up"
Looking at stock markets, very few numbers are going up