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[–] Something_Complex 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And everyone posting attention to some millionaires in their submarine doing this as an option instead of as a need to get a better life, escape hunger or poverty.

[–] toxic 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Possible rescue story is more interesting than hundreds dead. It’s sad but we hear about death all the time at this point.

[–] basequal 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TBF the boat disaster could have been a rescue story as well if someone cared enough. There are two major countries naval fleets in the Atlantic, whereas the story is much different in the Mediterranean.

[–] bl4ckblooc 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Greek Coast Gaurd literally watched them die

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think it's also because the news heavily cares about how different and interesting a story is. The sub story:

  1. Is just weird and different. Boats sinking happens all the time, but disappearing subs is rare and unusual. It's like how car crashes will barely get any attention but plain crashes will.
  2. The fact that the sub is still out there makes for a continuing story to report. There's also the mystery element of "what went wrong?" I see a parallel to MH370, that plane that mysteriously vanished over the ocean a few years ago.
  3. It gets to prey more heavily on people's fear. Being on a sinking boat is scary, but there's something even scarier about being in a stuck sub that can't even be easily reached and has no possibility of escape from.
[–] Yoz 3 points 1 year ago

Capitalism at its finest

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly packing that many people on a boat is the same level of stupidity as a billionaire making his own submarine from parts he got at Home Depot then dying in it after repeated warnings...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Europe has been dealing with illegal migrants just like this for decades. It's not a new story. The arguments have been made a million times already. Governments argue they need to stop these illegal crossing because they're dangerous, and they're shouted down by activists who believe there are no borders or something. There are billions of poor people in the world. They can't all fit in Europe. I'm sorry, but not every poor person deserves the right to life-long social security in a European country. We would collapse.