As the ultra-wealthy rent underground bunkers against doomsday scenarios, one question comes to mind: While people take such extraordinary precautions for this mortal world, what preparations are they making for eternal life?
According to Britain's Daily Mail, rising geopolitical tensions and fears of large-scale disasters are driving the ultra-wealthy underground. High-security private bunkers are being built approximately 100 metres beneath the Brünig Mountains in Switzerland.
The report states that the company is offering these spaces for around £500,000—roughly $600,000 (approximately 29 million Turkish liras)—and plans to provide customers with 99-year lease options.
24-hour security
Customers wishing to enter the facility will be required to pass through a dedicated security checkpoint and undergo multiple security screenings. The bunkers will be accessible around the clock, while security personnel will remain on duty at the facility 24 hours a day.
They want to protect their wealth
The bunkers are primarily designed to safeguard works of art, automobiles, wine collections, safes, and other valuable assets.
Thomas Gasser, Chairman of the Board of Brünig Mega Safe, said that demand for high-security storage facilities has been increasing every year, adding that geopolitical uncertainty around the world has strengthened wealthy investors' desire to protect their fortunes.
A bunker cannot save anyone from death
Beneath Finland's capital, Helsinki, there are more than 5,500 shelters, with a combined capacity to accommodate approximately one million people.
All these preparations demonstrate the extent to which human beings seek protection against the dangers of worldly life. Yet even bunkers buried 100 metres underground cannot provide an escape from death.
If people are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to guard themselves against the temporary dangers of this mortal life, then their greatest preparation ought to be for the eternal life of the Hereafter.
Yeni Asya English