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Eh. Billionaires are each directly responsible for meteoric contributions to human suffering and loss of life. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to dismiss the humanity of folks who actively devalue the humanity of the vast majority of humans. Eat the rich.
I think it's unreasonable and a huge generalization. Tell me what the 19 year old billionaires son did to contribute to human suffering.
That's a strawman argument. No one is saying "I'm glad the son who didn't want to go on the boat died."
I do feel sympathy for the human lives lost, at the end of the day, they were still human. On the other hand, people are allowed to feel whatever they want.
Up until it was confirmed they died, I was on the side of "Fuck um', they're stupid act cost millions of tax dollars that they lobby to pay as little as possible into." But after it was confirmed, I still can hate billionaires, but I am now directing my anger at the CEO who bypassed all regulation to make money and took five innocent people with him.
The moments before the implosion were something that no one should ever need to feel in their lives.
(That being said, who tf unquestionably enters a vessel where you need to be bolted in from the outside and there is no emergency exit.)
Disagree re: strawman, plenty of people are saying fuck the five billionaires in the sub.
I feel like most people make an exception for the 19 year old kid. I haven't spoken to anyone who doesn't feel bad about him, but maybe that's just my circles.
I think you pick out a few people and generalize to make the point you want to make. Frankly I find I care more then I expect. I think it is all easier for us to feel for and care about individuals then larger groups of less specific people which this shows.
On the other hand dying is part of life. These guys died doing what they loved. This is somewhere between heroic and a Darwin award for choosing to take a sub with a fair number of known issues and the documents they signed were pretty explicit about the risks. Their families on the others hand are a different matter though they must have known the risks too.
This is also a great example of how billionaires operate. They are always saying they know best and no regulations or taxes please. Then when the shit hits the fan they want to be bailed out. Rescue effort here more of the same. Not saying we should have not done it. Just rather typical.