"Why should anyone rescue them? It was their choice. They wanted to experience something. They went on the sub with freewill. Their choice"
"it's less about contempt and more frustration with millionaires/billionaires engaging in risky activities"
So then we'll stop rescuing hikers who get lost when hiking in bad weather, rock climbers who fall, ramblers who get lost, sailors in distress... they also choose to do they things their choice
baffling how other people put their compassion out only for a certain class of people & also claim they want equality for ALL a fair and just system where everyone is equal
@ecksmc It's that this situation underlines how unjust the world is. Some highly privileged rich people get world news coverage, expensive and dangerous missions to preserve their lives because their pleasure mission failed - while other people facing death from just poverty have nobody to save them. It makes it hard for me to feel compassionate toward the billionaires on board. One can strive to do good, and be compassionate, and not be a saint.
@ecksmc i don't find it baffling at all. billionaires have often caused the inequity, harms, & upheld a capitalist, unjust system. that peeps might see this as vengeance, comeuppance, just desserts, or feel vindicated seems entirely human.
it's hard to bring empathy & compassion for those who've been harmed by peeps like this.
that doesn't mean those same peeps can't want equity for all.
there is just an understanding that billionaires are treated much much better than the rest of us.
@ecksmc I think it's understandable that people might be angry under an unjust system, when the subject is someone who has egregiously benefited from that very injustice. You needn't agree with that stance philosophically, but it I don't personally find it baffling.
Also, people can contain both compassion and anger. I think the anger may be because compassionate people are angered by injustice rubbed in their faces. People aren't their best when angry, but the anger may be valid.