It wasn't hard for people to see the Titanic as a metaphor for Western civilization's obsessions with speed, wealth, and conquest at the expense of contemplation, sharing and the well-being of one's neighbor. (Steve Turner)

It wasn't hard for people to see the Titanic as a metaphor for Western civilization's obsessions with speed, wealth, and conquest at the expense of contemplation, sharing and the well-being of one's neighbor.

Steve Turner

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