The 1% truly think they are going to sit it out underground in their billion dollar bolt-holes/bunkers. It’s like thinking you’ll survive the tsunami by standing on a chair.
There are actually quite a few places where they buy bunkers - but with luxury and stuff. it's also marketed as a way of safe spot to retreat when the surface goes bad.
obviously, it's rather a big ,"we found a way to make money out of rich peoples fears and doubts" rather than actual security measures. if things really go bad, how are they going to know, that their security guards aren't going to ditch them? and if they isolate, then they cannot sustain their lifestyle in a bunker with bunker food.
They will probably mostly survive. But then they'll realise that all productive and smart people are dead and their money is worthless in the new world.
all their wealth is basically dependent and built on the labour of all society, they're not escaping this. They'll have more privilege to suffer less relatively to the majority of the people on this planet, but they're not escaping this
i get the sense that they cannot control their thirst for power. it's like trying to wrestle away a bottle of booze from a drunk. they'll make whatever excuses are necessary to convince themselves that this is the way it has to be and they need more.