ALL of my post is saying "fukkit let's shoot a CEO is counterproductive" and you can't seem to get out of your own way to hear that the threshold for change is emphatically NOT "shooting people."

Look, bitch. You know what I do to feel better? I go pick up trash. I walk my neighborhood with an ikea bag and a grabber. 'cuz you know what? It's easy, it's free, and it's making the world a better place. Does the trash stay picked up? it does not. Does it solve the problem of trash? It does not. Does it discourage people from throwing shit out their window as they drive by? Negative. But it's a positive step, in the right direction, that improves things for everybody.

I guess I could go shoot a CEO instead but then I couldn't pick up trash anymore.

I'll ask this instead:

Do you see any path towards single payer healthcare / medicare for all?

Would you fucking listen if I did? Because I've talked myself blue in the face about single payer. Fuckin' the comment you're replying to is about single payer - our biggest leverage is "you reimburse us less than medicaid you monsters" and the best way to leverage that is to improve medicaid payouts. I'm profitable in a single payer ecosystem, that's one reason we seek out medicaid. You're three comments deep in what I'm up to, as an individual, but you're too busy talking past me so you can keep your pessimism close to your heart. Yep, nothing to do but go shoot a CEO.

Again, my sister wants to do things to protect forests and the environment. That is basically not a thing you can do.

If your threshold is "shoot a CEO" then "go volunteer for The Nature Conservancy" or some shit is hella below that. You see that, right? You see that there's a whole spectrum of shit that can be done this side of "shoot a CEO?"