Paulette Thompson Says Husband Received Threats 'Over Lack Of Coverage' Leading Up To Shooting
Paulette Thompson Says Husband Received Threats 'Over Lack Of Coverage' Leading Up To Shooting
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot, with his wife revealing prior threats over healthcare coverage, raising questions about his controversial role.
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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.
You say that like it’s a bad thing
Yeah, generally it leads to societal and economic collapse. Things sometimes improve, but it sometimes takes decades, and usually a shitload of people die as collateral damage via starvation, extrajudicial killings, etc. normal people, not these solid gold assholes.
We one time had an exchange student whose father lived through one such event and nearly starved to death in the fallout after it had run it's course. He said his father's strongest memories were that he was so hungry, for years. :/
If removing the ruling class leads to societal collapse then perhaps we’re due for something better…
Removing the ruling class always leads to societal collapse.
Generally speaking, normalizing extrajudicial killing of people that aren't liked tends to trend in a bad direction.
When a society is incapable of peaceful reform then they're destined for violent overthrow. Those that make that reform impossible are the ones that are truly culpable.
This man had the blood of thousands on his hands, all done legally. Perhaps the justice system isn’t so just.
Never was
Everyone thinks any change is good change. I say this with my straight white male privilege (as I pass as).. do you like your retail delivery? Your job assuming you're not breaking bricks? Your creature comfort? Your family's safety, old and young. Ask people in Ukraine how fun civil unrest and war are in a modern Western community just like yours. I wanted that when I was 15. Now I have empathy that the countrymen and women for whom I want justice, are not cannon fodder for overly academic jerk off fantasies about socialist revolution.
Your comment is a false equivalency. Ukraine was invaded by a foreign adversary, it’s not a revolution against the ruling class.
Substitute the women in Iran in the '70s if you want.
The point remains the same. Living through your society falling apart is not nearly as fun as the post-apocalyptic fiction would lead you to believe.
Another flawed example, the shah was no women’s hero, he was an authoritarian ruler installed by the United States in a coup against Iran's democratically elected government
My point was the way of life for someone used to 2020s creature comfort in Western liberal metropolises. Nothing to do with the polisci behind why the experience is happening. And a civil war would be even worse which I thought was implicit but apologies I'd it wasnt
I would sacrifice my comfort if it led to a more just society, maybe that makes me different from most, but things aren’t heading in a good direction so I’d wager that more people would agree with me in time
It's called "self-defense".
No, it's called revolution. And it doesn't usually end well. It all depends on who ends up standing stop the heap that's left over with the fighting is over.
Yeah, especially in a country with so many guns, that are so easy to obtain.
Who knows what the future brings
crosses fingers
...and toes
This is the kind of revolution we need
I guess we're reaching a stage were most people are both aware of the harm those people do and believe Ju$tice will never do anything about it, quit the opposite.
