There's a lot of buzz around the dozens of children killed in Texas floods, wherein most of the discourse is about defunded scientific institutions a la NOAA/NWS.
But from the edges of the discourse, I saw some level of celebration, much to my pearl clutching chagrin. Doing more research, it turns out this camp is nothing but a preparatory camp for elite WASPs (white anglo saxon protestants)
As such, while I mourn the loss of life in general, I can't help but consider this as the first major rupture of the 1% intergenerationally.
I.e. the same elite WASPs who voted for these conditions are now forced to reconcile that even their children aren't safe from the world they're destroying.
Superficially, one might think the political rupture/opportunity here is Republican vs Democrat, or even 1% vs the 99%.
Rather I see it as an opportunity to radicalize more young 1%ers into revolutionary suicide against their families given the material evidence that they are disposable just like everybody else
Curious on other perspectives though?
While I agree with the submarine example, I think the CEO case actually proves the opposite imho.
The capitalist and petit bourgeoisie classes mobilized the national, state, and local policing apparatuses for one man while flooding the zone with CEO sympathetic think pieces in mainstream media across conservative and liberal channels alike.
Ex. the mayor of NYC perp walked Luigi just to show how deep the allegiance of civil society is to the ruling class.
I agree that the ruling class is generally callous to human (or other) life, but this inequitable ship would have sunk long ago if they didn't maintain an infrastructure of hegemony in their own self interest
The CEO was targeted by industry and status explicitly by a person. For the submarine and Texas scenario there weren’t any anyone doing the targeting. I think most people would chalk it up to acts of God.