r/interestingasfuck • u/eliseereclusvivre • 1d ago

From 2014 to 2025, Mark Zuckerberg bought over 1,400 acres on Kauai Island and stole any land the natives wouldn't sell him, earning the moniker 'the face of neocolonialism.' r/all

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u/Jimmbones 1d ago

I feel like Hawaii isn't where I would want to be in case of a world order disaster, could be wrong though. Never been, .

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u/bombayblue 1d ago

The islands are heavily dependent on a complex global supply chain which doesn't even require a world order disaster in order to be heavily disrupted. The vast majority of the Hawaiian islands (including Hawaii) have far more people than they could ever support with subsistence farming. Hell half of Kauai arguably isnt habitable.

You really don't want to be on these islands if an actual world order disaster occurs.

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u/-AMARYANA- 1d ago

In Kauai there is a lot of fresh produce, plenty of fish to catch, sunshine, fresh water, a strong sober community (I don't drink or smoke anymore), solar power, StarLink. I just need the basics and the power/wifi to work remotely. I currently live in a nice house with lots of food growing around it and maintained by the owners and one of my roommates runs a farm.

I left Maui after the fires, so all this LA stuff really hits home. I know the feeling. I had to risk everything on a leap of faith moving from Maui to Kauai. I'm grateful that 14 months later, I am mostly okay. I just need to find a few more quality clients and I'll be solvent for the 1st half of '25. No point in thinking too far into the future, best to focus on the present and enjoy What Is.

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u/Trimson-Grondag 1d ago

Don’t forget the chickens…an unending supply.

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u/milwaukeejazz 1d ago

Starlink wouldn’t last in case of apocalypse.

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u/nothreattoyou 1d ago

I love the island and people there, but I feel so isolated and almost claustrophobic being there. If sh*t ever hit the fan, I'd want to be mobile, not stuck on an overcrowded island.

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u/manokpsa 1d ago

If shit hit the fan, I'd want to be in Hawaii. Food grows year round, you can't freeze to death, all of the locals know how to fish, and sharing is ingrained in the culture. Those people will not let you starve. I had to get around by bus the first few months I lived on Kauai. Lots of homeless people hang out in Lihue at the main bus stop and people bring them food every day. They always offered me some, too.

And when I say food grows year round, I mean it's everywhere. Go for a walk and try not to trip on a papaya or get hit in the head by a lilikoi dropping out of the sky.

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u/nothreattoyou 1d ago

I respectfully disagree. In a zero support situation, the resources of a 619sq mile island would dwindle rapidly with 70k+ people (number closer to 80-85k with avg. tourists) drawing from it. I've thought this through on my 6hr flights there and back while staring at the worlds largest ocean. Haha. Peak anxiety thoughts.

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u/Mission_Adagio4566 1d ago

It's also not particularly far from the massively overpopulated (in a doomsday scenario) Oahu.