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    21 days ago

    Let me be the first to decry this senseless killing. Senseless killing of thousands of people in the name of profit. Also some loser got iced too I guess.

  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    “Eat the rich!” people exclaim, but as soon as they see the first step of how that particular sausage is made, they’re suddenly all vegans.

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      22 days ago

      No we feast on their money while they get to serve it up voluntarily to stay clear of the guillotine.

    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
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      Let me assure you, eating the rich is ABSOLUTELY vegan. All creatures deserve good health and in practice veganism involves seperating from and dismantling all of the power structures that subjugate others for personal gain, human and animal alike.

      I feel no pity for those that taunt a bull and get gored nor do I for insurance executives that systematically deny treatment who get shot.

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        “The Bourgeois are not human animal”. Though calling them vegetables is still too demeaning to the celery and carrot, who never did anything wrong. Maybe they are mineral? Lead and mercury caused a lot of suffering, and I don’t feel bad about insulting them.

        This is the only reason I accept to refusing to call cops “pigs”. The humble swine does not deserve such a comparison.

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      22 days ago

      I love meat. We need more meat. Much, much more meat.

      This is an amazing opportunity to have more meat.

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        22 days ago

        I mean from an ecological perspective we don’t, but I appreciate all proposals, no matter how modest.

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          Oh, I think the ecosystem would be far better off without the people who fly private jets and have private yachts.

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    22 days ago

    Well, what the fuck else could anyone expect? History is full of lessons for those willing to think about what happens when the powerful drain all hope from the peasants.

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    22 days ago

    Paulette Thompson probably sucks, did you see who she was married to.

    You finally broke the world billionaires… Time to go get the cans of beans rotated out in your bunkers. Tell your Paulettes to fuel up the tactical SUV and stick the tear gas perimeter dispensers. You’re about to get really fucking paranoid… Is this next horrible heartless decision your last… Yes, it probably is - does that change any in the decision you’ll make?

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    22 days ago

    The words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday evening.

    Maybe it is it not a good idea to deny coverage…

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    22 days ago

    That man is a DEMON!

    I’m NOT talking about the one who has killed MILLIONS of Americans! I’m talking about the one who Killed ONE person!

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Can’t say what the specific motivations are without knowing who did it, but it certainly would be plausible that this was someone denied coverage for a terminal or otherwise life ruining condition. How many people out there did this guy’s company put into a hopeless situation? Once they have nothing to lose, it’s not hard to imagine someone deciding to get revenge.

    Congress and the incoming Trump administration should also take note of that before they do anything to strip coverage from tens of millions of people.

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    With hundreds of thousands he made suffer and killed, the police will have more work to find a culprit than in “Who shot Mr. Burns?”.

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    22 days ago

    There are only 12 people who will need to hear this, but on the off chance that you are one of them: Jury nullification is a thing.