A fishing boat crowded with migrants traveling from Libya to Italy sank in Greek waters last week. While hundreds are still missing and feared dead, it has garnered far less attention and resources than the Titan rescue efforts for five people.
For what we have spent on the search for 5 people we could have re-homed all 500 refugees on the ship off of Greece.
I’m just waiting for someone to point out that if we were to save and rehome the refugees, it will just encourage others to take unnecessary risks. Because I’m going to point to the multi-country, $10M/day search effort and ask whether or not Billionaires expect to get bailed out if they take unnecessary risks.
Migrants drowning isn’t entertainment unless you’re a sociopath.
Millionaires and Billionaires slowly suffocating in a little tube at the bottom of the ocean because they wanted to spend their money on something pointlessly dangerous just for bragging rights?
Make some popcorn.
News as news doesn’t sell advertising dollars. If all you want is information about what’s happening in the world, we used to get that in 1 or 2 hours a night. Back then they’d only need to go back to the story if there was new information.
Now there are organizations dedicated to spewing “news” 24x7. That’s not news, that’s entertainment. Once it becomes entertainment, it’s not about the information, it’s just about keeping the focus on what keeps eyeballs glued to the screen. Right now, that’s dying rich people.
Hell, I doubt there is ever a time when the majority of people on earth don’t want to watch rich people suffer and die.
There is also a factor of rich people’s loved ones having the same assess to news broadcast platforms and can raise awareness faster.
You and me are going to drown out at sea and we might get a mention from our loved ones after the fact.
These guys though, they know the friend of the sister that works at the BBC, they know the mother of the tik-tok enthusiast who has like 1.3 million followers. It’s essentially a giant mega phone they get to blast from contacts.
There is also the reward factor, as immigrants rescued at sea have nothing to give, in fact some people have to explain to their superiors why they wasted resources in such a case.
But you save 3 billionaires and 2 multimillionaires from a metal coffin, and you bet there is a reward for that. Not only from a cut of the inevitable book sales/movies that would take place, from being seen as the heros, and if these five were super grateful, I imagine a $$$,$$$,$$$ reward too. Even if it is just their bodies found for their loved ones.
Rich men playing stupid games and winning stupid prices. I don’t understand why they’re getting so much coverage.
Rich people gonna rich.
For what we have spent on the search for 5 people we could have re-homed all 500 refugees on the ship off of Greece.
I’m just waiting for someone to point out that if we were to save and rehome the refugees, it will just encourage others to take unnecessary risks. Because I’m going to point to the multi-country, $10M/day search effort and ask whether or not Billionaires expect to get bailed out if they take unnecessary risks.
I understand.
Migrants drowning isn’t entertainment unless you’re a sociopath.
Millionaires and Billionaires slowly suffocating in a little tube at the bottom of the ocean because they wanted to spend their money on something pointlessly dangerous just for bragging rights?
Make some popcorn.
News as news doesn’t sell advertising dollars. If all you want is information about what’s happening in the world, we used to get that in 1 or 2 hours a night. Back then they’d only need to go back to the story if there was new information.
Now there are organizations dedicated to spewing “news” 24x7. That’s not news, that’s entertainment. Once it becomes entertainment, it’s not about the information, it’s just about keeping the focus on what keeps eyeballs glued to the screen. Right now, that’s dying rich people.
Hell, I doubt there is ever a time when the majority of people on earth don’t want to watch rich people suffer and die.
This is like Steve Bannon level of edgelord opinion
Steve should have been in that sub along with our other “elites”
There is also a factor of rich people’s loved ones having the same assess to news broadcast platforms and can raise awareness faster.
You and me are going to drown out at sea and we might get a mention from our loved ones after the fact.
These guys though, they know the friend of the sister that works at the BBC, they know the mother of the tik-tok enthusiast who has like 1.3 million followers. It’s essentially a giant mega phone they get to blast from contacts.
There is also the reward factor, as immigrants rescued at sea have nothing to give, in fact some people have to explain to their superiors why they wasted resources in such a case.
But you save 3 billionaires and 2 multimillionaires from a metal coffin, and you bet there is a reward for that. Not only from a cut of the inevitable book sales/movies that would take place, from being seen as the heros, and if these five were super grateful, I imagine a $$$,$$$,$$$ reward too. Even if it is just their bodies found for their loved ones.