#Who's to say their sacrifice wasn't necessary to save the economy?

[theladyaokay]

Empathy challenge: impossible - Generate more media coverage expressions of sympathy for the 100+ children who drowned in the Mediterranean boat disaster recently than the singular 19 year old whose father was wealthy enough to buy all ~600 victims of that catastrophe a seat spot on the disaster sub and still be a billionaire. Philanthropy is easy when you're the one who has all the stuff.

And don't even get me started on the "quintessential British explorer" codswallop. He was a spoilt tourist. The two quintessentially British things he did are spaffing a load of money on self aggrandising nonsense, and fucking dying in a place he had no good reason to be.

There is also some real irony in experts on a maritime disaster not noticing any signs of their own pending maritime disaster.

As a final also on empathy and irony, I am aware that I am shitting on human suffering right after chastising the media for largely ignoring the much greater example of human suffering. This is on purpose. We collectively need to normalise hostility and antagonism towards the ultra-wealthy. Scorn them, mock them, laugh at their tragedy and their pain. Make them the only truly acceptable target.

Revive that brutally dehumanising old "joke": what do you call 5 multi-millionaires at the bottom of the ocean? A good start.

This whole thing is a fucking farce.