Even the passengers share a tiny bit of blame. Many of them ignored the lifeboat drills and treated the ship like a giant party cruise. When the collision happened, some refused to get into the lifeboats because they thought the ship was more stable. “The music is still playing! It’s fine!”
Edward Smith Was The Captain Of The Titanic — So Was He To Blame For
But you can’t blame them for trusting the hype. The Titanic was marketed as unsinkable. That’s like buying a phone advertised as waterproof and then dropping it in the toilet—you feel a little foolish, but you didn’t know. They were victims of a lie.
