A case where a bunch of Silicon Valley billionaires decide they don't like their neighborhood and decide they want to ruin somebody else's neighborhood to make themselves happy. Their disconnect from the people and the place is best described by a local rancher who turned down the billionaire money because of her deep connection to the land her family lived on for generations, "He couldn't understand why I would value this idea more than I would value the money." Because the county has a plan that preserves the land the billionaires scooped up for agricultural use only, county residents have to vote to approve their utopian dreams. The November 2024 election is going to be a fight to the death. The good thing is that there is pretty universal opposition to the scheme no matter what political views one has. Nothing like a bunch of narcissists to bring everyone together.
To echo both Mona and Charlie I'll share an example of billionaire contempt and narcissism together:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/18/1200196497/locals-push-back-against-plans-to-build-a-tech-utopia-in-solano-county-calif
A case where a bunch of Silicon Valley billionaires decide they don't like their neighborhood and decide they want to ruin somebody else's neighborhood to make themselves happy. Their disconnect from the people and the place is best described by a local rancher who turned down the billionaire money because of her deep connection to the land her family lived on for generations, "He couldn't understand why I would value this idea more than I would value the money." Because the county has a plan that preserves the land the billionaires scooped up for agricultural use only, county residents have to vote to approve their utopian dreams. The November 2024 election is going to be a fight to the death. The good thing is that there is pretty universal opposition to the scheme no matter what political views one has. Nothing like a bunch of narcissists to bring everyone together.