• grue@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This is why Larry Ellison bought almost the entirety of Lānaʻi (and Zuckerberg bought some of the remainder). Not only does it have an eight-mile moat between it and the rest of Hawai‘i, it’s also got great climate and fertile volcanic soil. In fact, it was formerly the world’s largest pineapple plantation.

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      3 months ago

      Raise your hand if, when the shit goes down, you’re going to care about who bought what land.

      Now raise your hand if you’re going to be re-enacting scenes from the “Mad Max” movie franchise.

    • Angry_Autist (he/him)@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Islands are a stupid collapse estate choice, too hard to defend from all sides of water.

      Smart billionaires lock themselves inside luxury refurbished salt mines.