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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 246 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 78 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

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

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago

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

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Assassination implies a targeted strike.

Systematic Mass killers are not assassins.