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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound | WIRED (www.wired.com)
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A WIRED investigation just revealed Mark Zuckerberg's years-long construction of a lavish, bunker-equipped sprawling compound in Hawaii.

The details:

The nearly completed Koolau Ranch spans 1,400 acres with over a dozen buildings, 30 bedrooms, off-grid power and food, helipads and underground bunkers with blast-resistant doors.

Costs eclipse $270 million — with reports of extreme NDAs muzzling hundreds of workers, lawsuits targeting landholders, and Zuckerberg reps allegedly clashing with press.

Political ties abound as the Chan/Zuckerberg donations flow, including hiring a former council chair and funding a former vice chair's nonprofit.

While tech entrepreneurs have a history of doomsday prepping, Zuck sounds like he’s taking this Hawaiian hideaway to the next level.

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[–] IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago

A bit hyperbolic there. The road didn't cut across an island; it went from Ulupalakua to Kihei; nearly a straight line that cut out about 30 miles of travelling. It was voted closed because idiots who lived upcountry didnt want any tourists from Kihei driving into their area. What it did was punish those who worked in the resorts but couldnt afford to live nearby. Oprah bought the road because it was offered to her when the residents voted it closed.

Tl;dr: Oprah is a piece of shit but Kula residents are bigger pieces of shit