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The Millionaire’s Perspective on Survival

The Millionaire’s Perspective on Survival

In a society such as ours, where most people work a job they wouldn’t do were it not for the money, in a building they don’t own, for a product they don’t own the patent to, for a profit they won’t receive, it can be hard for them to relate to their bosses and business owners. But, of course, not all business owners are millionaires and vice versa. For the sake of this article, it’s more typical that a millionaire with a clear head about survival is not a spoiled prince.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll focus on the attitudes about daily life in the mind of the 1% compared to the rest of the 99%. The millionaire survivalist ranking compared to the average American may surprise you at first.

One pant leg at a time…

 Sure, you’re average, every day, working-class joe hardhat wears his heart on his sleeve, drinks a few beers with friends after work, and then goes home to his loving wife and kids in time for dinner and TV. So far, this sounds like the Simpsons. So, does this mean all rich people are like Mr. Burns? Of course not. Mr. Burns was a caricature of a classic villain from vaudeville to satirize the face of corporate greed in America. But are all millionaires corporate stuff-shirt types?

When I think of a successful millionaire entrepreneur like Richard Branson, I think of a risk-taking, meat-eating, whiskey-drinking man’s man. A ted Turner type. But what about Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos? Sure, they have their fingers on the pulse of the masses via social media and pop culture, but how would they fare in an EOTWAWKI scenario where their money can’t save them? Would they do better than Richard Branson? Or Homer Simpson?

Analysis

It’s a myth that money makes people weak or that all strong people are good at fighting or surviving, and thus that all courageous people are muscular. It’s just as foolish to assume that all survivalists are different genetically, especially given that they can train anyone of any age, gender, physical size, intelligence, or income level to do all that they can do, such as making fire, making tools, learning to filter water in the wild, and so on.

So, where then do millionaire survivalists fit with regular survivalists?

The answer: depends on the situation.

If a nuclear bomb hits and only the very wealthy are in underground bunkers, some percentage of them will survive, even if their money no longer has value. Hopefully, they have enough food stored to not have to leave and expose themselves to radiation or mutants. Meanwhile, a big, rugged survivalist in the woods will be a shadow scorched onto the radioactive desert floor.

Conclusion:

Despite Richard Branson’s age, I’d be surprised were he not more prepared for the unknown than even your average big lug at a football game. It has nothing to do with potential but rather the cultivation of skills and mindset measured as a specific form of success. When the SHTF, the leader is the one who knows exactly what to do. No one will care about anything other than the hope that they’re right and will lead them to safety.

Millionaire or not, survivalist or not, I believe a child’s education should include self-reliance in the wild, the water, saving a life, etc. I personally believe that a society of individuals prepared to face a life-threatening challenge without any help is the first major step toward any form of equality, including income, as the spirit of entrepreneurship is nurtured through fearlessness in the face of risk. But that’s just me…

 

 

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Let’s Play: “Who’s the Bad Guy?” – Survivalist Edition

Let’s Play: “Who’s the Bad Guy?” – Survivalist Edition

There’s a trend in the modern world where everyone is supposed to be amiable and attractive on social media, even at the expense of gaining agreement with others in one’s own neighborhood. Now more than ever, people are more interested in maintaining their own standard of living (comfort) than in preparing for a tough road that’s made more brutal with the ethical dilemma to never lie, cheat, or steal, even when it could be life-threatening not to.

Today on Rob Raskin’s Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll consider the righteous path of a group of people whose primary survival strategy involves agreeing with the group most able to care for them vs. a group of individuals who live life without a guarantee or guarantor. Since the ladder better represents the ethic of your classic millionaire, methinks you’ll enjoy this.

The Millionaire Survivalist Tradition

Not all of us can be millionaires, but I think most of us can avoid living in the restroom of a Greyhound Station, provided, of course, that we’re not so drug-addled as to be incapable of detecting the plot of our own failed existence.

