Tom MaxwellJun 22, 2023
This reflects my feelings.
“Titan and Adriana are two vessels recently lost at sea, four days and 4,000 miles apart. The five men who lost their lives on the Titan have been getting wall-to-wall coverage in the media worldwide. Meanwhile, the estimated 700 who died when the Adriana sank off the coast of Greece, mostly women and children, have been essentially forgotten.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/22/a_titanic_disparity_in_how_the
A Titanic Disparity in How the World Responds to Maritime Disasters

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan All travelers, whether migrants or millionaires, deserve rescue. The global response to the Titan’s disappearance should be the model for how we respond to migrant vessels in distress.

Democracy Now!
Show threadakgirl49Jun 22, 2023
@tommyyum The Titan vs Adriana is such a sad but vivid example of the waste of wealth and excess vs human suffering. The fact that probably $50 million (just my best guess) has been spent on the Titan recovery is such a glaring example of the inhumanity when contrasted against what that money could have done for the disadvantaged seeking a different and hopefully safer, better life. Or at the very least, provided rescue and support services.
Show threadCIWS-30
@akgirl @tommyyum Yep, as people are saying more often, we're already living in a "boring dystopia". The megacorps are here and have been here for a while, and we're basically living in a Cyberpunk world, except without the Cyber and neon lights.
Jun 23, 2023 at 1:35pmWeb