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Deregulation Make Line Go Up
When I applied to the Philadelphia writer's workshop, I described my work as being an attempt to make sense of what it means to live in the ruins of capitalism. When I was waitlisted, the feedback I got was that we do not in fact live in the ruins of capitalism.
I guess that what happened in Baltimore this morning is just normal and healthy. My bad.
My heart goes out to the eight members of the road repair crew who stopped traffic on the bridge and saved dozens (if not hundreds) of lives. What absolute legends.
ETA: Just to be clear, I'm not blaming the city of Baltimore, the bridge that was hit (I actually love that bridge), the two Baltimore port workers on the ship, or even the ship's crew. Rather, it's come to light that this ship had pre-existing problems, and this is one of many similar container ship accidents that's occurred this year. I've seen people taking digs at Baltimore, which feels very unfair. Obviously I'm not an expert on what happened yesterday morning, but the problem feels much, much bigger than one boat.
I guess that what happened in Baltimore this morning is just normal and healthy. My bad.
My heart goes out to the eight members of the road repair crew who stopped traffic on the bridge and saved dozens (if not hundreds) of lives. What absolute legends.
ETA: Just to be clear, I'm not blaming the city of Baltimore, the bridge that was hit (I actually love that bridge), the two Baltimore port workers on the ship, or even the ship's crew. Rather, it's come to light that this ship had pre-existing problems, and this is one of many similar container ship accidents that's occurred this year. I've seen people taking digs at Baltimore, which feels very unfair. Obviously I'm not an expert on what happened yesterday morning, but the problem feels much, much bigger than one boat.