We live in a capitalist dystopia

[Rhinox]

Apparently there's a $10,000 reward for information on the gunman. So far my favorite comment was, "That won't even cover one epipen out of pocket, try harder"

It is clear that the resentment and anger that has been just under the surface for so long is bubbling out. I would not at all be surprised to see more violence against CEOs, insurance companies, and the like in the near future. Much like the democrats really misread this election, I think everyone has misread just how angry everyone is right now.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Apparently there's a $10,000 reward for information on the gunman. So far my favorite comment was, "That won't even cover one epipen out of pocket, try harder"

It is clear that the resentment and anger that has been just under the surface for so long is bubbling out. I would not at all be surprised to see more violence against CEOs, insurance companies, and the like in the near future. Much like the democrats really misread this election, I think everyone has misread just how angry everyone is right now.

Good.

 

[Pocket]

If I spotted the gunman walking down my street, I'd offer him a place to hide out and help him plot his next hit.

 

[Pale Rider]

 

[CoffeeHorse]

After this crazy election, it's nice to see that the country can come together on some things.

 

[Pale Rider]

 

[CoffeeHorse]

For some reason

MSN

 

[Pale Rider]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1864860146113069239

 

[Ungnome]

Shows how hated the health insurance industry really is. A murderer has become a folk hero in no time flat because of who he killed. Granted the man he killed is likely responsible for many more deaths, just in a more indirect fashion. Of course I'm of the mind that the entire health care industry(or at least the bulk of it) should have been nationalized ages ago.

 

[Pale Rider]

Shows how hated the health insurance industry really is.

May as well change their name to Weyland-Umbrella.

 

[Pale Rider]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1864538270501359629

 

[Pocket]

After this crazy election, it's nice to see that the country can come together on some things.

Well, all except the media, who are pretending to have no idea what the killer's motive was and treating it like the tragedy of the century.

 

[Rhinox]

For some reason

MSN

I think this needs more coverage from the media. It turns out these companies can take a hint and will bow to pressure, provided that pressure comes at a point.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1864860146113069239

Remember, kids, if you see this person, no you didn't.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Well, all except the media, who are pretending to have no idea what the killer's motive was and treating it like the tragedy of the century.

Well, yeah. Rich, powerful white man was killed.

 

[NovaSaber]

https://bogleech.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F769104786540937216

 

[NovaSaber]

Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 (@dataandpolitics.bsky.social)

A propos of nothing, UnitedHealthcare declined to cover my husband’s ambulance trip to the morgue because his insurance policy lapsed at the second of his death.

bsky.app

UnitedHealthcare Tells Employees to 'Shut Up'

Accusations against slain CEO Brian Thompson are part of the story. Media should cover it.

www.kenklippenstein.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1864814737868869898

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

It's hilarious that a health-insurance CEO was murdered and the entire Internet reacted by laughing at him.

And why shouldn't they? This man was an example of the kind of ruthless psychopathic greed which has come to dominate the thinking of corporate elites and their right-wing apologists.

Health-insurance companies in 2008: "You can't replace us with government health-care! That would put government bureaucrats in charge of patient care decisions!"

United Health Care in 2024: "So, we made record profits by putting an utterly ruthless AI in charge of patient care decisions. Pretty clever, right?"

Police hunting the CEO-killer are poring over every bit of surveillance footage they can find from every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, or doghouse in that area.

Meanwhile, if a hit-and-run driver kills a kid at an intersection, they take 30 seconds to look at the traffic camera video from that intersection, and if they can't read the license plate, they just shrug and say "let's ask the public for tips, and if we don't get any, then I guess he got away with it".

Serial killers can only dream of causing as much suffering as Brian Thompson did.

It would 100% be a good thing if the CEO-killer is never found. I want him to forever be a bogeyman in the minds of other greedy CEOs: a nameless threat who could always be hiding around the corner.

 

[KidTDragon]

FB friend: It would 100% be a good thing if the CEO-killer is never found. I want him to forever be a bogeyman in the minds of other greedy CEOs: a nameless threat who could always be hiding around the corner.

He's gonna need to pop one off every few years to keep the threat alive.

 

[KidTDragon]

Why top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer

TikTok users who would normally leap at the chance to identify an alleged criminal are standing down during the manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

www.nbcnews.com

...after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in New York City this week without a primary suspect being identified, a rare occurrence happened in the thriving true-crime world: silence online from highly followed armchair detectives.

“I have yet to see a single video that’s pounding the drum of ‘we have to find him,’ and that is unique,” said Michael McWhorter, better known as TizzyEnt on TikTok, where he posts true crime and viral news content for his 6.7 million followers. “And in other situations of some kind of blatant violence, I would absolutely be seeing that.”

“We’re pretty apathetic towards that,” Savannah Sparks, who has 1.3 million followers on her TikTok account — where she tracks down and reveals the identities of people who do racist or seemingly criminal acts in viral videos — said about helping to identify the shooter. She added that, rather than sleuthing, her community has “concepts of thoughts and prayers. It’s, you know, claim denied on my prayers there,” referring to rote and unserious condolences.

Sparks, who also works in health care as a lactation consultant and holds a doctorate of pharmacy, didn’t mince words when asked if her community was working to find the suspect in Thompson’s murder.

“Absolutely the f--- not,” she said.

Another popular TikTok sleuth, thatdaneshguy, who has 2 million followers on the platform, made a video that was critical of the health care industry, saying that he wouldn’t try to identify the killer. “I don’t have to encourage violence. I don’t have to condone violence by any means. But I also don’t have to help,” he said.

When the internet sleuths aren't interested in solving your murder, that's a strong indicator that you were a bad, bad person.