Sure, you might think all this sounds mean because of the statistic of mental illness associated with homelessness and drug addiction, but consider this: the very condition by which people are being cultivated as cattle to be mindless consumers from the cradle to the grave, all believing they’re on a path to becoming superstars, is the source of much of the mental illness. It foments the inability to understand the boundary between reality and fantasy. Not to punch down or seem uncaring, but anyone whose survival strategy involves being a concubine to the highest bidder is not exactly in a position to tell other people how they should live. Unfortunately, this describes a high percentage of today’s youth, many males. But I digress…

To many, the very rich are villains with a classic winner-take-all attitude. As such, social media and the news are rife with story after story about what humanitarian steps people should take to be fair to others, much of which requires letting go of control of one’s own life choices.

To the millionaire survivalist, they say, “No thanks!” See? They’re too busy not being confused, on drugs, doubting their abilities, wondering what they could’ve been if someone in their family had put them in their place in their formative years. They’re too busy relishing every minute of their mental and physical strength that gives them an edge over their own fears, doubts, and limitations, such that they have the unmitigated gall to try and fail in front of others as many times as it takes to succeed.

This is what’s missing from today’s world. Everything else is second to this. This is why we think differently than the rest. This is why we don’t want others meddling in our affairs. This is why we go in the opposite direction of the rest of the herd.

Conclusion

This “child-star” culture of today seems ill-prepared for a life of hard work, financial struggle, and social mediocrity. It’s hard, but we all had to go through it. So did our parents, and their parents, and so on. Every generation had more and more electronic media pumping their young minds with proof that buying a particular cereal or clothing would equate to a life akin to aristocracy in other countries. In the end, we either learn to adapt or suffer the consequences.

 

 

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Survival Training – Millionaire Style

Survival Training – Millionaire Style

After reflecting upon the survival topics of recent blog articles, I realized that there seems to be no obvious option in the marketplace to prepare millionaires for that EOTWAWKI scenario. While the current market is loaded with luxury underground bunkers and backpacks with water purifiers, what about learning some real-world skills? Does anyone offer a survival audit to see if your doomsday plan is up to snuff?

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll discuss a survival camp that offered to train today’s millionaires for the apocalypse while still offering the luxury of a resort vacation.

Luxury Survival Camp

According to an article in the July 2013 issue of Men’s Journal, there was once an option to attend a week-long training camp at Canyon Ranch, a luxury resort in Tucson, AZ. Led by survivalist Randy Kinkade, the instruction centered on practical skills, such as situational awareness and resourcefulness in a natural setting. While there are/were many such programs around the country, only this one offered the gourmet food and full-service spa, along with the other opulent amenities of a world-class resort.

Analysis

While on the surface, this offering could seem laughable to many rough-and-tumble survivalists, this hybrid program was also the only luxury resort vacation that offered a hands-on survival training camp with practical skills and outdoor adventures. So, it seemed to be the best of both worlds and an excellent way for a family to enjoy a luxury vacation, outdoor adventure, and learn some practical survival skills.

The resort’s travel package offered two programs:

1. The regular classes built into this package offered the following:

  • Instructor Randy’s guided hiking and biking tours along 50 trails and 20 high-altitude trails (2 – 9,000 feet) in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
  • Fire-building with a drill stick, fiberboard, and tinder gathered locally
  • The chance to face the frustration of fear that leads to self-doubt in a crisis situation so that a proper plan could be executed in a clutch moment

2. Primitive Outdoor Skills Package twice a year that also included:

  • Hoko-style knife made from stone, sticks, and yucca fibers.
  • Tracking and observational skills to avoid getting lost in nature
  • Hunting with rustic weaponry
  • How to improvise in the wild with nothing, Bear Grylls style.

Additionally, these guided tours include transportation to and from the trailhead, backpacks, water, snacks, bikes, helmets, and access to monkey ropes, so vacationers can cut loose in the wild.

