Hello! So two things:

  1. I would like to have a discussion about the UHC CEO killing and if it is at all any different than the ~45 murders a day in the USA...(other than the obvious "he was rich" one). -Typical Christmas family get together brought this up as a topic and was curious about the different perspectives. Argument made by others was "this sets a bad precedent", and the response was "how is this any different than someone getting murdered for literally any reason". Hate, lust, money, your car..whatever the motivation, how is this any different?

  2. Is there a better location to post said discussion topic?

I mostly lurk Lemmy, so not really sure how to find the correct communities for said topic.

Thanks!

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would you kill a mass muderer? Because that's what an insurance CEO is. I'd argue the existenc3 of any millionaire CEO begets mass social murder

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Its called an execution, not a murder. A murder is a crime.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This was murder. It was a crime.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can't murder a cockroach. Or a mosquito. Or a leach, or a bedbug, or a flea. You exterminate those.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Except that's false because he did not murder anyone (that we know of). Be angry at the system and the government allowing it to exist not the ones using it as intended. Much of what I see here is jealousy of millionaires and virtue signalling instead of people truly suggesting change. Anyone here can start any business, go start a fair insurance business, no one's preventing you, and that will actually help the issue instead of crying online

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Go start a fair insurance business"

    I cannot fathom how you can believe what you are writing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can only say one thing: be the change you want to see. Nothing is going to change if nobody bothers doing anything

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm liking the change I'm seeing: fewer CEOs.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    Just because he didn't do harm directly he still profited in an industry that does. There is some culpability there. He wasn't forced to make millions in that particular industry.

    I am not saying I am casting my vote on either side of the argument on the shooting, but there was obviously some level of culpability here

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