Despised Billionaires Seek Refuge in Billionaire Bunker By Jim Hightower

[justaprogressive]

Trust me when I say that a home on Indian Creek Island is not for you.

First of all, you're not a billionaire. But even a billion bucks wouldn't buy your way onto this island in Florida's Biscayne Bay. It's the exclusive domain of such multi-multi-billionaires as Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Ivanka Trump ... and now Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and Instagram.

Mark, nicknamed "Zuck," has just paid $170 million for a piece of this very special speck of turf, including a "cottage" with 9 bedrooms, 11 baths, a gym, a massage room and a 1,500-gallon aquarium. Also, he built his own personal hair salon, plus a library with — get this — a secret passageway. No clue as to whether he reads any books, or just uses the passage to escape.

Secondly, you wouldn't really be happy on Indian Creek Island, because it's a pretentious fake. This high-value enclave was constructed for low-value hucksters who've amassed outrageous fortunes by screwing over masses of workers, competitors, taxpayers and others. Even the "island" is fake — it's a man-made landfill built in the Bay so ten very, very rich swells can isolate themselves from us commoners. Also, it's more of a doomsday compound than a community, with each of the uber-rich hunkered down in what's been dubbed "Billionaire Bunker."

These demigods of gross inequality can buy any piece of paradise, but then they're so spooked they lock themselves behind $170-million walls, afraid of their own shadows. So, here's my free advice to Zuck to soothe his plutocratic trepidations: Steal a little less, practice being slightly likable, maybe downsize to only a $70 million mansion ... and live more. You're welcome.

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[ret5hd]

1. always remember: we don't have to get in...

we just need to keep them from getting out.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Simple and elegant. Since all the ready-mix cement truck drivers

will be up here with us, a few truckloads dumped on the access doors should take care of it nicely.

[haele]

2. Two words...Climate Change.

Hope that landfill is really, really tall and has bedrock to build from, just saying.
Storms and sea rise and desperate peasants, oh my!
And as for "billionaire bunkers?". On a landfill with no bedrock stable enough to support a proper "bunker?"
When shit goes down, where are they getting food, fresh water, power to run their Internet and high tech "stuff"? Where will they store months or years worth of stores?
Do they think that they'll only need to hunker down for a week or two, and wait out the masses roaming the ruins of civilization looking for means to survive?
Otherwise, it's a huge waste of a couple billion dollars.
And still a landfill.

[Ritabert]

4. I sailed by there one time and it didn't look far above sea level (7-13 ft.)

[Midnight Writer]

5. Dear Abby: My neighbors all hate me. Should I change my ways or build a bunker?