At $3,030 per person, the all-inclusive travel package offered a four-night stay at the luxury resort, including dining, spa, entertainment, and transportation to and from the Tucson Airport. Unfortunately, this package is no longer offered at the Canyon Ranch Resort in Tucson, and Randy Kinkade appears MIA.

To read more from the original article, click here:

https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/the-luxury-survival-school-20130723/

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6 Millionaire Traits That Anyone Can Adopt – Survivalist Edition

6 Millionaire Traits That Anyone Can Adopt – Survivalist Edition

According to Investopedia, all success stories found their way to the top because of six essential traits or characteristics they share:  independent thinking, vision, skills, passion, investment, and salesmanship. In addition, in today’s world, any success story with an eye toward the future includes a plan for success despite an apocalypse that would ruin their parade.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll consider how the traits for those who achieve monetary success translate to the steps to succeed in any circumstance, including the apocalypse, where perhaps money is not the measure of success.

What does money matter with TEOTWAWKI?

It has been said that success is a game, and money is the way to keep score. This applies to survival more than any other endeavor, as the penalty for failure is death, and possibly not just your own. Imagine struggling to succeed financially only to have everything and everyone you love ripped away from you. What would be the point?

So whether it’s rags to riches, millions to billions, or the desire for an heir apparent to prove one’s own worth to the patriarch in power, we’re talking about guts, character, and the internal drive to succeed often not found on those who passively accept what life hands them, money or not.

Now that we’ve established the rat in the maze and the penalty for not getting the cheese, let’s focus on the game of success.

Game Theory

As any complex situation can be reduced to a game, the object is to win, so does the victor employ strategy. The first strategy often is to pretend that nothing has happened or is known. For example, suppose the world would end, and the news headlines broadcasted pandemonium. In that case, the first order of business for a success-minded individual is to waste no time on actions that don’t advance more success.

By remaining cool and calm, the next logical consideration is “How close am I to the danger?” Then, “What are my options?” and finally, “What’s the most strategically advantageous choice I can make?” Chances are, the millionaire is saying, “Time to enact operation SHTF.”

By moving calmly to a predetermined location as part of a successful survival scenario, such as a place of refuge, a hideout, a bomb shelter, a car to drive away, or an elevator to the roof where a helicopter is waiting, we see our hero not acting like the masses of frightened citizens.

Collectively, this demonstrates characteristic # 1: independent thinking

Success requires expert knowledge of how a situation works and can be won or lost. This informs the other characteristics, including abiding by a clear vision of success based on strategically avoiding what equals failure. Add to this any skill needed at this moment. By skill, this means any helpful ability that can be learned, practiced, improved, and perfected, including an escape plan for the EOTW scenario.

The next characteristic in the list is passion, which you might think is easy in this case since we’re all passionate about survival or simply not dying. But to a success-minded individual, the passion for maintaining the sense of self, the presence of mind, and of carrying out an expert plan that allows the organism to stay entirely in control of itself without missing a beat is what’s at stake. The winner will always be faithful to the plan they so carefully calculated as a matter of honor.

Beyond this, investment into the means necessary to have a plan in place is worth more than money in the bank or a win on wall street. Still, according to game theory, you can expect the possessor of one to possess them all. This is the very definition of hedging one’s bets.

Finally, salesmanship. Only when a messenger who understands what’s at stake can understand what’s needed and why can they have a shot at convincing others. Of what you might ask? If things are worse than our hero might have predicted, they would never advise those dependent on their judgment or care to worry or get excited. Instead, they would remind everyone to remain calm and take a breath.

Descending into chaos is never the solution, which is why good leadership requires rehearsing the act of staying calm and maintaining a clear presence of mind in any perceivable crisis situation. This spells success on any battlefield, provided the strategy and execution can be carried out with expert timing.

