Which Dead Count?
There are the important dead, and then there are the unimportant dead. The important dead are those who are well-known and rich. When David Bowie died from cancer, the world mourned. Fine, because his work marked many lives. His was an important death. But there are many workers who have marked many lives, and yet are never recognized for what they have done. I can't name them, simply because they are anonymous! They are the simple workers who create infrastructure that make our lives easier, or who save our lives by keeping us healthy and safe through their jobs. They are the workers that might live paycheck to paycheck. Only their families mourn them. They are the unimportant dead. Globally speaking, there are the important victims and the unimportant victims. Every time there is a victim of terrorism on European, American, or Australasian soil, everyone puts a flag of the country affected over their Facebook picture. Everyone holds vigils for them. Everyone decries the barbary...