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[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

Self-preserver capitalists are more along the hoarding supplies and creating fortified bases variety. Even Steve Huffman got his laser eye surgery for prepper reasons, according to him. No idea how much that was just a cover story for the pure vanity.

But the amount of preppers in the tech world are increasing, and they're not looking at ways of keeping anyone else safe but themselves and their families.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

They would rather live underground in a bunker in luxury, then share just a litte percentage of their wealth that would benefit more people than themselves.

[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Most of them aren't billionaires though. They just own a little land and can afford to build on it, which is high-salary rich but nothing like billionaire rich. They might have a couple of years of comparative comfort at best. The billionaires are on a different level of entirely.

[-] DFTBA_FTW@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Unless lasik has significantly changed, last I looked it lasts ~10 years and you can only do it twice, so it doesn't really make sense to do it from prepper reasons unless you think collapse is within 6 months. Otherwise, get the timing wrong and you could need another round of lasik just after the beginning of the appocolypes or worse you could need a new round but have already done two right before everything collapses.

[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Does Steve Huffman habitually make good choices?

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Unless lasik has significantly changed, last I looked it lasts ~10 years and you can only do it twice

Iirc how long it lasts depends on the person. And most people take two at most as its usually good after the second correction, for those who actually need the second (not all people need it)

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