Re:Just Be Rich
by enkid on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:48AM
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First, the Titanic sunk in 1912.
Second, these are two events that happened around the same time. That does not mean they are at all related. Titanic primarily carried American and British passengers. The start of World War I primarily involved Austria, Serbia, Germany, and Russia. It's hard to see how British or American Millionaires would have influenced those events to stop the war.
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Banking, at the level of being the financier of nations, was a global industry then as it is now. Many of those people at the time were British or American and a number of them died on that boat.
How does having extra bankers stop someone from assassinating an archduke, Austria from sending an ultimatum, or Russia from supporting Serbia? I don't see it.
Re:Just Be Rich
by ameister14 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:44AM
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"A number of them" is an interesting way to say two.
To be fair, the alternative presented by the comment I responded to was zero.
Also we're talking 2 out of maybe 6-10 people (and their families/heirs traveling with them)? Not like 2 out of thousands.
Re:Just Be Rich
by ameister14 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:50PM
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No, we're talking about 2 out of hundreds. George H. Burr & Co, the Morgans, Henry Goldman, Samuel Sachs and their families, the list goes on and that's just NY - the banking families were numerous.