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[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 2 points 35 minutes ago

Really goes to show who exactly the police work for.

[-] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

We need to give our executives the tools they need to protect themselves from these violet threats. Tools like the ability to quickly roll back all machiavellian policies and practices before they can become a real danger to the policy makers.

[-] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago

Deny Delay DEFUND.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

There are two things that the aftermath of Luigi's action has made poignantly clear to pretty much everybody:

  • That the vast majority of people no matter their party affiliation and political leanings is feeling the pain and hates the abuses that carry on being committed by a minority of people in our system with total impunity ... until Luigi.
  • That the Ju$tice System, the Police and most of the Press, unlike what they claim work for that minority of people, not for the rest of us.

It's amazing just how certain parts of the system that are supposed to work for everybody (such as in this case the Police, and in other cases large parts of the Press with their "poor CEO" articles) are pretty much shouting loud and clear for all to hear that "we're not working for you, we work for the ones that abuse you".

Most people just discovered now with this killing of a hated CEO that what they individually felt about certain things was also felt by almost everybody, and then these bought-and-paid-for minions who for decades have been putting a lot of effort in passing themselves as "working for the community" just repeatedly and overtly signal to everybody else their true minion-of-the-rich nature.

Mind you, as a Leftie who has been skeptical of whose those elements of the current system for decades, I'm happy they're basically outing themselves and they should keep on doing it so that everybody sees them for what they really are and who they really serve,

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago

If I'm reading this right it's worse than that.

You know how when you go to the police to report a stalker or someone threatening you and they just kind of roll their eyes and tell you there's nothing they can do? And you're left getting a useless restraining order that's going to do nothing but feature in the news and trial after you get murdered?

This is a hotline for rich people to report stalkers and threats specifically to be acted on. But I also wouldn't be surprised if they whitelist their phones to be at the front of any queue for 911.

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[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 112 points 1 day ago

Remember all that critical theory stuff people were freaking out about a few years ago?

It's basically about how society arranges itself to benefit the people who have the power in a society.
Like how crimes against business and capital are serious crimes, but crimes against workers are usually treated as paperwork errors.
Compare the number of people arrested for shoplifting as opposed to the number arrested for wage theft.

Or about how the murder of one CEO gets weeks of media attention and a potential development of new systems by the police to keep it from happening again, but we've already moved on from the last school shooting, and our official policy is "yeah, that'll happen from time to time"

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

That's a good point. The white collar crime doesn't get as much time as a shop lifter.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 40 points 1 day ago

Cyberpunk dystopia, but without the cool ass shit, just a lot of ways to die horribly.

[-] BearGun@ttrpg.network 20 points 23 hours ago

just a cyber dystopia, missed out on the punk

[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 minutes ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago)

Yeah, this is definitely the Kenny G smooth jazz of dystopias. And I mean that in all of the worst possible ways.

[-] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 19 hours ago

Be the punk you wish to see in the world.

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[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 1 day ago

This is like the Trauma Team in Cyberpunk. Rich people who can afford the highest tier get a private militarized swat team to go to them any time they're in trouble.

[-] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 27 points 23 hours ago

Trauma team charges 100 Eddies per minute from when you call them until they deliver you to the hospital, plus spend ammunition and medical supplies. They waive the charge if they need 7 minutes or more to get to you, though. (Not relevant in gameplay, as their response time is 1d6 minutes). And they have heavy weapons to fight their way through to you. So, their services are sort of reasonably priced for what they offer. And even if you don't earn the big bucks, if you live in a Arasaka living facility and eat kibble, you should have enough saved up to pay for their services if you end up needing them. (Of course, living in an Arasaka living facility may lead to you needing their services)

Point being, "Cyberpunk 2020"'s healthcare system is better than America's.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago

Except it's not even private, it's funded by public taxes, which is EVEN WORSE THAN CYBERPUNK

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago
[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Well you haven't changed that much then. That killed me. British comedy really is better about social and government stuff.

America needs to play this on every channel at least once a week for the next four years. So we can reference it every time Trump brings up selling off the FBI to the Pinkertons.

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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

If there's a news source I trust it's kenklippenstein.com

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 14 hours ago

hey it's the guy that accidentally doxxed JD vance and got banned on twitter for it!

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 12 points 20 hours ago

With each move, the elite prove that they think lowly of the common man.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin - An Accounting of the Victims of Brian Robert Thompson

If you want to actually look at things quantitatively. I ran the numbers, and by my math, Brian Robert Thompson was responsible for the deaths of 40,000 innocent American souls.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

Even by a conservative estimate, he was responsible for more deaths than the 9/11 terrorist attacks. And this figure includes only deaths, not the injuries, pain, suffering, and bankruptcies that resulted from his actions. When these are included, his victims likely number over a million.

[-] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 day ago

9/11 killed "only" 3000 people, didn't it? These figures are orders or magnitude higher.

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[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 118 points 1 day ago

Don't they make enough money that they can pay their own security or set up their own hotline? Why does the citizens have to pay for it? Maybe their insurance can pay for it since it's a high risk job.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 72 points 1 day ago

Watch Congress turn bodyguards into something you can get a tax break for, like they did for private jets under Trump's tax reform. In the end they'll find a way to make sure we pay for it, not them.

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 5 minutes ago

Cool. Then the general public should be able to hire bodyguards for their kids in school for massive tax breaks.

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[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 6 points 19 hours ago

Simple solution: Don't murder them in New York.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Ideally don't murder people, but if you want to blend in, Chicago works in a pinch.

Trauma team from cyberpunk becomes more real every second of every day

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Yeah fuck this, a special 911 enables the rich to snitch on the poor without any good reason, citing "threats". No specific class of people in a society should have special access to law enforcement.

But who am I kidding. When the SCOTUS ruled that the police protects property and not people, this was the next logical step: protect those with more property than others.

One more step towards a Cyberpunk dystopia. And one more step towards class consciousness, a general strike, and revolution, hopefully.

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah fuck this, a special 911 enables the rich to snitch on the poor without any good reason, citing “threats”. No specific class of people in a society should have special access to law enforcement.

to be clear, this isn't new, this has been a thing since celebrities were a thing lmao

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 day ago

When a school shooting occurs the cops wait outside for the kill count to rack up.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We should normalise saying "just another healthcare denial shooting" like people say "just another gang rivalry shooting".

Giving them a special CEO hotline that normal folk can't use isn't going to make them more popular.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 day ago

"Hi yes I'd like to report that a CEO is about to make a decision that could hurt themselves or millions of others. Yes i would like to have them committed and watched for the minimum amount of time. Thank you for your help."

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