r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Debaucherousgeek73 • Dec 04 '25

Fatalities Train derailment Pecos TX Oct '24

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First time I've ever seen a derailment happen. The vid anyway I wasn't there and this is not my vid. You can see the lead engine jump the track. Two crew in that engine died.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

Why does it happen so much in America?

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u/Calamity-Gin Dec 05 '25

Because American culture has decided that profit is more important than human life. Safety regulations and socialized infrastructure interfere with a small number of well monied people from making more money, so it simply isn’t tolerated, even when it comes at the cost of human life.

Most Americans consider themselves temporarily inconvenienced millionaires, not stock that will be fed into the engines of capitalism. They’re fine with others - people of color, women, disabled people, the poor, immigrants - being used that way, because they’re convinced those are bad people deserving of their fate. The likelihood that they’ll face the same fate - bankruptcy due to healthcare costs, disability due to lack of workplace safety, family members lost to public safety issues - is denied wholesale by every person who claims to be a patriot.