The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.
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So I'm not going to encourage adventurism please don't do it. Dying on your own is not the way to build revolution.
But also I have been increasingly surprised people who are fucked by shit that companies like this do don't go do something about it. Guns are amazingly easy to get in the US and information is easy to find.
This is going to end up being random or an organized crime hit rather than some dude who did something based, because nothing ever good happens, but I won't be surprised at all when people who are increasingly kept down by assholes like this start taking matters into their own hands.
I have been expecting terminally ill suicide bombers or spree shooters to hit insurance company offices (or even hospitals) for a long time and it keeps not happening, what are all the guns even for
John Q (2002)
If you set up a fund to send suicidal people to DC to shoot themselves on the national mall, I think the gun shots echoing through the area every 28 seconds or however often it happens in the US would actually create some change.
I'll take the W but I was thinking the same thing too that this is probably an organized crime hit. Sad to say your average american is less likely to take matters into their own hands because they want to "work hard" and become the boss themselves doing the oppressing.
I hope so because that sounds based and righteous.
That's exactly what doesn't happen usually, but it's one of the best outcomes (the other good outcome is if it was a hit and the corruption was uncovered as an unintended consequence)
This was my immediate thought too, and also the thing that has me going “How does this not happen more often?”
the detail that the shooter used a suppressed pistol supports this, harder to see an angry guy out for revenge taking the time and effort to use a suppressor because they're thinking about escaping the scene and want to draw less attention. certainly possible though
:paulo-freire-shining:
Death to America
Americans rather blame others like themselves rather than all the CEOs and shareholders who benefit the most from fucking them over.
I've always wondered the same thing - probably thousands of people have been fucked over by insurance companies, a lot of them are going to be terminally ill, it's shocking that this doesn't happen more often.
Well, yeah, but if you can't actually contribute to building it...