Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The core of the prepper fantasy: "What if the world ended in the *precise* way that ...
The core of the prepper fantasy: "What if the world ended in the *precise* way that made *me* the most important person?" The ultra-rich fantasize about emerging from luxury bunkers with an army of mercs and bitcoin thumbdrives to a world in ruins that they rule using their "leadership skills."
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