Click here to read the original article: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0609/millionaire-traits.aspx

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Underground Bunker Real Estate for the Millionaire Survivalist

Underground Bunker Real Estate for the Millionaire Survivalist

While we’re familiar with the concept of the customized, high-tech underground bunker, what options are there for the rest of us? Is it incumbent on us to raise the money and research the methods for building our own survival system? The short answer: no. There are developers creating turnkey real estate solutions that won’t break the bank.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll review the most accessible underground bunker real estate on the market, offering varying-sized units for as little as $1M. The future looks bright here, even though it’s multiple stories beneath the earth.

Underground Luxury Bunker Condos for Sale

An abandoned missile silo in Kansas has been gutted and repurposed with layers of extra concrete designed to allow anyone inside to survive a nuclear blast, a direct airstrike, a hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, and a supervolcano. It comes with armed security in place with DNA entrance for its occupants. It contains years of food, aquacultural farming, a school, a gym, a bar, built-in Wi-Fi customized to occupants, and three sizes of floorplan ready for purchase today.

Analysis

The half-floor goes for approximately $1M, whereas a full floor can go as high as $3M. However, it comes completely stocked, furnished, and turn key. There are already units sold, and people spending some weekends on-site to get used to it. They swear by it and say that they haven’t missed anything thus far. So, for anyone too busy to reinvent the wheel, this option is in place right now.

Stir Crazy?

Despite being floors below, monitors act as windows in every room, so people continue to see a real-time view of the outside of the building.

The schools are on a Wi-Fi system that allows them to communicate with other classrooms in similar bunkers. This allows students to interact with others their own age, to maintain contact with the “outside world.”

Owners all receive access to the recreation area, which includes a movie theater stocked with thousands of films being downloaded from streaming services. It also contains a popcorn maker and luxury recliners.

The recreation area also includes a swimming pool with a waterslide. It’s a resort-level jaw-dropper for anyone who sees it in person. The general consensus amongst occupants is that they’re prepared to live out their days without fear or question.

Air and Water

The water and air filtration systems already in place are prepared to sweep nuclear debris, radioactivity, and volcanic ash, so the pumps continue to work to produce vital air and water for inhabitants for years to come.

Conclusion

If you have the money and don’t already have a plan in place for an “EOTWAWKI” scenario, this is priced to move right now. Worst case scenario, you hedge your bets by continuing to build at another location and are equipped to have more than one option close to where you might actually be when the “SHTF.”

If survival is important to you, then not keeping all your eggs in one basket must be a consideration when investing in a subterranean bunker solution to maintain options for survival and sanity.

For more information on these current options, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX1sRxCrduA

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Prepackaged Survival Kits – Millionaire Edition

Prepackaged Survival Kits – Millionaire Edition

In your garden variety EOFTWAWKI scenario, society will inevitably descend into chaos. Science tells us that perceived threats to survival trigger the brain’s fear response. The result: an increased group behavior. It’s a survival mechanism that causes mass conformity to respond to danger by doing what they see everyone else doing. Whether you’re in a war or on Wall Street, a true survivalist knows the penalty of acting like a “Johnny-come-lately” spells failure, which often results in death.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll review some of the better products on the market for anyone preparing for their own survival. While these products aren’t cheap, they’re not on the same level as the preferred products of millionaire survivalists like you and me.

Introducing the Bug-Out Bag

The bug-out bag is street slang for a prepacked survival gear bag that includes flashlights, glow sticks, food, water, weapons, etc. This is comparable to the military rucksack and is now marketed to the general public. While their most prominent clients are FEMA and the Red Cross, they’re available to everyone. So, when the SHTF and everyone else is running around like a chicken with their head cut off, the prepared survivalist goes into “crisis mode.”

Analysis

Whether at home, at work, in your car, or wherever, the one investment no one should be without is the bug-out bag. As seen in this photo, it’s pretty nifty:

After reviewing the myriad of companies that offer prepackaged and custom bug-out bags, it’s clear that the most popular is by a company called JUDY. While the JUDY bag is clearly a no-brainer for everyone, you get what you pay for. While lower-end bags are a great item to keep in your car, JUDY makes a scalable product designed for every type of natural disaster and number of people.

