The only thing that surprises me about someone assassinating a CEO of a company that regularly ruins lives is that it’s not more common.
Expect it to happen more often. I think we’re entering that stage of civilization.
Who knows what the future brings
crosses fingers
…and toes
This is the kind of revolution we need
Economic vigilantism is really dangerous and if this isn’t a one off it’s likely an indicator that people feel like justice is unattainable.
Justice against these people IS unattainable. Nothing fucking touches them, case and point Trump can lead a violent insurrection and nothing happens
Well, we found one way it can touch them.
The great equalizer.
I don’t disagree that society has been unjust in actuality for quite some time.
I think public sentiment has been shifting so that more people are aware of how tiered our justice system is and that change in perception is what’s interesting.
it’s likely an indicator that people feel like justice is unattainable
I’m sorry, have you not been paying attention?
You could look at this as a one off, or if you want to start looking at assassinations in total then you get to include the two trump would be assassins and make a damn strong argument to your point that this is exactly what a society that refuses to hold people accountable looks like. Honestly its the same concept as when the Black Panthers started giving free breakfast to kids, if no one else is going to solve the problem, people will do it themselves.
Idk it sounds like someone else got a lot closer to getting justice than I’ll get.
It’s so unattainable that it’s become something even normies understand. There are rules for us, and there are none for them. Think about how ingrained that has become in U.S. culture recently, and you’ll come to the same conclusion the vigilante did.
And since it is not, there are no alternatives but to switch diets.
Justice is unattainable in modern America. The shooter is a hero.
The way this article seems to go out of its way to humanize this guy before remembering to mention the ways this guy has hurt so many people by chasing profit at the expensive of people’s lives is kind of wild.
“Killing one person is wrong, but causing millions to suffer and many to die due to lack of healthcare is obviously OK if you’re doing it for massive profit!“
“I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People,” said the golem calmly.
“I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!”
"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
It’s worse than that. It’s not “lack of healthcare”, the people who were victimized had healthcare, they were just lied to. It’s people paying, thinking they’re covered, then UH’s algorithm denies their claims (90% of them) to increase their profits. While people die and families are bankrupted.
No. If it’s done “legally” then it’s OK. That’s why cops can murder people and it’s OK. As long as you can buy a politician or two to legalize the suffering you cause, you’re doing just fine.
You’re forgetting that if it benefits the elite by causing the poor and or minorities to suffer, it is automatically legal!
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That’s the corporate press for you.
They’re hoping the humanizing also protects their CEO, who is a different variation of corrupt and harmful to society.
I guess there are consequences for your actions. Who would have thought.
But that’s only supposed to apply to poor people!
That’s just one rare case. There’s plenty of others that go unpunished.
hours before he was set to address an investor meeting about UnitedHealthcare’s 2025 financial outlook, which projected revenues exceeding £375 billion ($450 billion).
Man, good thing Biden said we didn’t need to fix our healthcare system. Otherwise that would be worrying…
Revenue is not profits. The profits are $28 billion, that’s only 6% which is actually low.
$28bn is A Lot Of Fucking Money, my dude. Like…a lot.
At a rate of $20 an hour, it would take a person almost 160,000 years to earn that kind of money.
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OK,
The company expects cash flows from operations to range from $32 billion to $33 billion.
Exactly, so they need to always have cash on hand to cover the insured.
IDK how this is run, and I find the existence of private health insurance despicable.
But for a capitalist system, where health insurance is run like a business, 6% profit on revenue is not a lot.
It’s not the 6% that is the problem. Because an insurance company needs to have profits and a healthy cash flow, to be able to cover the insured.But allegedly the company used AI to make decisions on coverage, if that’s true, that may have been a way bigger problem.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is offering a £7,800 ($10,000) reward for information leading to the suspect’s capture.
I wouldn’t narc on this guy for any amount of money.
Oh I thought they were caught at the scene for some reason. Now this is a victimless crime.
Instead of money they should offer some decent health care coverage.
Well yeah. Your company kills people for profit, what you think their family is gonna feel? Don’t be an evil killer, my friends.
Zerooooo sympathy.
Can’t say what the specific motivations are without knowing who did it, but it certainly would be plausible that this was someone denied coverage for a terminal or otherwise life ruining condition. How many people out there did this guy’s company put into a hopeless situation? Once they have nothing to lose, it’s not hard to imagine someone deciding to get revenge.
Congress and the incoming Trump administration should also take note of that before they do anything to strip coverage from tens of millions of people.
So she knew he was receiving threats because of lack of coverage and still had the audacity to refer to the shooting as “senseless.”
Well, what the fuck else could anyone expect? History is full of lessons for those willing to think about what happens when the powerful drain all hope from the peasants.
Canary Cole mine?
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Is it better to shoot them in the face? /s
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“Eat the rich!” people exclaim, but as soon as they see the first step of how that particular sausage is made, they’re suddenly all vegans.
Evidenced by the reactions today people seem to enjoy the taste
Speak for yourself.
Let me assure you, eating the rich is ABSOLUTELY vegan. All creatures deserve good health and in practice veganism involves seperating from and dismantling all of the power structures that subjugate others for personal gain, human and animal alike.
I feel no pity for those that taunt a bull and get gored nor do I for insurance executives that systematically deny treatment who get shot.
I love meat. We need more meat. Much, much more meat.
This is an amazing opportunity to have more meat.
I mean from an ecological perspective we don’t, but I appreciate all proposals, no matter how modest.
Supposedly they taste like bacon.
I love bacon and I’m famished
Lmao, no, I’m feasting
