Gabriele Svelto [moved]Jun 20, 2023

Wherever I look I can see news about a few very rich individuals being stranded on a submarine that was supposed to take them on a tour of the Titanic. The effort put in place to rescue them appears huge in scope.

Last week over six hundred people died in a #shripweck off the coasts of #Greece and nobody cared. Nobody even bothered to start a rescue operation until it was too late.

Stop pretending people are equal, I hate this hypocrisy.

Show threadsupernov
@gabrielesvelto Good point, also on how humans work I think. The events with the capsizing boat is something we "got used to". We seem to be always wired to focus on difference, unique things. To me it just showcases we're not that advanced as we think we are. It always annoys me that big and small, Import things are usually just worth a news mention for a day or so. We forget fast.
Jun 20, 2023 at 3:29pmWeb
Show threadGabriele Svelto [moved]Jun 20, 2023
@supernov yes! The news cycle and the social media cycle want interesting, click-worthy events. Once we normalize letting people drown in the Mediterranean it's not newsworthy anymore.
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 20, 2023
@supernov @gabrielesvelto I understand the mechanism you're talking about, but as a former professional journalist i want to say this is based on actual decisions taken by people in newsrooms. There's lots of things journalists have chosen to not normalise, and I'm ashamed of those who have chosen to normalise the Mediterranean death route.