Oh and also being held captive on a floating consumerist dystopia.
The only times I’ve been on a ship is to get from New York to Southampton or vice versa. Ocean liners still have a consumerist element to it but it’s way less pronounced and also the decorations aren’t tacky as fuck. Yes it takes like a week but I like slow travel (train gang) and I go for the slower option if I have the time. Being in rush to get somewhere constantly is a symptom of our capitalist dystopia. Yes the privilege of taking your time is one many don’t have. Boy do I wonder why... :curious-marx:
It’s still cool and good that cruise lines are getting fucked and their floating disease carrier environment disrespecter ships are getting scrapped lmao
Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
Well There's Your Problem episode on cruise ships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bvltmNno_A
if you don't have time to listen to the full thing, at least listen to this part where they are talking about the amenities of a cruise ship
this will fight climate change more than an entire biden presidency
They should have chained them together and made the start of a floating city. Turn the upper decks into gardens/greenspace, communal kitchen, etc.
No comrade, we need to save them as post-revolution prison hulks for billionaires
Yeah? So?
Free money on top of the scrap money!
This is an excellent visual illustration of every bailed out industry. Like whoops! You forgot to directly subsidize wages and instead just gave money to people who are only operating a business for that cash out, not to actually run a business.
We can cope by taking a nice, long, relaxing cruise in the Caribbean... Oh wait. :crab-party:
