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The Press Is Complicit in America’s Health Care Deaths (jacobin.com)

submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 5 points 1 week ago

Most people in this guy’s financial position would never end up screwed like he did. The resources it took to secure the weapon, the fake IDs, the travel are no small ask. Most people being crushed by the healthcare system don’t have the time and money left over for for such an elaborate murder plot.

You're right in that the particular circumstances of this one is a fluke, but wrong in implicitly assuming that the circumstances have to be the same or similar, that the copycats will care about getting caught and therefore be locked behind a paywall.

The entire world just taught all the school shooter types that shooting a business exec will turn you into a folk hero. It will get you fame and admiration. It will get people trying to send you money for your legal defense. It will get you people spreading the word about jury nullification to use the system against itself. That's everything they could ever want, and they only need one of the millions of guns floating around our country.

This month taught would be school shooters to instead go for board members, ceos, and billionaires. And it’s a far better lesson.

There are caveats to this. Stalking a business exec and being successful is harder. However security can't mitigate ambushes very well. They can't check every window in a city for rifles hanging out. They can't shut down roads. And the bullet proof glass of their ride can't help them once they step out to get into the hotel they have their 7am meeting at. There are limits, and a particularly motivated to get their name out there individual can always find an opening.

I was diagnosed with a life threatening chronic illness right after my 22nd birthday. I know the pain and absolute financial anchor around your neck an incurable chronic illness brings.

While I'm not in a situation like that myself, I can empathize because my fiancé has a laundry list of illnesses that leave her chronically ill as well. It's awful, and it makes me hate the bastards running the show.

But there is time for the 1/3rd of adults who don’t vote, to fill out a piece of paper. There’s time for them to give a shit about primaries and pick candidates that care about real people.

We should absolutely still vote, especially in the primaries. But it's a mistake to think that there is no potential for copycats.