Millionaire Edition

However, JUDY makes a luxury version of the kit, including monogrammed night vision goggles and gourmet chocolates. Even Kim Kardashian has taken selfies with her JUDY bag, so clearly, “it’s a thing.” A thing that is now flying off the shelves since the pandemic. For more money, your flame retardant monogrammed JUDY bag will also contain a GARMIN satellite messenger and SOS locator beacon, a water purifier, a solar panel, an emergency charging kit, a blender, and the list goes on.

From a survivalist standpoint, these luxury items are more niche-oriented and suggest the legitimacy of the JUDY bag to the masses of easily influenced consumers doing as their celebrity leaders do. Nonetheless, if the trek to your car becomes a dire impossibility, the items in this bag will sustain life, health, energy, and communication from anywhere, including in the woods or in a dilapidated building.

As a result, this should be a priority for your home, office, car, private jet, helicopter, or other means of conveyance on your journey to your luxury underground bunker stocked with humidor and wine cellar. Who says the apocalypse has to be unpleasant? Remember, these things take time.

For more information, click here: https://judy.co/collections?gclid=CjwKCAiA5t-OBhByEiwAhR-hmxhtWpFW7M6fKvH-nGJz9RWYGc11isOjSfCXwKVb9RAYVLMAf9eJmRoCLPMQAvD_BwE

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Famous Millionaire Survivalists in Film – Under Sea Edition

Famous Millionaire Survivalists in Film – Under Sea Edition

When most people think of a millionaire survivalist, they think of a classic Bond villain, living in the lap of luxury while insulated from the harsh realities of a world they seek to rule. But, inevitably, these classic high IQ eccentrics possess a technological advantage over the world that makes ruling it possible. Sounds almost reasonable in a world overrun by disease, supply chain shortages, political instability, and a global struggle for supremacy.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll consider an earlier example of luxury off-the-grid living as we pay homage to Jules Verne’s classic villain, Dr. Nemo, from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

The Rise and Fall of a Great Survivalist

In this classic tale of early science fiction, a wealthy, eccentric, megalomaniac scientist discovers a technology that could change the world. His name is Dr. Nemo, and the technology described in the 1872 novel – nuclear power. Unfortunately, rather than using this power to save the world, he builds a device that enables him to live at the bottom of the sea, where he intends to systematically take over the world.

The device in which this story takes place is called The Nautilus, as seen in the image above, where Nemo hosts his guests as they dine on sea life flavored to taste like typical foods. While most of us are familiar with the 1954 Disney film, it should be noted that the original story also depicts The Nautilus as a place of unfathomable luxury (no pun intended), as seen below.

The Takeaway

In a world where millionaires and billionaires seem more motivated than ever to explore possibilities for post-apocalyptic life, we often hear about the latest advancements in space travel, survival gear, and luxury underground bunkers. So I thought it might be fun to see if any advancements had been made on the prospect of undersea living, and, much to my surprise, there has.

Behold, The Nautilus 2020

The name and concept, along with much of the design, directly reference the Jules Verne novel and subsequent titular film. However, the new design concept also focuses on the luxury of superyachts, which house the latest technological sophistication and creature comforts to make for a superior experience by the world’s elites.

Amongst other things, this sub allows its owner and their guests to surface closer to the shores of their tropical destinations, where sunning themselves on the deck could be witnessed by beachgoers and other boats.

For more information about the Nautilus 2020, click here: http://www.hisutton.com/Nautilus-2020_Luxury_Submarine.html

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The Importance of Real Estate in your Survival Plan

The Importance of Real Estate in your Survival Plan

When it comes to any discussion about surviving in a post-apocalyptic world or a general conversation about practical habits of wealth-building from beginner to advanced, there’s one option that’s standard across the board: real estate. Sure, you’ve heard about the importance of investing in real estate to grow your asset value, hedge against the markets, and adopt an investment mindset when it comes to your expenses, but did you know that millionaires and billionaires are investing in property in strategic locations around the world? Of course, you did. You’re a millionaire survivalist and a damn good one!

