The final conspiracy is that there is no conspiracy. We've seen how these ultra wealthy act and talk to each other when they think no one's listening, they really are just complete idiots

I don't actually think so. After it's safe to leave their bunkers would likely be a very very long time, certainly beyond thier lifetime.

Honestly the dumb reason for thier action is usual right: they just want even more money at whatever cost. You don't become a billionaire ethically.

How will they rebuild if there are no serfs to do the work for them?

Did you just watch the Fallout TV show?

No, they're just stupid. There's no plan other than wreck things and hoard money. They always have been and always will be zero value humans regardless of their bank account.

Ok, but a nuclear war wrecks things, and a bunker hoards value. So you're not really disagreeing.

That's what the robots are for.

Correct.

No, but, I do watch Paradise.

What value? Money/gold etc will be worthless if society collapses.

Clean water and food can be incredibly valuable when no on else has any.

Not gonna be enough in a bunker to keep a horde of survivors happy.

When literally everyone around you is either paid by you, or wants some of your power/money, you never get honest opinions, and you never get pushback.

My family, friends, and colleagues would talk to me differently if I had billions of dollars in my bank account, and I'd be a worse human for it.

Don't need to feed a horde, just enough of them to shoot the rest.

Pulling themselves up by their bootstraps

Haha. They're fucked.

Not disagreeing, but at the same time, we're already carbon dust in that scenario.

this isn’t fallout. The thing to know is that at least Vault Tek was competent and had a plan for the end of the world. Our current billionaires are not even remotely that smart.