They won't go, not in big enough numbers. They will have families, friends, other connections locally. Moving away is easier said than done, you need a visa/long term residence rights, you need to learn the local language and customers, you'll probably remain a foreigner for the rest of your life.
And another thing, if currently wealthy people live, what do you think will happen? Everything turns to a wasteland? People left behind will just take advantage of the new opportunities that are suddenly available.
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This is kind of like those discussions where people say that Gates is not actually a billionaire because his wealth is tied up in shares and if he'd sell all of them he'd be poor because this sudden influx of shares being sold would reduce the share price to 0. Like:
a) the price would actually go down to 0 if he suddenly sold everything
b) he'd actually sell everything all at once.. he'd probably just do it in stages and he'd still probably get something like $50-60bn cash, at least
And another thing, if currently wealthy people live, what do you think will happen? Everything turns to a wasteland? People left behind will just take advantage of the new opportunities that are suddenly available.
* * *
This is kind of like those discussions where people say that Gates is not actually a billionaire because his wealth is tied up in shares and if he'd sell all of them he'd be poor because this sudden influx of shares being sold would reduce the share price to 0. Like:
a) the price would actually go down to 0 if he suddenly sold everything
b) he'd actually sell everything all at once.. he'd probably just do it in stages and he'd still probably get something like $50-60bn cash, at least