Or move to the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, northern Ireland), NewZealand, many European countries, hell, even Hong Kong where I found the public healthcare pretty good
I don't even think there was a rehabilitation I think it was basically "we acknowledge the duck has some problematic takes but lmao he drinkin the fuck out that milkshake"
Life expectancy is directly tied to our infatuation with sugary sodas, fried foods, alcohol and drugs.
We can't blame everything on someone else.
America needs to look in the mirror.
Whilst exercise and good diet are great; triathletes, gym goers, hikers and more,..hell Olympians, end up in hospital and more for not only accidents but also illnesses not of their own creation such as cancer..
Yes to selfcare; AND universal free healthcare for when all ones efforts aren't enough
Free healthcare will never work
Most millennials/Z's complain that life is too expensive already. What happens when they are taxed an additional 20% from every paycheck to fund this free service?
It doesn’t take taxing an additional 20% from paychecks. It takes taxing the 0.1% a bit more, maybe 1-2% more tax & no $1000s spent on healthcare insurance & bills every year!
Most people don’t pay 20% more income tax than the USA in the UK, AND most people don’t pay for health insurance nor costs
It sounds so easy to confiscate someone else's wealth but I have a hard time with that.
If we going to offer something free to everyone then everyone should pay for it.
If you give something free to someone without that person having to sacrifice anything then they'll never appreciate it.
You think anything is free? Everything is a compromise in some way. Air to breath, want cleaner then you have to either wear a face mask or move to a rural area and compromise accessing other things.
Do you really think people “should” “have to” pay if they are suffering from cancer, or someone crashed a cat in to them, or they fell at work, or someone stabbed them, or raped them, or mugged and punched them… I could go on.
Absurd. And miles from Christianity.
Everyone does pay for it. We pay in sales taxes, income taxes, or business taxes, or whatever. At a min everyone pays sales taxes.
Many countries have universal free healthcare…
otherwise you pay in deaths, stress, homeless, and more…
not the worst manifesto. short, succinct. logical reasoning. praising the feds in the first line is an interesting choice, but not everyone gets it perfect on the first try.
Reading the manifesto, I am updating my opinion of him as a working class adventurer to a bourgeoise class-traitor. Not bad at all, historically progressive in fact.
He didn’t do anything. He was in New York at the time of “incident”. His finger prints were found a few blocks from the scene. Mine is there too and I have thick eyebrows. Does it mean I am the shooter? No! They have nothing on him. Zero evidence tying him to the “crime”.
DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE
Brian Thompson was a serial killer, but he used a pen instead of a gun✍️☠️.
It's no longer LEFT vs RIGHT, it's UP vs DOWN!!👊
Class consciousness must keep going.
There is a pipeline, he was educated, probably simmered for a long time, went through massive physical and psychological trauma, got isolated, hit rock bottom, resolved to do something + timing + opportunity
I‘m unsure wether it’s a quip on how the CEOs death raises the life expectancy or wether it’s a denial of the US‘ healthcare problem…
…but i‘ll take the opportunity to point out the US has the worst lofe expectancy growth (and the largest covid dip) of similar rich, developed countries.
Breaks my heart that such a young man in our once great country of science & medical innovation appears to have been kept from having full benefit of what he needed to have a chance at enjoying physical health free from pain. Corporate greed has robbed Americans of our rights & dignity.
Some people are seriously questioning whether the person they arrested in PA is the same person who shot the CEO. I reserve judgement until after a trial. His lawyers say the gun Luigi had on him was not the one used in the killing.
It reads like a high schooler who's parents are in medical debts. Like yeah the most basic understanding of the American healthcare system is all it takes for people to come to this conclusion.
For a man who is neither left nor right, and has views shared by both sides, he has some good views that are easily relatable and a lot of facts on his side. No matter what people say about any dogshit beliefs he has, the man is on the side of justice and he isn't the bad guy in this specific case.
He even says, "I don't pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the argument." Right there, he is an injured person who didn't get the care he needed and snapped. This is not a manifesto. This is American healthcare.
DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE
Brian Thompson was a serial killer, but he used a pen instead of a gun✍️☠️.
It's no longer LEFT vs RIGHT, it's UP vs DOWN!!👊
Class consciousness must keep going.
How did we get here, Who pass and write the laws that gives the health insurance company power to do this legally, Why are the law makers not trying to fix it or make our health insurance better, The USA just voted for a man with concepts of a health care plan to be the next president.
This poor kid. I have so much empathy for him. He is right about everything he wrote. Had it all not gotten the best of him, I can only imagine the change he might have created. Maybe this will be the spark that lights an inferno.
Emotional Intelligence is a powerful tool in understanding a human being. As a mother, I empathize, greatly. Nothing will change that for me. I also realize that whatever internal conflicts or instability, or pain he has, brought him to this place in his mind.
Looks to me like Brian Thompson radicalized his own killer.
