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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] wpb 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If only Kamala had won, then the Biden administration wouldn't be doing this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 49 minutes ago

For the ones in the back: the presidential elections aren't the only elections.

[–] sumguyonline 2 points 1 hour ago

If only the American people weren't addicted to republicans and democrats. This might not happen.

[–] sumguyonline 7 points 58 minutes ago

Who do we charge with terrorism for people being forced to watch their loved ones die from preventable causes that were denied treatment and cures by insurance companies? Asking for some revolutionaries I might or might not know.

[–] robocall 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Rumor has it, if you say, "deny, defend, depose" in your phone 3 times, you'll get charged with terrorism too. Hopefully you're an American citizen or else it's off to Guantanamo bay for you.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 32 minutes ago

The unconstitutional Patriot Act says they can do that to citizens too, as long as they're suspected of terrorism. That's why everything is "terrorism" these days, because under that accusation they'll strip you of your constitutional rights and do whatever the fuck they want. It's tyranny.

[–] jaybone 1 points 29 minutes ago

What a shocking surprise. Why stop there? Why not charge him with genocide? Bring him to The Hague and charge him with war crimes?

[–] Sam_Bass 1 points 45 minutes ago

Because all the dainty little devils are terrified

[–] Fandangalo 49 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

As a person who grew up in American schools post-Columbine, with kids in schools now, and none of us are CEOs, this is probably the take that saddens me most about this whole event. It’s our kids, and the argument used to be about freedom. Soon, we won’t even have that. What was the fucking point? (Rhetorical: profit)

I know we’re all alive at a special time in humanity. We think we’re so civilized. Then I look around, and it’s the same history playing on repeat. When do the monkeys figure out it’s one species? (Rhetorical again: 😬)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

On the plus side, maybe this will actually result in some kind of reasonable gun legislation that will trickle down to a reduction of general gun violence. Maybe. Hopefully. Sometimes all it takes is showing the leopard party that their faces are also in danger.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Soon only CEOs will be allowed to carry guns?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 41 minutes ago (1 children)

That would actually help a lot ...

[–] Anticorp 2 points 25 minutes ago

Help with inescapable oppression for sure.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Who exactly is terrified here?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp 2 points 24 minutes ago

Translation: majority shareholders

Translation: the obscenely wealthy that run the country

[–] Donkter 29 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the people doing it are the media It's a quintessential "man bites dog" story. Normally it's the insurance companies killing civilians. Everyone is going to cover it. The police had a manhunt because it would look ridiculous if they didn't solve such a high-profile case.

It's kind of a symbiotic relationship, the media covers it, the police react harshly, the media covers it more.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 21 minutes ago

You know what looks even more ridiculous? Only taking action on anything when the victims are wealthy. Go read about how ridiculously lax NYC laws against crime are. But some rich dude gets shot and all of the sudden the cops are Columbo, and the court prosecutors are Matlock (yes I'm aware how old those references make me seem).

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

This is because the Government with Republicans and Neo Liberals are about business interests over the American people. People need to just start sharing their denials from United healthcare every time they right a piece how Luigi is evil. So tired of this bullshit. And here is another thought pro lifers need to start protesting for universal healthcare to be consistent.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 20 minutes ago

False! Corporations are people in the eyes of the law, and the only "people" who matter to the institutions.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

They'll make it illegal to share "sensitive information" like healthcare insurance denials, and they'll punish you for releasing your own sensitive information.

And then they'll go after anyone reposting it for violating your rights, they'll charge them on your behalf regardless of whether you protest that you don't want to charge them.

They'll violate you in weird ways.

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[–] abcdqfr 6 points 3 hours ago

Keep highlighting the issue.

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