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Cory Doctorow wrote a novella called The Masque of the Red Death about a bunch of tech billionaires who build a bunker and then retreat to it when society starts collapsing.
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They all shit themselves to death from cholera while the rest of the world pulls together to help each other via mutual aid and cooperation, which they absolutely cannot fathom.
Could have come up with a better title huh
It's a reference to a Poe short story, I think.
No I get that, but it sounds like basically the same story. At least make the title a pun or something
Ah, ok, I misunderstood!