He ran UHC in a system that took Luigi's money, refused to provide the services he paid for when he needed them, and left him to twist in the wind in agonizing pain.
Focusing on the action of murder is missing the forest for the trees imo. The reason we're here is because people feel helpless and hopeless, not because people's morals have failed
You’re creating a false dichotomy. Corporate atrocities are bad, but so is this kind of action. Corporate healthcare is the first to put blame upon, no doubt, and good may (or may not) come out of this guy’s actions.
I’m mainly against the idea of celebrating him, and I fear what that might spur.
I think you may want to look upon the fact that the dead guy was directly responsible for millions of people having a worse life. The action of the dead guy seen against the backdrop of the US is it’s a wonder this hadn’t happened before. If you do believe in heaven the dead guy won’t be there.
You're also missing my point still. If you're boiling this down to "Murder is bad" you're not actually having, or contributing, to any conversation. You're just moralizing.
We probably agree on the main conversation. Change needs to be effected. Corporations created the problem. My moralizing about murder is probably our only point of contention.
I came here to say I don’t think we should put the guy on a pedestal. You disagree with me, and that’s okay.
Man, you can't just put words in my mouth. C'mon. I didn't say he should be on a pedestal. You're willfully misinterpreting me. Go beyond the idea of just "murder isn't right", you have now!
I agree he shouldn't be on a pedestal but I also think distilling his action down to murder is simplistic
Agree. It’s terrible. And this situation is complex for me. I want positive change to come out of this. I just don’t think praising the murderer is the right thing. For one thing, copycats might not be so careful as this guy.
What I don’t get is why, after all the suffering we witness, the soul wrenching indiscriminate deaths of countless children by violence, of so many people that didn’t harm others denied life without a thought, why… why are we asked again and again to empathize with a dead asshole?
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We can't blame everything on someone else.
America needs to look in the mirror.
Yes to selfcare; AND universal free healthcare for when all ones efforts aren't enough
Most millennials/Z's complain that life is too expensive already. What happens when they are taxed an additional 20% from every paycheck to fund this free service?
Most people don’t pay 20% more income tax than the USA in the UK, AND most people don’t pay for health insurance nor costs
If we going to offer something free to everyone then everyone should pay for it.
If you give something free to someone without that person having to sacrifice anything then they'll never appreciate it.
Absurd. And miles from Christianity.
Many countries have universal free healthcare…
otherwise you pay in deaths, stress, homeless, and more…
By law, what United Healthcare was doing is a human killing another human, thanks to the legal precedent of corporate personhood.
That means civilians can step in and defend their victims.
#freeluigi
Brian Thompson was a serial killer, but he used a pen instead of a gun✍️☠️.
It's no longer LEFT vs RIGHT, it's UP vs DOWN!!👊
Class consciousness must keep going.
At alt text to your text image posts.
…but i‘ll take the opportunity to point out the US has the worst lofe expectancy growth (and the largest covid dip) of similar rich, developed countries.
Long word, short word, ehh?
I have apathy toward Luigi, and less than even that for the abruptly departed CEO of United Health.
https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/dPjtITv6wT
not left
but forward
But we always kill people in cold blood to make a profit.
and russia will always be our friend.
https://youtube.com/shorts/In4T_zw1VhI?si=0aegYXnRqD9f4Yxr
If a shitbrain wakes up and says "no this isn't right" then goes out and waxes a CEO, that's character growth. Good for him. He's turned a new leaf.
I need to find the most luxurious bottles of water, the kind that is only placed on an oligarch's boardroom table.
Add mdma and psilocybin to water. See what happens when the vampires connect to any other lifeform.
Brian Thompson was a serial killer, but he used a pen instead of a gun✍️☠️.
It's no longer LEFT vs RIGHT, it's UP vs DOWN!!👊
Class consciousness must keep going.
where's your journalistic integrity?
This isn’t a 12 year old who got sad and punched a bully.
He ran UHC in a system that took Luigi's money, refused to provide the services he paid for when he needed them, and left him to twist in the wind in agonizing pain.
I’m mainly against the idea of celebrating him, and I fear what that might spur.
You’re right, I’m surprised it didn’t happen either. And you’re right, he was a bad guy.
My last sentence in the reply above stands as the only thing we may disagree on.
I came here to say I don’t think we should put the guy on a pedestal. You disagree with me, and that’s okay.
I agree he shouldn't be on a pedestal but I also think distilling his action down to murder is simplistic
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZWnZpBsomnQ?si=6VDfwEQw0T6fk3d-
i wonder what they couldn't decipher
"MLK, Ghandi and Mother Teresa Doth Visit Healthcare CEOs; For-profit Healthcare Doth End"
https://www.huuhmi.com/mlk-ghandi-and-mother-teresa-doth-visit-healthcare-ceos-for-profit-healthcare-doth-end/