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Well, it's a tragic example on how capitalism really ruins things for everyone. The OceanGate drama should have been the wake up call. But it wasn't and these people are dead. And they get infinietly more media coverage than hundreds of souls lost in Pylos.
What a fucked up world we live in.
Must we do the comparisons? The sub story was simply more interesting. It's not some media conspiracy, unless the media is already controlling the upvotes on kbin lol
Perhaps not a conspiracy, but doesn't it say something about our culture that we find it more interesting?
Eh, it's why a story of someone getting hit by lightning is more interesting than a heart attack. One is just so common it doesn't excite people.
They're both tragic mind you but we're interested in more unexpected, rare events; tragedies included.