If you cheered the murder of a greedy health insurance CEO who prioritized profits over care but you also voted for a greedy con man for President who wants to take away people's health care and give billions in tax cuts to the wealthy, then you are not someone I can take seriously. - ThreadSky

trumpstaxes.com • 80 days ago

If you cheered the murder of a greedy health insurance CEO who prioritized profits over care but you also voted for a greedy con man for President who wants to take away people's health care and give billions in tax cuts to the wealthy, then you are not someone I can take seriously.

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chelittle.bsky.social•79 days ago

Same here

geecam.bsky.social•79 days ago

#FTrump #TheAdjuster had a necessary job to do

upine.bsky.social•79 days ago

Anyone can be vulnerable to repeated propaganda lies by a trusted media source.

https://upine.medium.com/the-vast-reach-of-right-wing-disinformation-fbcee2715db7

petrarca.bsky.social•79 days ago

But mostly stupid people.

upine.bsky.social•79 days ago

No. Ppl think this is so but it isn't. Smart ppl are vulnerable to repeated lies from trusted sources too. And it's not possible that all the Americans who voted for Trump are stupid. Disinformed maybe. But not stupid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect

petrarca.bsky.social•79 days ago

The people that voted for trump that aren't stupid, voted out of self-interest; either their wallet or their bigotry. (I agree that smart people are vulnerable to propaganda, but if a "trusted source" is lying to you, you should probably get smarter.)

joanne2000.bsky.social•80 days ago

Fox didn’t waste no time telling MAGA that the left was celebrating the CEOs murder. To try to stop their base from reacting the same way as the left. 😂 Luigi scared the top because both maga and the left had zero empathy over the death.

subversivegranny.bsky.social•79 days ago

Why would you assume that Brian Thompsonwas ‘greedy’? The industry he worked for has its priorities ass-backward, but I don’t blame their employees for that. I blame the billionaires who own those companies.

unclesusan.bsky.social•79 days ago

Both the use of AI and the huge number of inexplicable denials point to a reasoning that is simply to generate more profit to shareholders. I would call that greed. He was also under investigation for insider trading when he dumped $15mill in stocks before federal antitrust investigation. Also greed

subversivegranny.bsky.social•79 days ago

So, rather than blame the industry, you blame the ceo? Another one will take his place and be just as bad but have better security. Our healthcare system isn’t designed to help sick people. It exists only for profits.

unclesusan.bsky.social•79 days ago

I absolutely blame the greed of the industry, and I blame the CEO who, rather than use his leadership role to incorporate ethical practices that benefit people paying for their insurance, abuses the system to further line pockets rather than save lives.

unclesusan.bsky.social•79 days ago

While not a billionaire, CEO Brian Thompson was a multi-millionaire and was responsible for implementing a faulty AI algorithm for denying insurance claims. Under his leadership, the rate at which post-acute care claims were denied more than doubled.

subversivegranny.bsky.social•79 days ago

So, only UnitedHealth was bad??? And the other insurance companies are good? Face it, our healthcare system is only designed to make profits. Name one company involved with health insurance that is in the business of anything else?

unclesusan.bsky.social•79 days ago

Honestly I think we're coming from the same place, and I'm not sure why you are putting words into my mouth about me thinking UnitedHealth and Thompson were the only problems in this industry?

unclesusan.bsky.social•79 days ago

I think you're reading into my answer that Thompson was the only flaw in the system. The insurance system is corrupt to the core and, as you stated, are designed to make profits. Not sure where you're assuming these positions from me.

lavendesic.bsky.social•79 days ago

And if you were part of the 70 million of registered voters that didn’t vote, you are on the shitlist too

seektruth2021.bsky.social•79 days ago

A big AMEN to that!

davidkeithlaw.bsky.social•79 days ago

I think if you substitute the word “or” for the word “but” then this makes sense.

djwyszynski.bsky.social•79 days ago

at some point there, we have to allow people back in when they finally "get it."

This constant "sportsball" bullshit never allows people to change their minds and come over the other side. We draw a line in the sand and say "you can never come over here."

It's stupid and it's counterproductive.

itsdaviddddddd.bsky.social•79 days ago

I voted Harris and am also happy monsters got the monster treatment

paranormalgran.bsky.social•79 days ago

I didn't vote for that orange orangutan, ever. But I also did not cheer the murder of a greedy health insurance CEO. I mourn that greed and the orange orangutan have brought us to this place. Humans - do better.

trumpstaxes.com•80 days ago

Seriously, it's jarring to see some MAGA-ish people I know cheering on Mangione's actions. They are too deluded to understand their hypocrisy.

tbas7000.bsky.social•76 days ago

Matthew Dowd pointed out that while a majority of people voted for Cheeto (this was stated the Thursday right after, before we knew it was even less than that), a majority of those in exit polls said they don't trust him, they don't like him, think he's too extreme.

Yet voted for him anyway.

revmelinda.bsky.social•77 days ago

Actually, I think that healthcare is a real opening to create some unusual coalitions and break up the MAGA coalition, but we have to listen with curiosity and kineness and find points of agreement. I'm doing this with some MAGAs from the small town I was raised in and it's opening some space.

yogsagat.bsky.social•79 days ago

Ok I get it the right suck, but what Luigi did was bring both the right and left together. We need to show them that we are on their side and empathize with them rather than alienating them. If we are to help them break out of Maga's grip show them your empathy and show them the system is fucked.

resistmagafascism.bsky.social•79 days ago

They know the system is F*ed.
They blame us.
If we agree with them that the guy had it coming then they may open their eyes that we are on the same side.
If we scold them we will be on the wrong side.

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