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Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.’s Killing (www.nytimes.com)

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Dated: 2024-12-05. Added: 2024-12-05. Alternate title: “After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry”.

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[–] PriorityMotif 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

~20% of eligible voters voted for this.

More people didn't vote than voted for either candidate.

~150M voted with a 2M difference ~90M didn't vote

I'll bet the vote count that actually matters is more like <10% of the country.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

just as neglecting to make a decision is still a decision, neglecting to vote is still a vote.

[–] PriorityMotif 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're ignoring the many people who have been disenfranchised, their registration purged from the rolls at the last second, votes thrown out, intentionally giving certain areas only one voting location for many many people. There's tons of reasons why someone might not vote that are out of their control.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Obviously those people wouldn't fall under "neglecting to vote", now would they?

[–] PriorityMotif 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Exactly

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're saying that as if 90M had a legitimate reason not to vote.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Have you seen the state of American society? In case you didn’t hear it has got so bad we’ve got vigilantes killing CEOs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

No, I heard nothing about that in a thread talking about the effect of such an action /s

Nobody with a modicum of critical thinking can seriously believe that all 90M non-voters tried everything to vote and just couldn't.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 5 days ago

It's a blatant statement that they don't consider either candidate to be a legitimate choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

2nd highest voter turnout in US history, stop claiming nobody voted for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Just like upgrading from eating scaps to eating fastfood, better doesn't mean good.