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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, how many of you knew that the island in Albania that the Kushners want
is an old military base with tunnels and bunkers?
What they found was not just a beautiful island. Sazan Island had been completely closed to the public from 1946 to 1991, when Albanias communist dictator Enver Hoxha converted it into a fortified military outpost. Because no one could enter for five decades, the island accidentally became a preserved ecosystem dense Mediterranean vegetation, intact marine life, and a sprawling network of tunnels and roughly 3,600 concrete bunkers frozen in time. The accidental consequence of extreme isolation was a pristine environment. Thats exactly what the Kushners are selling. Just as the ultra-wealthy have reshaped other forgotten corners of the Mediterranean, Sazan represents the next frontier of exclusivity.
https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/ivanka-trump-sazan-island-albania-luxury-resort/
SheltieLover
(82,092 posts)CoopersDad
(3,393 posts)Like the East Wing Ballroom cluster, trump is bringing about the end of a civilized world.
Sazan Island might become a safe sanctuary for at least a few trillionaires.
Not kidding.
sop
(19,601 posts)rampartd
(5,262 posts)Historic NY
(40,167 posts)thousands of them. They look like a concrete mushroom 🍄
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/enver-hoxha-lunatic-who-took-over-asylum-2/]
[link:albania bunkers map|]
ABC123Easy
(429 posts)Why is it recently that so many of the ultra rich are buying bunkers on remote islands?
Baitball Blogger
(52,783 posts)they also thought they could control the world. The bunkers were Plan B in case they failed. And it looks like they are realizing, they failed.
One of the worst underestimations is that Europe has already been through this before and the people are not going to tolerate the take over from the billionaires. America is still in its infant stage with too many stupid people acting like useful idiots.
wnylib
(26,641 posts)It's not just something they say in order to avoid regulations and increase profits for fossil fuel industries?
As the world's water levels rise, island land areas will decrease in size. Some will be completely submerged.
aggiesal
(10,957 posts)Baitball Blogger
(52,783 posts)In truth, the country has had such a low profile that I had to look it up on the map.
SouthBayDem
(33,403 posts)So the conversion of that base to a resort has either the wrong year or wrong president.