A different perspective about the submersible incident, if you don't mind...

[Red Mountain]

187. I think the racial characterization of what drove these people

to take the risk they did is wrong.

It's a tiny sample size of a tiny sample. And not a very diverse sample. At lower economic levels risk taking is more racially uniform from what I can tell. Got data to the contrary? I would love to see it.

Obscene wealth does seem to have a negative impact on a person's ability to relate to 'normal' people. The best example I can see of that is not some foolish rich folks that squandered all they had going for them for a thrill. People like them are mostly a threat to themselves and those closest to them. Like extreme mountain climbers and the people they hire to guide them.

There are a few extremely wealthy individuals that are in a position of power that allows them to take their greed to he next level....their fellow man be damned. Nothing is going to stand in the way of their greed or vision or whatever you want to call it.

I think Putin falls into that category.