The 32 people on the vessel were rescued without injury, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson said. The yacht in question may have had a much lower passenger capacity.
Nobody’s screeching. I wanted to point out that not feeling joy at a potentially fatal misfortune has nothing to do with privilege, which is what I understood your comment to imply.
You’re right, nobody died this time. Good news I guess.
The sick and gruesome capitalist system kills an insane number of people every day.
The capitalist system in its current form is nothing but feudalism.
The young people who praise money and their feudal lords are active participants of this authoritarian rule. They actively participate in prolonging this sick game and therefore are guilty of the harm it does.
The fact that they charter yachts, one of the most sick and insane ways to show off wealth while people are dying around them is disgusting.
It is therefore more than understandable that, in this case where nobody died, some people will see this as a positive message.
I get all that, but I don’t understand how privilege comes into it.
You’re describing schadenfreude, which I’m not expressing any judgement on. But it’s reasonable for people, including myself, to not find schadenfreude uplifting and to question if an Uplifting News community is the right place for it.
Good point. We could discuss schadenfreude. Iirc it is pretty common that posts containing it are posted here.
In any case, privilege blinds people to the struggles and thoughts of others. So if someone shows disgust at the thoughts of someone else, without it being discriminatory against marginalized folks and not illegal, i usually think of privilege. Privilege kills empathy.
It is therefore more than understandable that, in this case where nobody died, some people will see this as a positive message.
If it requires this many paragraphs of mental gymnastics to explain, maybe it’s not as uplifting as you think is is. Nobody else here seems to be as insistently obtuse on this issue as you.
I’m sorry if science is mental gymnastics to you. It is how we explain things. One leading to the other. I could also reference sources but your lazy response tells me its pointless.
Nobody’s screeching. I wanted to point out that not feeling joy at a potentially fatal misfortune has nothing to do with privilege, which is what I understood your comment to imply.
You’re right, nobody died this time. Good news I guess.
Okay. In that case, let me point it out to you.
The sick and gruesome capitalist system kills an insane number of people every day.
The capitalist system in its current form is nothing but feudalism.
The young people who praise money and their feudal lords are active participants of this authoritarian rule. They actively participate in prolonging this sick game and therefore are guilty of the harm it does.
The fact that they charter yachts, one of the most sick and insane ways to show off wealth while people are dying around them is disgusting.
It is therefore more than understandable that, in this case where nobody died, some people will see this as a positive message.
I get all that, but I don’t understand how privilege comes into it.
You’re describing schadenfreude, which I’m not expressing any judgement on. But it’s reasonable for people, including myself, to not find schadenfreude uplifting and to question if an Uplifting News community is the right place for it.
Good point. We could discuss schadenfreude. Iirc it is pretty common that posts containing it are posted here.
In any case, privilege blinds people to the struggles and thoughts of others. So if someone shows disgust at the thoughts of someone else, without it being discriminatory against marginalized folks and not illegal, i usually think of privilege. Privilege kills empathy.
If it requires this many paragraphs of mental gymnastics to explain, maybe it’s not as uplifting as you think is is. Nobody else here seems to be as insistently obtuse on this issue as you.
I’m sorry if science is mental gymnastics to you. It is how we explain things. One leading to the other. I could also reference sources but your lazy response tells me its pointless.