To control the food supply to a greater extent than is otherwise possible. Farmland is a useful asset if it is productive and you are anticipating a social collapse, so you can provide for yourself. (Though, obviously one person would not need that much land.)
Bourgeoisie set up their financial schemes to own (be liable for) nothing (such as taxes, lawsuits) and control everything (via indirect means, trusts, politicians, offshore companies, shareholding).
Gates thinks he is a farmer, also thinks he is a scientist, and with that much money, few people are willing to decline to endorse his delusions. He can basically be a little kid and pretend to be different things and he is taken seriously due to his wealth.
Farmland is a useful asset if it is productive and you are anticipating a social collapse, so you can provide for yourself.
If society collapses, then what is enforcing his private property claim? Whats stopping the presumed private security and farmers from just shaving him and marching him in the street nude?
The same reason why the workers of the world does not spontaneously rise up and upend the entire capitalist society right this second even thought we all can do it and the only thing stopping humanity is the thought that it is impossible.
Without consciousness and materialism, instead of thinking "why the fuck do I let this nerd orders me around", his mercs instead thinks "if I kill more refugees, surely Mr Gates will raise my ration!"
When Capitalism collapses, all the cops and soldiers and politicians just vanish into thin air like a thanos snap and everyone's stats are reset to zero.
Gates thinks he is a farmer, also thinks he is a scientist, and with that much money, few people are willing to decline to endorse his delusions. He can basically be a little kid and pretend to be different things and he is taken seriously due to his wealth.
Plot twist (hot take?): Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates have a 90% overlap in their characters.
To control the food supply to a greater extent than is otherwise possible. Farmland is a useful asset if it is productive and you are anticipating a social collapse, so you can provide for yourself. (Though, obviously one person would not need that much land.)
Bourgeoisie set up their financial schemes to own (be liable for) nothing (such as taxes, lawsuits) and control everything (via indirect means, trusts, politicians, offshore companies, shareholding).
Gates thinks he is a farmer, also thinks he is a scientist, and with that much money, few people are willing to decline to endorse his delusions. He can basically be a little kid and pretend to be different things and he is taken seriously due to his wealth.
If society collapses, then what is enforcing his private property claim? Whats stopping the presumed private security and farmers from just shaving him and marching him in the street nude?
The same reason why the workers of the world does not spontaneously rise up and upend the entire capitalist society right this second even thought we all can do it and the only thing stopping humanity is the thought that it is impossible.
Without consciousness and materialism, instead of thinking "why the fuck do I let this nerd orders me around", his mercs instead thinks "if I kill more refugees, surely Mr Gates will raise my ration!"
When Capitalism collapses, all the cops and soldiers and politicians just vanish into thin air like a thanos snap and everyone's stats are reset to zero.
Plot twist (hot take?): Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates have a 90% overlap in their characters.
That's lowballing it, they're all functionally identical. The only difference is how much they spend on their PR teams.
(Tens/hundreds of thousands, millions, billions in that order)