Hawai'i seems to hold a particular fascination for some of these neocolonialists. Soros owns an $80 million estate on La Perouse Bay, Maui -- the priciest property on a high-ticket island.
Zuckerberg has been building an underground redoubt on Kauai on his 1400 acres. His fortune has lubricated the politics on the small island, particularly the zoning approval and construction permitting processes. Not just contractors but individual laborers have been forced to sign NDAs to preserve his secrecy.
His armed guards patrol the property, even trying to restrict beach and mountain access guaranteed by the State constitution. And he's instituted lawsuits against owner-occupants on ancestral lands that are enclaves within his estate, trying to evict them so he can consolidate his holdings. All this has alienated him from a population historically wary and intolerant of control by off-islanders.
And Larry Ellison bought the entire island of Lanai when its plantation operations shut down, turning it into a literal private fiefdom where his word is law.
The native population, benefiting from a resurgence of culture and language in recent decades, is on a course that will almost certainly intersect that of these giga-rich land barons. The 'aina (land) and its control is a key issue in this rebirth. A clash is almost inevitable at some point, and the outcome is far from guaranteed for the plutocrats.
Hawai'i seems to hold a particular fascination for some of these neocolonialists. Soros owns an $80 million estate on La Perouse Bay, Maui -- the priciest property on a high-ticket island.
Zuckerberg has been building an underground redoubt on Kauai on his 1400 acres. His fortune has lubricated the politics on the small island, particularly the zoning approval and construction permitting processes. Not just contractors but individual laborers have been forced to sign NDAs to preserve his secrecy.
His armed guards patrol the property, even trying to restrict beach and mountain access guaranteed by the State constitution. And he's instituted lawsuits against owner-occupants on ancestral lands that are enclaves within his estate, trying to evict them so he can consolidate his holdings. All this has alienated him from a population historically wary and intolerant of control by off-islanders.
And Larry Ellison bought the entire island of Lanai when its plantation operations shut down, turning it into a literal private fiefdom where his word is law.
The native population, benefiting from a resurgence of culture and language in recent decades, is on a course that will almost certainly intersect that of these giga-rich land barons. The 'aina (land) and its control is a key issue in this rebirth. A clash is almost inevitable at some point, and the outcome is far from guaranteed for the plutocrats.
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