• @Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Imagine the brouhaha if it were musk or bezos. All the justice felt over this is just venting with no effect on IRL events. Matter of fact, his job will likely be filled sooner rather than later. This will be just a minor blip on the big screen of history

    • @orcrist@lemm.ee
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      87 months ago

      That’s true of almost everything. Especially our comments here. But if people find solace in karma, I’m not going to bash them for it.

  • Lovable Sidekick
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    7 months ago

    People really want to celebrate this as a class war victory, but it was probably just about money or personal drama.

    • @BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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      17 months ago

      The reason doesn’t matter all that much, although the CEOs wife says there were threats to him about lack of coverage so it’s very possible, the point is a parasite was exterminated.

      • Lovable Sidekick
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        47 months ago

        That’s what I’m saying - the sentiments are “Hooray for our side!” but more likely the guy’s estranged wife or a business rival hired the hit man.

        • JackbyDev
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          37 months ago

          This post doesn’t congratulate the murderer for their actions. It calls into question people’s focus on this one death versus preventable ones die to denied insurance claims. This post isn’t doing the thing you think it is.

  • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    Over 100 Americans have died from diabetes since this guy was shot. Where are the headlines for all of them? Does the fact that they were murdered by a system instead of an individual make their deaths less noteworthy?

    • skulblaka
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      197 months ago

      I mean to be fair we’re all here clicking on this one to cheer at the guy. News organizations are going to run stories that get them clicks. While we may consider his death important and noteworthy, none of us are going to click and read an article about how Joe Random died from his heart failure or diabetes.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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        67 months ago

        Maybe not, but we absolutely click on an article detailing just what the fuck e.g. the government is actually going to do about it.

    • JackbyDev
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      377 months ago

      Also, there’s something like an average of 47 gun deaths per day (not sure if this site is including suicides, if it is then it’s roughly half without it). But CEOs matter more than Average Joe.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    1287 months ago

    More Americans die every year because of lack of access to medical care than from all of our wars combined.

  • @morkyporky@suppo.fi
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    557 months ago

    This is stupid because I have not seen one comment from anyone other than other CEOs that is not celebrating his death.

    • @SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world
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      607 months ago

      That’s the point. You did it. You discovered the discrepancy. No one cares and Infact we are celebrating. However the police are pumping money into mass manhunt, news is juicing the story nonstop. 10k reward for info. Obviously the powers that be care and care a lot that a CEO got shot. You don’t. I don’t. And yet by time it’s over, hundreds of thousands of dollars will have been spent in man-hours hunting this guy down. An amount of money that would be ridiculous if you or I got shot. No one would care. But a CEO? nYPD pulling out every stop they got.

      • LousyCornMuffins
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        167 months ago

        why do I feel like flooding the reward info line with false information like we always do with the abortion manhunt forms.

      • JackbyDev
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        27 months ago

        10k reward for info.

        Isn’t that standard for info on a murder? I feel like I’ve heard this before. Maybe it’s usually “up to” 10k. Idk.

      • @Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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        10k reward for info

        Which is frankly hilarious. UnitedHealthCare group grossed $90 billion in the last 12 months and they are offering only a $10,000 reward for help finding the assassin. I bet their next CEO gets 10 to 100 times that much in just a signing bonus.

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        77 months ago

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  • edric
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    2037 months ago

    Wow I think this is the first time I’ve seen this meme template used so appropriately.

    • L3ft_F13ld!
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      957 months ago

      I agree that glorifying him is an absolute incel take, but like the other commenter said, this is actually an appropriate use for this template. This isn’t glorifying him or anything.

    • @RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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      I mean this meme template is old as a donkey, we’re not “glorifying” the joker. Just so happens the meme is fittingly dark. A perfect 5/7 meme

    • Cethin
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      587 months ago

      Where the Joker excels is pointing out horrifying issues within our society. This is, in fact, one of those situations. It isn’t saying it’s good that the CEO was murdered, rather pointing out that society at large doesn’t care if it’s poor people who die by the millions. One CEO and it’s the most important thing happening. If this amount of effort and money went towards helping poor people then their issues would be solved, but instead we’re wasting it talking about one rich bastard only.

      • @MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        My wife always has the good morning America shit on in the morning and they didn’t say a damn thing today about the shooting. I wonder if the media billionaires have told their faces not to talk about this anymore.

        • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          I don’t think Good Morning America is that kind of show… It has been over a decade since I have watched broadcast TV so maybe I’m wrong, but I always remember that show as being one of those super positive, bubbly, morning shows that are all human interest stories and fluff? They’re not going to talk about dark shit like that unless it’ s like… 9/11 level. And at that point, they’d just cut to breaking news.

        • Cethin
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          37 months ago

          As the other comment says, different joker. Also, yeah a lot of its stupid and cringy. It all depends on the author and the context. As with all art though, it’s a tool for the author to send a message. Almost every hero and villain is a vessel for the author to talk through. They are making art and have something to say. You aren’t supposed to like the Joker, but he is supposed to carry a message still. That message is usually that our society is inhumane and flawed and treats people horribly.

    • @SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world
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      147 months ago

      Tell that to the police who decided they actually are going to try this time to find the killer. Tell that to the news juicing the story. They care and they will use your money to do something about it.

        • @SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world
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          87 months ago

          Pretending people don’t watch or shouldn’t watch mainstream media doesn’t change what I said. Also, alot of presumptions to assume I don’t have good trustable news sources (not these guys for sure).

          Point is, people watch it and they are being fed a juiced up story and worth recognizing that so that you can continue to operate on the same reality as everyone else. At least enough to not be surprised.