How Will the Rich Rule Without Money?

[georgephillip]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

 

[Auld Phart]

Wonder if they are planning something?

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

 

[harmonica]

OMG
they'll have more to offer than poor dumbasses like you

 

[georgephillip]

Wonder if they are planning something?

What could go wrong?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"In the face of the climate crisis, the main priority of the global ruling class and its political servants is to batten down the hatches.

"Publicly, they’re telling school kids not to worry about the future.

"Behind the scenes, however–in the cabinet offices, boardrooms, mansions and military high commands–they’re hard at work, planning for a future in which they can maintain their power and privilege amid the chaos and destruction of the burning world around them."

 

[georgephillip]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should focus on the State power that currently rules this planet:

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"The rich don’t have to depend only on themselves.

"Their most powerful, and well-armed, protector is the capitalist state, which they can rely on to advance their interests even when those may conflict with the imperative to preserve some semblance of civilisation...."

"They’re the ones who have been delegated the task, as Karl Marx put it in the Communist Manifesto, of 'managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie'.

"In the context of climate change, this means taking the steps necessary to ensure the continued ability of the capitalist class to profit even if the world may be unravelling into ecological breakdown and social chaos."

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Wow

That's fucking delusional!

It reads like St. Greta's 4th grade eassay

 

[Auld Phart]

Wow

That's fucking delusional!

It reads like St. Greta's 4th grade eassay

no, it sounds like almost any post apocalypse movie script

 

[georgephillip]

OMG
they'll have more to offer than poor dumbasses like you

MAGA

Morons
Are
Governing
America

 

[Polishprince]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

What makes you think that the elite even believe in this "climate crisis" bullshit?

They know that past prophecies of climactic apocalypse have failed.

You really don't have much faith in these people's intelligence. Only the commonest of the common people actually believe that poppycock.

 

[gipper]

The extreme wealthy can never be trusted.

 

[georgephillip]

Wow

That's fucking delusional!

It reads like St. Greta's 4th grade eassay

Are you channeling your inner-Trump, or is there a specific claim you would like to dispute?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"The climate crisis isn’t a future we must fight to avoid.

"It’s an already unfolding reality.

"It’s the intensification of extreme weather–cyclones, storms and floods, droughts and deadly heat waves.

"It’s burning forests in Australia, the Amazon, Indonesia, Siberia, Canada and California.

"It’s melting ice caps, receding glaciers and rising seas. It’s ecosystem devastation and crop failures.

"It’s the scarcity of resources spreading hunger and thirst. It’s lives and communities destroyed, and millions forced to flee."

 

[petro]

A TDS thread blended with a touch of "climate crisis". Quite a fantasy.

The leaders of the new world order in a civilization ending event will be more like this feller, than any ex hedge fund manager.

 

[georgephillip]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

What makes you think that the elite even believe in this "climate crisis" bullshit?

They know that past prophecies of climactic apocalypse have failed.

You really don't have much faith in these people's intelligence. Only the commonest of the common people actually believe that poppycock.

What makes you think that the elite even believe in this "climate crisis" bullshit?

They know that past prophecies of climactic apocalypse have failed.

Do they?
Got a link?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"But something is wrong with this picture.

"To believe that someone in Morrison’s position could genuinely be ignorant of the dangers of climate change is itself to give up on reason.

"The prime minister of Australia is among the most well-briefed people on the planet, with thousands of staff at his beck and call to update him on the latest developments in climate science or any other field he may wish to get his head around.

"The only rational explanation is that Morrison and his like are aware of the dangers posed by climate change but are choosing to act as though they’re not."

Do you think the capitalist imperative of short-term profit might be clouding their perspective?

 

[georgephillip]

A TDS thread blended with a touch of "climate crisis". Quite a fantasy.

The leaders of the new world order in a civilization ending event will be more like this feller, than any ex hedge fund manager.
View attachment 297172

How 'bout Pentagon fellers?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Military strategists have been awake to the implications of climate change for a long time.

"As early as 2003, in a report commissioned by the Pentagon, U.S. researchers Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall argued that 'violence and disruption stemming from the stresses created by abrupt changes in the climate pose a different type of threat to national security than we are accustomed to today. Military confrontation may be triggered by a desperate need for natural resources such as energy, food, and water rather than conflicts over ideology, religion, or national honor. The shifting motivation for confrontation would alter which countries are most vulnerable and the existing warning signs of security threats'.

"More recently, a 2015 U.S. Department of Defense memorandum to Congress argued: 'Climate change is an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources such as food and water. These impacts are already occurring, and the scope, scale and intensity of these impacts are projected to increase over time'".

 

[Polishprince]

A TDS thread blended with a touch of "climate crisis". Quite a fantasy.

The leaders of the new world order in a civilization ending event will be more like this feller, than any ex hedge fund manager.
View attachment 297172

How 'bout Pentagon fellers?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Military strategists have been awake to the implications of climate change for a long time.

