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user-inactivated  ·  30 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: UnitedHealthcare executive killed in Manhattan in targeted attack

Look, you caught me -

I wont say that Brian Thompson is personally more evil or more of a leader or more valuable a target than Osama. But I am willing to say that UHC and Private Insurance in general has done more harm than Al-Quaeda.

Obviously the board is just going to replace him with another guy that does the same thing. Maybe that guy will remember that he too, is mortal. Something billionares seem to forget.

I'm pretty sure you agree that the point of protests isnt to stand around in a large group so that people will look on and see 'wow, if I do this thirty thousand people will be very sad'. The point is that these people WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS. And it seems like it's been pretty internalized lately that this just isn't the case, you just arrest the leaders and the group disperses eventually and the world moves on like normal.

So fine, obviously this assassination won't end up affecting things as much as Osama and the guy deserved it way less than Osama (but crucially, did deserve it some).

If you can't see why it at least makes some sense though I don't know what to tell you.

I hope that's enough of a compromise, I always like reading your posts and I promise you I do give everything you write a lot of consideration. But if not, that's OK I can leave the site if I'm not wanted here. It's pretty much just you and Am_U left and I don't want to be somewhere I'm not welcome.