When the Aliens Touch Down, Make for This Missile Base
This great article from Wired.com talks about a guy who bought a decommissioned missile silo and is converting it into a doomsday bunker for rich people. But two things occur to me that weren't addressed in the article.
(1) How will they control who does or doesn't "belong" there? Will there be an automated entry system, armed security? A secret password? It isn't likely that people who paid for their spot are going to calmly show up and wait in line, while those who didn't pay are going to shrug at the missed opportunity and go somewhere else.
(2) Little pig! Little pig! Let me in!
Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!
Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and...
Or to turn the perspective around, if rich people do figure out a way to keep the rest of us out, what is to keep us from locking them IN? I've been inside secure military underground bunkers. They all have small doors and low profiles. Block that little door, and perhaps a few ventilation access points - and anyone who is inside will never be able to get themselves out again. If you wanted to be really thorough and there is time, a couple truckloads of concrete would provide a permanent solution. Heck, we could build a shrine or make a time capsule for future archaeologists.
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