Brian Thompson, the chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group’s insurance division, was fatally shot in New York City Wednesday morning, the New York Police

Womp womp

  • Allonzee@lemmy.world
    46·
    2 years ago

    I mean, capitalism preaches the necessity of winners and losers. The owners demand there be millions upon millions of losers so they can win largely enough to buy pet mega yachts for their primary mega yachts.

    Guess he lost.

    Welcome to the free market baby.

    Oh I’m sorry, does that only apply to the innumerable members of our society dying of exposure and police capital defense force brutality in your local gutter for the crime of not generating enough value for the shareholders in the “wealthiest nation on Earth?”

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    37·
    2 years ago

    No one who is in a position to determine the life and death of millions should ever feel “safe” from the people they have the power to harm.

    French Royalty learned that the hard way. Maybe it’s time to remind people again.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      22·
      2 years ago

      Hope gun man gets away. Fuck the first article I read of how great he was and how touch the lives of so many. Just forgot to mention it was touching them by allowing people to die and suffer. I am with you fucking billionaires and rich CEO should be scared and shitting their pants.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 years ago
    • Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot on Wednesday morning in a targeted attack outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel.
    • Thompson was in Manhattan for UnitedHealthcare’s 2024 investor conference when he was killed.
    • The New York Police Department reported that the suspect fled the scene and remains at large; no arrests have been made.
    • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
      22·
      2 years ago

      Thompson was in Manhattan for UnitedHealthcare’s 2024 investor conference

      LOL

      He sure as fuck wasn’t there for the “help people access affordable, reliable, high quality healthcare conference”.

  • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
    121·
    2 years ago

    Think it’s time for Biden to redeem both himself and the institution of the Presidential Pardon.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    111·
    2 years ago

    As I said on other posts about this: Remember that jury nullification exists. If you’re on the jury for the shooter, or someone like him, you can just say not guilty and there’s nothing they can do to you. The court can’t tell you that you gave the “wrong” verdict.

    Just don’t tell them you’re going to nullify, because they’ll remove you from the jury.

  • riodoro1@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    The casings had „deny”, „defend” and „depose” written on them.

    I sure hope all of those leeches are going to be scared

  • Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 years ago

    I offer Brian my most shallow of thoughts and prayers, and my heartfelt condolences to the families and individuals that have been brought to ruin by his unchecked greed and corruption.

    Get fucked, Brian.

  • seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialOPEnglish
    2023·
    2 years ago

    Keep reporting this post, libs. I’m getting a blowjob by a robot powered by angry libs reporting cool and based things about killing CEOs on the internet and I’m about to bust!

    • Shizrak@sh.itjust.works
      142·
      2 years ago

      Wait, wait, so the right wingers also want the evil CEOs to be destroyed, it’s not just the lefties???

      The fuck are we fighting about, then?

      No war but class war.

    • Allonzee@lemmy.world
      917·
      2 years ago

      Libs claim to hate Donald Trump and what he stands for, but damn if they don’t circle the wagons to protect the sociopathic, literally murderous greed machine that Trump’s entire persona is basically a totem/mascot/cartoon of.

      It’s like they don’t even know the theme of Trump’s gameshow that endeared him to his nitwits.

      Sorry neolibs, you cant separate out the greed from the racism and misogyny. The greed we’re Inculturated to indulge and encourage is every bit as monstrous as racism and misogyny, it merely has a better marketing team.

      Greed/racism/misogyny are all just flavors of elitist sentiment. “I’m a lot better than others, and thus deserve a lot more resources than others.”