The enduring appeal of remote Pacific islands for rich apocalypse preppers

Failed crypto exchange FTX’s alleged plans to purchase the nation of Nauru are typical of the wealthy’s doomsday fantasies, experts say.

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I think it might be a good idea to fake a global apocalypse to send all the billionaires scrambling to their bunkers and then just go ahead block the doors with a big rock.
Aren't most of those islands literally at sea level? So that any rise in sea levels due to global warming will just make the whole island disappear?
- a lot of them are volcanic so you can keep building higher up the hillside as the water rises. the sea's not gonna rise 50m, and you can easily get that much height on the volcanic ones.
  
  until the island explodes of course
  
  Oh okay. I think I was thinking of the Maldives or similar types of completely flat islands. As far as I know, global warming isn't making a catastrophic volcanic eruption more or less likely on those islands, so I guess their plans are slightly smarter than I first credited.
ARTHUR we goin' to tahiti arhtur