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> Yet, we will move mountains to rescue the thrill seeker and casually look the other way for the migrant. Because one happens all the time and the other doesn
by snehk 3y ago
> Yet, we will move mountains to rescue the thrill seeker and casually look the other way for the migrant.
Because one happens all the time and the other doesn't. If rich people get on a submarine after 100 submarines have vanished trying the exact same thing, no one would care. Do you know how many people die on Mt. Everest each year? No one cares and that's pretty much also reserved for rich people due to the high price.
- uberman 3y agoI agree that deaths of tourists on Everest no longer get much coverage but I think that has much to do with the typical suddenness of thier deaths. If an American thrill seeker was lost on Everest or slowly suffocating at the summit in a timeline that allowed news coverage it would be a bing thing. I dont know the realities of climbing but it would not surprise me to find that tourists in distress get air lifted out of basecamp 1 while Nepalis don't.