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Painting purpose-built cruise liners green

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Why transport struggling immigrants when you can paint a ship pale green and trap billionaires on it for months? Cunard's RMS Caronia was the first vessel purpose-built for the ultra-wealthy to cruise the world without ever touching poverty. It essentially invented the modern floating-resort culture where the actual destination matters way less than the proximity to the onboard martini bar.

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