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll consider how today’s mega-wealthy elites have modified their real estate aims to invest in real estate that meets the needs of their doomsday bunkers, which ultimately protect themselves and their families from the masses, along with their comfort, protection, and way of life.

New Zealand?

According to the German American venture capitalist billionaire behind Facebook, Pay Pal, and Politico, Peter Thiel has already acquired land and citizenship in Queensland, New Zealand. Why not? It’s a lovely place, far from the masses, and an ideal location to insulate oneself from a world overrun by angry mobs with diseases and unusable money. He’s not the only one.

All things considered, independent analysis of the best place to live on the planet when it comes to mitigating exposure to the dangers of climate change, access to resources, distance from large populations, and so on all point to New Zealand.

Deep Dive

For the same reason, there’s been an increase in the number of wealthy people investing in housing in places like the Hamptons, which again fit the mold of safety and comfort in a private, gated setting, amongst people of the same class, and out of touch from the hordes of masses sure to turn on them in an SHTF scenario.

As people often kid about the idea of being an ultra-right-wing conservative “doomsdayest,” the world’s wealthiest people have long been solving this problem for themselves in private. How? By doing it in plain sight for obvious reasons, such as access to unparalleled luxury, privacy, and a way of life not available to the rest of us. As a result, millionaires inevitably find themselves in similar situations as the mega-rich, even if on a smaller scale.

Why? Simple. Because anyone with something to protect and the time to spend contemplating the possibility of failing is going to lose sleep until the problem is solved. Meanwhile, the “commoners” aren’t preparing for anything. Why? Because commoners are defined less by their lack of wealth than by being blissfully unaware of a reality beyond the world as they see it.

So, while the Kardashians may be uber-rich and likely looking for a secret place to go in the event of an EOTWAWKI scenario, they continue to hide in plain sight by adopting socially acceptable attitudes to win in L.A.s high school mentality popularity contest. Meanwhile, the people who own the media companies that produce their shows are not. Why? Cause they don’t have to. That’s what the Kardashian’s are for. Duh…

Conclusion

So, whatever your M.O., bear in mind that when it comes to making intelligent choices and a master plan, real estate is always your friend and should be considered strategically by its ability to meet all of these conditions.

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The Millionaire Survivalist in You!

The Millionaire Survivalist in You!

When it comes to us vs. them, the writing on the wall can be hard for many to read. Why? Clearly, it’s because the rich live in fear, while the masses of dissatisfied workers with no opportunities for advancement are used to braving the challenges of life. Or so the many screens we watch each day would have us believe. The reality is most people are too consumed by the result of their own powerlessness to contemplate the direness of their situations.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, let’s explore what holds most of us back while some of us do what’s necessary to take the prize. After all, we’re all human, we’re wired the same basic way, and we mostly have the same basic wants, needs, and fears. So, why the massive differences?

POV

A rich guy with a small penis goes to a nightclub to pick up a girl. He struts and muscles his way up to the bar, right past all the taller, better-looking males, and talks to the hottest girl in the joint. He invites her back to his place. She looks down into his eyes like he’s crazy but becomes distracted by his expensive jewelry and the cash he flashes while paying for drinks. Cha-ching!

Outside, he opens the door of his expensive sports car for her. She thinks, “Boy, did I hit the motherlode or what?” They drive off. The End. Just kidding. What the hell kind of ending would that be? So, they arrive at his posh building, take the elevator to the penthouse, and he guides her through his “love lair.” She has a single mission in mind: “Bag the rich guy!”

She strips, and his jaw drops. He strips, and her jaw drops, but for a very different reason. She stares at his member (or lack thereof). Confused by his extreme cockiness (pun intended), she laughs hysterically and says, “Who do you think you’re gonna please with that little thing?” He smiles and says, “Me.”