"As early as 2003, in a report commissioned by the Pentagon, U.S. researchers Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall argued that 'violence and disruption stemming from the stresses created by abrupt changes in the climate pose a different type of threat to national security than we are accustomed to today. Military confrontation may be triggered by a desperate need for natural resources such as energy, food, and water rather than conflicts over ideology, religion, or national honor. The shifting motivation for confrontation would alter which countries are most vulnerable and the existing warning signs of security threats'.

"More recently, a 2015 U.S. Department of Defense memorandum to Congress argued: 'Climate change is an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources such as food and water. These impacts are already occurring, and the scope, scale and intensity of these impacts are projected to increase over time'".

In 2015, of course, Obama was commander in chief, and demanded vocal assent to his ultra radical Climate Change Agenda. a DOD memo only indicates that the generals will say what the c-in-c tells them to say. Remember, America was a signatory under Obama to the Paris Accords treaty, and it did nothing to change the weather at all

 

[Maxdeath]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

What makes you think that the elite even believe in this "climate crisis" bullshit?

They know that past prophecies of climactic apocalypse have failed.

You really don't have much faith in these people's intelligence. Only the commonest of the common people actually believe that poppycock.

Well of course the elite belive in climate apocalypse. Just look at Gore and his estate, look at all those on Mathas vineyard, look at 44 and his new estate. If they didn't belive they would not be in giant mansions in vulnerable areas.

Oh wait they do live there.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should focus on the State power that currently rules this planet:

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"The rich don’t have to depend only on themselves.

"Their most powerful, and well-armed, protector is the capitalist state, which they can rely on to advance their interests even when those may conflict with the imperative to preserve some semblance of civilisation...."

"They’re the ones who have been delegated the task, as Karl Marx put it in the Communist Manifesto, of 'managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie'.

"In the context of climate change, this means taking the steps necessary to ensure the continued ability of the capitalist class to profit even if the world may be unravelling into ecological breakdown and social chaos."

In March 2012, Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13603, better known as the “National Defense Resources Preparedness” which enables the Federal government to confiscate and re-distribute all potable water, food, and whatever resources are necessary to protect the United States during a state of emergency.

 

[gipper]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should focus on the State power that currently rules this planet:

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"The rich don’t have to depend only on themselves.

"Their most powerful, and well-armed, protector is the capitalist state, which they can rely on to advance their interests even when those may conflict with the imperative to preserve some semblance of civilisation...."

"They’re the ones who have been delegated the task, as Karl Marx put it in the Communist Manifesto, of 'managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie'.

"In the context of climate change, this means taking the steps necessary to ensure the continued ability of the capitalist class to profit even if the world may be unravelling into ecological breakdown and social chaos."

In March 2012, Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13603, better known as the “National Defense Resources Preparedness” which enables the Federal government to confiscate and re-distribute all potable water, food, and whatever resources are necessary to protect the United States during a state of emergency.

Obama doesn’t seem too concerned about climate change, yet he likely was very well briefed on it, while potus.

Didn’t he buy an ocean front mansion on Martha’s Vineyard? What about Fat Albert who purchased a mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean? Are these wealthy warmers hypocrites or just don’t give a shit?

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

How will the richest among us protect themselves and their property if (when?) catastrophic climate chaos makes money worthless?

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"Writing in the Guardian in 2018, media theorist and futurist Douglas Rushkoff related his experience of being paid half his annual salary to speak at 'a super-deluxe private resort … on the subject of "the future of technology’”. He was expecting a room full of investment bankers. When he arrived, however, he was introduced to 'five super-wealthy guys … from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world'. Rushkoff wrote:

"'After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology.

"They had come with questions of their own … Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? … 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, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down … They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs.

"But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless?

"What would stop the guards from 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 survival."

If your plan calls for allowing the world to drown in the swamp of mass death and destruction while you cower in a South Pacific bunker protected by hired killers wearing exploding collars, you are not likely to win much in the way of public support for the capitalist state economics that are creating the next mass extinction, are you?

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should axe how the poor will defend their food stash under socialism when the State goes door to door to grab your food "for the people"

You should focus on the State power that currently rules this planet:

MR Online | How the rich plan to rule a burning planet

"The rich don’t have to depend only on themselves.

"Their most powerful, and well-armed, protector is the capitalist state, which they can rely on to advance their interests even when those may conflict with the imperative to preserve some semblance of civilisation...."

"They’re the ones who have been delegated the task, as Karl Marx put it in the Communist Manifesto, of 'managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie'.

"In the context of climate change, this means taking the steps necessary to ensure the continued ability of the capitalist class to profit even if the world may be unravelling into ecological breakdown and social chaos."

In March 2012, Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13603, better known as the “National Defense Resources Preparedness” which enables the Federal government to confiscate and re-distribute all potable water, food, and whatever resources are necessary to protect the United States during a state of emergency.

Obama doesn’t seem too concerned about climate change, yet he likely was very well briefed on it, while potus.

Didn’t he buy an ocean front mansion on Martha’s Vineyard? What about Fat Albert who purchased a mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean? Are these wealthy warmers hypocrites or just don’t give a shit?

THEY know it's a scam, but it pays to keep the masses indoctrinated