Really this is what we are talking about?

There are so many things to worry about with life, this falls next to worrying about the family life of the mosquito I just smacked on my arm.

Justin Bieber just bought a 4th home for a billion. also an article about multimillion $ homes sitting idle for years that celebrities own.

Bieber bought a billion dollar home? Yeah, OK. lol

This is at least a part of why I started this thread.

We are rich, compared to most of the world, but at the very same time, we are very poor compared to some. I seriously doubt there are any residents of The Villages that can toss $11 million for an apartment on a boat that they will use a couple of times per year. Or spend $100 million on an underground bunker that they might need maybe someday.

My point is that having that kind of disposable income, in my not so humble opinion, results in people living in a totally different world and being completely out of touch with "our" reality.

amen!!!:)

I can find nothing about Bieber buying a Billion dollar home. The most expensive I can find is $25 million or so. His net worth is estimated to be around $285M.

The people I am referring to are generally multi-billionaires. Multi-billionaires live in a different world than even the Biebers.

You apparently hold a grudge against anyone who is more successful than you in a country where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. But let’s look at it from a different perspective. There are plenty of people living outside the Villages that feel the same way about the residents of The Villages, as you do about the “Richie Rich’s”. Here’s your chance to not just talk about wealth disparity, but do something about it. Take your net worth and divide it amongst the people who resent you for having more. Not when you die - now. Not just a donation - all of it. Then you can finally shed your white wealth guilt and live out the rest of your life guilt free…

All I can say is, based on this thread, I am now starting a new business selling "end of the world insurance". There may be some customers here.:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Wow what a negative world view. Rich for many is anyone who has more than I do.
Oh and anyone who has more than I do they are evil, I of course am good.

The voice of experience. I've been poor. I am not in the top 1% but I am comfortable-whatever that means. While money may not buy happiness, in the real world it does give you far more options and it does make misery far more fun.

It’s a complete waste of money. Don’t trouble your mind about it. When these supposed super-rich come out of their bunkers or dock their ships, they won’t like what they find, and what they find won’t like them.

I taught popular classes in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction for a number of years at a university. If you want a good book to read, try George Stewart’s “Earth Abides.” I think it was published in 1948, and there is a good reason it is still in print: it’s a great novel. The speaker is a very creative geologist with a graduate degree from Berkeley. He has what it takes to save civilization, if anyone does. However, there aren’t many people left alive, and the various accidents that happen kills off even more. By the end of the book, his great-grandchildren are good at hunting and gathering, but none of them can read or write.

Another thought-provoking novel is “World Made By Hand,” by Jane’s Kunstler (2008). Set in a little town north of Albany, New York, life gets gradually more dangerous and things taken for granted are no longer available. Civilization is devolving. As T.S. Eliot wrote, “This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang but with a whimper.”

Or if you want excitement, try S.M. Stirling’s novel “Dies the Fire” and the many sequels.

Does anyone really think the super-rich cab keep their abodes from the rabble with 123 guns (FBI statistics) for every man woman and child in America in addition, to trillions of rounds of ammo stashed away?

People who are asking about construction around here. You've seen the rain. There is a secret club, ALL ARE ALL WEALTHY, building an arc. Did you not get the flier?

Hum, on a restricted thread they are debating about food quality and entertainment.
Propulsion OIL? SOLAR? Or a bunch of 70 year old rowers.

123 guns per person?


Bwahahaha! Nothing even close to that... I'd love to know where you found that "statistic"... (p.s., you're only off by a factor of 100)

Plus, I like your use of the word "rabble" for gun owners... Nice touch!

The first thought I have on this is why do mega wealthy folks ALWAYS buy or build themselves GIANT homes. They could buy a say $3MM home and donate $40-50 Million to Charity. Notice just about everyone tries to get the biggest house. I was friends with a Realtor of the Year (who earned 7 figures regularly) and asked what her secret was. She said she only dealt with surgeons. She would send them pictures of what their peers just bought knowing they would have to find something bigger.

My second thought is that Capitalism is a good system (because it utilizes human's greed for generally the creation of opportunity for all) however just like the game "Monopoly" at some point there is a winner. We have reached that point where we know who the winners are in this round. They own/control all the money. So there needs to be a trophy given, money returned to the bank and start a new game.