I wonder if the elites are changing their minds, maybe they no longer want to live isolated castles with total dominion over their lands, maybe they want to experience more sublime pleasures... like the arts or nice events. Certainly can be more appealing. https://onezero.medium.com/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1?gi=394ae8a88... For all their wealth and power, they don’t believe they can affect the future. The Event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, unstoppable virus, or Mr. Robot hack that takes everything down. This single question occupied us for the rest of the hour. They knew armed guards would be required to protect their compounds from the angry mobs. But how would they pay the guards once money was worthless? What would stop the guards from choosing their own leader? The billionaires considered using special combination locks on the food supply that only they knew. Or making guards wear disciplinary collars of some kind in return for their survival. Or maybe building robots to serve as guards and workers — if that technology could be developed in time.