This is not the time to offer your criticisms of the health-insurance industry

Somebody already did that for us lmao

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    7 days ago

    I had never heard of Brian Thompson before today, and it’s entirely possible that he made some bad decisions. It is not possible that he deserved to be murdered, because nobody deserves to be murdered. And the level of seething resentment some people seem to have of wealthy people is deeply unhealthy. Socialism is always motivated by envy and often brought about by violence. If there is some kind of organized effort to target CEOs with violence to win applause from the public, that ought to fail because the American public would be repulsed by it. All of us need to be repulsed by this murder. Basic human decency and a commitment to a free society demand it.

    It's amazing that they can say ghoulish shit like this and then wonder why people applaud their deaths.

    People aren't jealous of the wealthy, they rightfully celebrate their deaths because Health Insurance companies are responsible for the deaths of millions

    The more rich monsters like this pretend otherwise, the more resentment will boil. Not because of bitterness or envy, but because of logical self-preservation instinct.

    • Infamousblt [any]
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      7 days ago

      Basic human decency is when lifesaving insurance claims are denied because profit is more important than human life, apparently? thinking-about-it

    • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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      7 days ago

      Socialism is always motivated by envy

      Oh you mean envy for the value we produced with our labor which is stolen from us? Yes.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        7 days ago

        Pretty telling that he's already condemning socialism in his little hand-wringing piece about a CEO getting killed.

        They're circling the wagons

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        7 days ago

        "Yes I do envy the nice things socialist countries have and would like some for myself, wouldn't you?"

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      7 days ago

      that ought to fail because the American public would be repulsed by it

      yeah I'm not so sure about that lmfao, has this dude seen the internet today?

      • huf [he/him]
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        7 days ago

        those people arent part of the american public because they dont own enough stocks

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      7 days ago

      Yeah I'm envious of the oligarchs. They get to fuck around as they please and never have to worry about not having their material needs met. The rest of us get to worry about whether we can afford groceries, growing old or having teeth. If this is not supposed to fill you with a deep sense of these fuckers getting more than their fair share on your behalf, then what is?

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      7 days ago

      Socialism is always motivated by envy

      Lmao fuck off, I don't want billions, or even multi-millions. I just want to live with dignity. I don't want to face starvation, being without work, I want a roof over my head that doesn't cost a kidney every week. It's not fucking envy, you slimy piece of shit liberals. I don't envy the ghouls who run our society.