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The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms
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We (in the US) just elected a grifting, criminal "billionaire". I don't think the animosity so loudly and gleefully displayed in the reactions to the murder of this asshole insurance ghoul is representative of a newly heightened consciousness of wealth inequality. I hope that it is the start of something, but I've been disappointed in the public way too many times.
Just dropping in to remind everyone, that there have been 2 assassination attempts on the 'grifting, criminal "billionaire"' in just the last 8 months and he's been hiding behind thick glass in public.
I don't think it will stop, because however many people you manage to manipulate via targeted brainwashing (social media), you create at least a few super angry, unpredictable folks with ever less to lose. And they all have guns.
Edit: Also, nothing stops someone with a gigantic grudge, patience and high motivation from joining a private security company, getting training, a gun, and placed directly in the vicinity of a potential target. Really, there's no good defense except not giving a ton of people reasons to want to get rid of you.
Not to mention the use of DIY suicide drones.
I'm scared of his supporters becoming disenfranchised by and turning on him. They're already so volatile that their violence isn't always going to be as precise as a single bullet. There's going to be civilian collateral damage. It's hard celebrating all this, knowing the motherfucker had it coming, but considering the reality of violence, vigilantism and the kinds of people that do this (and the state they're in when pushed enough).. yay dead rich murderous fuck.. but shit, I'm scared for all of us. That dude could have missed.. a stray could have killed someone. Couldn't have gone through his head, shattered on his skull and shrapnel ricochets through a kid walking to school. Everyone wants street justice but forgets that living by the sword means living by the sword.
Definitely. This was more of a general comment.
I will copy/paste a thought I had about a more structured approach for dealing with corruption/oligarchs:
I like it. Honestly don't think it's harsh enough. My point was less about harsh penalties than collateral damage from crazies. I think we're pretty much on the same page though.
Are you kidding? Them turning on him is our greatest hope.
Trump is already responsible for indirectly killing hundreds of thousands of Americans due to his failure during COVID.
I don't disagree. I'm just afraid of people with the same mindset going wild spray and praying all over the place and taking out bystanders with them.
Why hasn't anyone invented a super accurate grenade trebuchet?