What does this mean?

Tony Robbins famously said, “It’s not your conditions that shape your life, but rather your decisions.” When it comes to success, everyone has something they can point to while ignoring what they fear. Why? Society teaches us that if we don’t “measure up” to the arbitrary standards set forth by movies and TV, we should simply move along and accept whatever life gives us. It sounds crazy, but most people do this. Why?

The answer: most people aren’t willing to appear in a way that may seem unacceptable or ridiculous, and that this may be interpreted as crazy or pathetic, rather than bold and superior. So, then, why do poor people hate rich people? It’s not jealousy over money. It’s resentment that they enjoy a freedom and a power that seems impossible to them.

So, if you wanna be a millionaire survivalist, step one: get rid of your fear, doubt, and shame. Whatever you avoid, run toward it. Whatever feels good, run from it. Dare to step out of your comfort zone long enough to show your tiny package, watch the girl laugh at it, and then smile as it has zero effect on you. Obnoxious? Sure. Ridiculous? Of course! Psychologically liberating? Try it and see for yourself 😊

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The Winning Perspective for Survival

The Winning Perspective for Survival

When it comes to the perspective on life and living, it’s clear that society’s elites think differently than the masses. Take Ted Turner, for example. He’s the billionaire responsible for the 24/7 infotainment culture of today, which began with cable. While it’s not uncommon for many to eventually figure out what drives society, few have the brains and the nerve to grab the rudder.

Today on Rob Raskins’ Millionaire Survivalist, we’ll consider how Ted Turner’s massive success translates to his views about society, success, and survival. He can be a tough nut to crack, especially the deeper you look, regardless of where you might stand on the political spectrum.

Famously Outspoken

“Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.” “A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.” “Most of the people will have died, and the rest of us will be cannibals.” These are quotes of Ted Turner’s, both unapologetically candid and brutal, as is often the case with the classic image of the ultraconservative elite billionaire capitalist who forges an empire while the masses go jobless and hungry.

Deeper Analysis

As the masses often focus on the beauty of a life often riddled with suffering and confusion, such words can appear heartless and cruel, even threatening. Of course, this may be because such phrases are often taken out of context. Which context? The context of a cold-hearted, tight-fisted miser a la Ebeneezer Scrooge or the blood-thirsty hunter of “The Most Dangerous Game?” Hardly. Even if these are Ted’s own words, he cannot be credited with inventing these views.

Anyone with a college-level study of economic theory, which explores the relationship between humans and their access to resources necessary for their own survival, has likely read books such as “A Modest Proposal”  by Jonathan Swift, which satirically suggested that the potato famine in Ireland could be solved by feeding the starving children to the starving adults. Another famous work by Thomas Malthus indicated that food would grow arithmetically while human populations would grow geometrically.

Translation? Simple. Since the growth of food via farming is no longer the sole means of population growth, humans would have to solve a food shortage, which historically leads to war, and in some cases, cannibalism. Of course, both of these books were written in the 1700s, but the principles they’re founded on are grounded in history. While people rely more and more on science to solve the problems of the modern world, who controls the science?

Many scientific advancements can be traced to unspeakable experiments made possible by Hitler. Meanwhile, Ted Turner was a champion of environmentalism, nuclear arms reduction, and disseminating news and information to the masses, which empowers all of us, regardless of race, class, or wealth. So how is this the work of a billionaire capitalist ready to eat human flesh?

Simple. It’s just words. If most people could hear the thoughts and words of their favorite athletes, musicians, or actors before a competition, they’d hear what their agents and publicists work tirelessly to keep from the public. So, while the masses sit around agreeing with each other on social media, remember this: the millionaires are doing this too. When the SHTF and society spirals out of control, guess who’ll be protected from view of the masses and not missing any meals.

For more info about Ted Turner, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknXQgqIjzI