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55. Get it right

If what you are saying is true then there would have been no 1st class deaths.

It might interest you to know that the richest man in America, J.J. Astor, died on the Titanic after seeing his pregnant 18 year-old wife to a lifeboat. He gave up his seat to two 3rd class children, according to their account of the night.

A few other rather famous luminaries of the time were also on board and did not survive though their wealth made survival a certainty had they chosen to take the seats instead of declining them for lower class women and children. These include but are not limited to:
B. Guggenheim
I. Strauss
G. Wick
G. Widener
J. Thayer
A. Butt
E. Kent

The largest single group of civilian victims on the Titanic were 2nd class men with a loss of 92%. Conversely, the 3rd class men lost was 84%. For 1st class it was 67%.

The largest single number of Titanic deaths was among the male crew members: 693.

You can't blame the number of 3rd class deaths on the rich. The Titanic, was much like the government. They didn't have enough lifeboats for everyone so when disaster struck they launched the boats they had at less than full capacity. They are the ones at fault for the number of causalities.

You had a better chance of dying on the Titanic is you were, effectively, "middle class" than if you were either rich or poor. You are right, times haven't changed.