Not all empathy is good. Don’t waste it on people who wouldn’t slow down if they ran you over.
I don’t wanna celebrate deaths, but it is wild to me how much of a story this is compared to, say, the boat full of migrants that the Greek government purposely allowed to die.
Those migrants were simply people seeking a better life. They deserve far more in terms of coverage and rescue efforts than a couple of rich aholes who spent their money on a tourist trap
I think the difference in coverage reflects more on media outlets and consumers than it does any of the people who died in either place.
It wasn’t sympathy for the passengers that made the story interesting to me. It was the absolute shamelessness with which that CEO disregarded safety, fired people who tried to make it safe, cut corners, lied to reporters about “partnering with Boeing” (they debunked it today), and on and on.
The guy was a huge piece of shit, and I hope that his company gets sued into oblivion so that some sort of precedent is set for other companies that try to use international waters for their malfeasance.
It was the absolute shamelessness with which that CEO disregarded safety, fired people who tried to make it safe, cut corners, lied to reporters about “partnering with Boeing” (they debunked it today), and on and on.
In unrelated news, Elon Musk looking for anyone wanting to go to Mars.
Or be on the waitlist to get a Neurolink implant.
I mentally separate SpaceX from the pissbaby these days. Because the people working there are actual fucking geniuses. They are paving the way to make access to space more affordable with re-usability. We need that. Elon can fuck off though.
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 16•2 years ago
Unwise. Elon is in charge. All of those actual fucking geniuses are there at his pleasure and may be fired at his whim.
Many beautiful things are fragile, or hold the seeds of their toxicity and decay. Doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy them while they last.
So long as Space-X is doing good(which likely coincides with Musk being otherwise distracted) I’ll be rooting for them to do more. When the bubble breaks, it breaks.
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 8•2 years ago
Problem: when SpaceX’s “bubble breaks”, people will die.
I would argue that having empathy for another human is what sets me apart from them. but i understand your disdain for them.
I really appreciate your comment. I feel the same way. I feel I can accept both that they were victims of their own hubris, and were other people suffering. Those notions do exist together no matter how I feel about the ultra rich.
They knew what they were getting into too lol
Eat the rich
No amount of bbq sauce is going to make that palatable. Can we just compost them instead?
Sorry to go off topic but I love your combination of username and profile picture of Mister Bean in surgeon gear.
Thank! _
I work as a surgical tech, and that scene fuckin kills me lol.
We have a tendency to conflate a person’s life with a person’s traits and impact, which brings about an unnecessary moral grey area when a shitty person bites the dust.
Dude was a parasite on humanity. His greed was a boot on the neck for all but a select few. Him dying obviously means we lost a human life - no one’s celebrating that; but it also represents the excision of a parasite and relief from the damage he caused, and THAT is absolutely a good thing!
Now if the other oligarchs would just follow in his steps…
“Skill issue” hahahahahah