• Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      “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!“

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        “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
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        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.

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          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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      You need to remember that ALL media outlets are tools of the rich to keep the poor in check. They will ALWAYS spin these things to make the rich person look a good as possible.

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    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.

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      it’s likely an indicator that people feel like justice is unattainable.

      I think you mean, ‘people are starting to wake up to the fact that justice is unattainable’.

      Where have you been the last decade or 3? If you’re rich and not going after other rich people, you’re practically untouchable. Bernie Madoff didn’t catch jail time because he defrauded Anne and Bill out of their pension, he defrauded people who have money matter.

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      Trump has proven this, and the fact Elon (the richest manchild in the world) is literally in his cabinet now only exacerbates the situation.

      I don’t think things are radically worse, that’s the interesting thing… It’s the fact we’ve discarded any semblance of justice at the highest levels. Like, nobody is even pretending now. The highest office in the land is about to be occupied by an openly corrupt idiot.

      When people lose hope in their leaders, they realize it’s up to them to change the world. Great acts are often done in the fallout of such times. Both acts of great kindness, and great violence.

      Injustices become things to act on when you have zero hope of change from the people who should be enacting change.

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    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.

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    So she knew he was receiving threats because of lack of coverage and still had the audacity to refer to the shooting as “senseless.”

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    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…

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      Revenue is not profits. The profits are $28 billion, that’s only 6% which is actually low.

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    There are only 12 people who will need to hear this, but on the off chance that you are one of them: Jury nullification is a thing.

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    I mean, not surprising. He was a massive scumbag. His policies led to the deaths of thousands of people. I’m sure he got lots of threats.

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    “Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a God.”

    - Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist, 1938.

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    Well, maybe let Paulette know that the clothes she is wearing, the car she is driving, the house she is living in, and anything else she owns was all bought with the deaths and suffering of thousands of people.

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    Paulette Thompson probably sucks, did you see who she was married to.

    You finally broke the world billionaires… Time to go get the cans of beans rotated out in your bunkers. Tell your Paulettes to fuel up the tactical SUV and stick the tear gas perimeter dispensers. You’re about to get really fucking paranoid… Is this next horrible heartless decision your last… Yes, it probably is - does that change any in the decision you’ll make?

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    With hundreds of thousands he made suffer and killed, the police will have more work to find a culprit than in “Who shot Mr. Burns?”.

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    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.