Neither were the purported child sacrifices dying en masse in Aztec civilization.
We absolutely celebrate the slow death of the poor as a necessary sacrifice in the face of economic growth and dividends. Just not always in the same breath. The fittest grow and the weakest adapt, or don't. Believing that when they don't is a tragedy, is not an effective way of mitigating tragedy, and indeed can serve as an affirming and normalizing act in and of itself.
We absolutely celebrate the slow death of the poor as a necessary sacrifice in the face of economic growth and dividends. Just not always in the same breath. The fittest grow and the weakest adapt, or don't. Believing that when they don't is a tragedy, is not an effective way of mitigating tragedy, and indeed can serve as an affirming and normalizing act in and of itself.
"That's a tragedy, but that's the way it is"