For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires’ son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).
They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They’ve been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they’ll make it?
I have plenty of criticisms about billionaires, but saying we should just let them die is going too far.
After they’ve milked the rest of humanity to amass all that wealth, your solution is to spend more money on going to get them? They fucked around and found out.
I don’t have to like them, or what they do with thier money, but we should make as much of an effort as we can to save anyone.
It’s not an easy question, but I don’t think it’s about just choosing to stand idly by while they’re dying. Finding and recovering the sub would be an incredibly difficult and expensive operation. It might not apply to you specifically, but if someone thinks that the government should try to save these people, regardless of the cost, I think it raises the question why we’re letting other people die from preventable causes. Perhaps you disagree with current politics and think the government should do everything to save both rich and poor alike, but IMO if a multi-million $ rescue operation had been launched, it would’ve been a reminder that we, as a society, are letting other people die.
I don’t think a persons socioeconomic status should be a determining factor of how much effort, and money we spend to save lives. We should do as much as we are able for anyone, and, yes, it is a reminder that we are letting other people die. I wish we as a society was better about that.
Edit: forgot a word ‘factor’
They are presented with the same choice every single day to condemn people to die by hoarding their unfathomable wealth. Anyone of them could singlehandedly end all deaths from polio or TB, but instead every single day they decide that the idea of only being worth $2 million dollars is so horrifying that they’d rather allow the deaths to continue unabated.
Same as the other responses I have given. I think we should make as much of an effort as we can for anyone. It doesn’t mean I have like them, or what they do with their money.
You’re right we should be more proactive