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[–] NounsAndWords 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's only really happened the once so far. I think they're overreacting at this point...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To some extent, yes. However, history has a tendency to repeat itself, and generally we see that there’s only so much inequality that people can take for so long. Deny them a peaceful option for change, and violence becomes inevitable.

To be clear, this is not a threat. It’s an observation, and history’s promise.

[–] wabafee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Here officer here's the guy. /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

In the US, to get what we deserve we've been killing businessmen and politicians since before the country was formed. Just a few years ago a whole mob of idiots tried to kill our Congress.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

CEOs, not schools!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well obviously they wouldn’t have to worry if they stopped putting profits over people and gave people good service and fair coverage.

So of course, they’re now demanding we pay them more via state-funded private security to protect them from further violence.

[–] DougHolland 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A for-profit business must put profits over people. That's why health care must never be a for-profit business.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Huh, interesting. I wonder who is paying politicians to ensure this predatory behavior is never regulated in the healthcare industry.

Could it be the executives whose primary compensation consists of company stock, which only gains value as they continue to systematically murder people by denying necessary medical care coverage? I wonder.

[–] DougHolland 2 points 1 month ago

Ha ha, I don't think you really wonder. (:

[–] paddirn 3 points 1 month ago

Thoughts and prayers

[–] TrickDacy 1 points 1 month ago

Somehow I doubt that Mangione type actions will be seen as "a fact of life"