New Zealand is the most popular destination for ultra wealthy people who are trying to flee the possible coming collapse of society. The plan i think is that once the earth is pillaged sufficiently that systems start breaking down they’re going to f** off to New Zealand and sip martinis in their bunkers while we kill each other off. Then they will become lords- a ”cognitive elite”- of a sort of corporate-feudal city-state system.<p>I think it’s kind of silly, but evidently they don’t, which is worrisome.<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-val...</a>