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Dated: 2024-12-05. Added: 2024-12-05. Alternate title: “After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry”.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 244 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This assassin has created more solidarity over working class issues then the Democrats could, even with 1.5 billion dollars. Fascinating

[–] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like we've found what the Democrats should add to their playbook.

Who wants to go first?

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 76 points 10 months ago (2 children)

biden should pardon him; whats one more pardon for a criminal with a gun after the first one?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago

It won't happen but that'd be such a fucking what the entire establishment would melt.

I'd pardon him for the lols, at Bidens age you gotta live a little.

[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Millions of Americans have trained to do this.

The training was abhorrently bad, very easy, completely unrealistic and provided no real skills.

But they have trained.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If these CEOs couldn't walk down the street without some moron in an assassin creed costume showing up. I would be so happy. They don't need to actually get harmed but they should live in a state of constant paranoia. It's the least they deserve.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They don’t need to actually get harmed

As long as they continue to perpetuate suffering, yes, they do.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Oh, I certainly wouldn't cry about it. I'm just willing to settle for them living in fear.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, Step 1: Jump off of a tower into a bale of hay.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

By assassin you mean the one who got the bullets, right?

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 30 points 10 months ago

The assassin is the one who did the shooting. The one who got shot is the mass-murderer

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

No, he didn't assassinate anyone, just caused them to die. He would have had to know who they were and cared enough to specifically target them for it to be assassinations.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Assassination implies a targeted strike.

Systematic Mass killers are not assassins.