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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 304 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

While law enforcement does not believe Thompson's killing is part of a trend targeting health executives, the attack underscores the vulnerability of these high-profile executives.

Yes, very vulnerable people. I mean, not as vulnerable as an elderly cancer patient who's been denied care, or a working class family driven to bankruptcy by medical debt, but, you know vulnerable to righteous retribution. Except, they're not really even vulnerable to that, since they have the resources to pay for private security.

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Let's not warn or threaten, actually; it spoils the element of surprise.

Ideally, the enemy should never see it coming.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You never say, ‘I’m gonna fight you, Steve.’ You just smile and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

With a Buick

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The Dark Knight Rises

Anne Hathaway's Selina/Catwoman says it to Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman while dancing at a party.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Judging from the pay I would say CEO should be one of the most dangerous jobs. That's the only way the pay would make sense. Let's make it so!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 171 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

I am looking at another headline right now: "White House condemns using violence to tackle 'corporate greed'"

When corporate greed is out of fucking control, and nobody is lifting a finger to do anything about it via legal channels, what the fuck else do you think is going to happen?

I'm also amused by how reporting on this has been "We're trying to work out what his motive was," when it's so clear that everybody knows what it was. They are fucking us, every day, and this guy got pushed to his breaking point. The fact that there's been such vocal support for Claims Adjuster - not just indifference - suggests that a whole lot of people are real close to their breaking points.

This is how revolutions begin.

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[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 119 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I hate that V for Vendetta it’s kind of playing out right now.

I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.

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[–] Nanook@lemm.ee 114 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

"Over the last two years, online activity has indicated a growing negative sentiment around conglomerates, the wealthy, and executive staff at private and public organizations," the bulletin said. "Calls for targeting the executive team, their families, homes, and places of work using a variety of online and offline means to harass, disrupt, and harm the individuals and the organizations have become widespread."

I wonder why…

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 94 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bitch please. That's how unions got shit done. The boss made threats? Cops come to beat up and shoot at striking workers? Then the workers show up at the boss' house and burn it down or beat the crap our of him. That's how it used to be done.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 50 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

We allowed the centrists to take over, and their hippy “Follow the rules. violence is bad but we’ll back state sanctioned violence” shtick has ruined a century of progress.

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 98 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

"Calls for targeting the executive team, their families, homes, and places of work using a variety of online and offline means to harass, disrupt, and harm the individuals and the organizations have become widespread."

I'd argue that this is a non issue that doesn't warrant additional attention, as it only affects less than 1% of the population.

Instead, do more to combat drunk driving, that will have a bigger meaningful effect on the populace.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

I would suggest the cops investigate health care companies so people don't feel like they have an obligation to do something.

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago

Law enforcement is now seeing the line between corperations and people and guess who they have to defend.

ACAB

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 56 points 2 weeks ago

I thought the killing WAS the warning.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not even going to read their warning. Law enforcement should shut up and quietly do their job. No one has to talk to the pigs and if they dont show some respect to the public, no one will. So if they want to be professionals they should pipe down and keep their "warnings" to themselves.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, doing their jobs is protecting the wealthy. They don't exist for any other reason.

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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago

They’re afraid. Good

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” -Henry Ford

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 20 points 2 weeks ago

Famous piece of shit Henry Ford.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure Henry was just bitching the Jews in that quote.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 34 points 2 weeks ago

Strange how they were completely incapable of understanding this concept when it comes to right wing violence.

[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Not American, but curious as to why you don't vote for polices that prevent the healthcare ripoff?

I mean, it's all well and good applauding a single man's actions, but you all could affect change of there was a genuine will to do so. Other western countries don't have this problem that you are seemingly powerless to change?

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 weeks ago

The wealthy own everything. The media, the campaign funding, the concert venues, the restaurants, the farmland, the water, the houses, the offices, the railroads, the textbook publishers. Fucking everything. The only thing our government does well is print more money for the rich.

[–] H0neyc0mb@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Healthcare was barely even discussed during the last election. Trump has no plans to improve it and Harris didn't campaign on it. We can't just directly vote for laws, we have to elect leaders that would write a bill and vote for it. And pretty much everyone in Congress is bought out by Big Pharma, which has more money than god so it buys elections.

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago

tl;dr the USA is not really a democracy, just as the founding fathers intended.

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[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago

There are several (very simplified) factors:

  • the parties in power won't fix voting so others can join in proportionally
  • the parties in power are mostly guided by the wealthy (often via corporate influence), just with slightly different flavors
  • many of our citizens are one or more of poorly educated, uninformed, radicalized, and selfish
  • the wealthy tend to support policies that keep them wealthy and the electorate controllable
[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not American, but curious as to why you don’t vote for polices that prevent the healthcare ripoff?

Because they aren't on the ballot.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

And when they are they're so stuffed full of pork that to vote for healthcare you also have to vote for having your bones ground for tomorrow's bread.

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[–] ramsorge@discuss.online 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What is vote? We elect people, not policy. Then those people get purchased by companies, and they do whatever is best for the company.

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[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Because we are powerless to change it.

The corporations have lobbied (bribed) both political parties so hard that both sides work for them.

Any attempt to change the voting system gets shot down because the people in power don't want to change the system, because it benefits them. Why make the game fair when it's rigged in your favor?

Half the country is brainwashed into thinking any social help or reform is socialism (which is pure evil! Helping others is evil!) and a trick from the inept party to try to gain political influence. And the inept party just fails to deliver on any sort of reform because they want to appeal to that brainwashed half of the country.

Any grass roots effort that makes any traction gets shot down by the establishment, usually by rileing up the brainwashed half.

We WANT the change. But even if we could get the brainwashed half to vote for it, the system is so rigged and broken even if we did vote it in they would veto it or change it in two years.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Warn my ass

Delay, Deny, Depose

The one pecent's days are numbered

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[–] Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't really believe that the families of the wealthy, unless you're the Waltons, are as complicit and corrupt as the members in their family actively fucking over everyone else. They might've not have known, they might've been kept out of things.

So it would be very reckless and cold-blooded for those innocents to shed blood. It's the people directly responsible, who are the targets. So, no, their families shouldn't worried. The pompous rich relative should be.

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