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There's a shocking amount of #EatTheRich crowd totally happy with the assassination as supposedly justified vigilante justice. Divide and conquer. The weaponiz

by loceng 2y ago

There's a shocking amount of #EatTheRich crowd totally happy with the assassination as supposedly justified vigilante justice. Divide and conquer. The weaponized ideological mob is quite the useful herd to wield.

mdanger007 2y ago
Not what I’m reading. People on my timeline are asking why we’re forced to pay into a feudal system in which health coverage is not guaranteed leaving them with hospital bills in the tens of thousands of dollars for minor procedures after their claim was arbitrarily denied. Others are asking how in the wealthiest nation on earth 1 million people go bankrupt from medical bills when guys like this CEO are making $56 million a year
wildrhythms 2y ago
Or maybe vigilante justice isn't people's first choice, but justice is justice to them.
- loceng 2y ago
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  - thiht 2y ago
    The justice system of 27 US states would disagree.
  - caseyy 2y ago
    When someone has been wronged, society allows them a temporary excursion from social norms to restore justice. This is also philosophically how the justice systems operate — they are allowed to detain, incarcerate and sometimes murder people who have harmed society. Through this act of justice, society heals. We like to see it in film too. The hero’s family (or pet) is hurt, and they commit many crimes to bring retribution to the offender. The audience feels an elation at the end of such films, as though things have been put in their right place and there is a sense of completion. The phenomenon is extremely common. And I’d argue it is seen here. Society has to a large part deemed this killing a justice. Vigilante justice I suppose is the term. Not making any commentary on whether it’s right or wrong. I think it’s not my place to judge, I don’t have enough context to judge well anyways. But from society’s reaction it appears to be justice.
akira2501 2y ago
Herds are notoriously hard to wield. It's a rather foolish mission. Anyways I see all these as "signals of despair." It shouldn't be that shocking it's just the particular form it is taking this news cycle.
- loceng 2y ago
  You don't need precision with a herd. You need to send them in a general direction to "trample" and for just a few of the more skilled-competent ones to feel emboldened and righteous in their vigilante justice - not being competent enough to understand the vast complexities and nuances of every situation.
xcrunner529 2y ago
Hmm maybe those CEOs should look into why so many Americans who rarely agree on much hate then so much.

by loceng 2y ago

mdanger007 2y ago

Not what I’m reading. People on my timeline are asking why we’re forced to pay into a feudal system in which health coverage is not guaranteed leaving them with hospital bills in the tens of thousands of dollars for minor procedures after their claim was arbitrarily denied. Others are asking how in the wealthiest nation on earth 1 million people go bankrupt from medical bills when guys like this CEO are making $56 million a year

wildrhythms 2y ago

Or maybe vigilante justice isn't people's first choice, but justice is justice to them.

loceng 2y ago
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- thiht 2y ago
  The justice system of 27 US states would disagree.
- caseyy 2y ago
  When someone has been wronged, society allows them a temporary excursion from social norms to restore justice. This is also philosophically how the justice systems operate — they are allowed to detain, incarcerate and sometimes murder people who have harmed society. Through this act of justice, society heals. We like to see it in film too. The hero’s family (or pet) is hurt, and they commit many crimes to bring retribution to the offender. The audience feels an elation at the end of such films, as though things have been put in their right place and there is a sense of completion. The phenomenon is extremely common. And I’d argue it is seen here. Society has to a large part deemed this killing a justice. Vigilante justice I suppose is the term. Not making any commentary on whether it’s right or wrong. I think it’s not my place to judge, I don’t have enough context to judge well anyways. But from society’s reaction it appears to be justice.

akira2501 2y ago

Herds are notoriously hard to wield. It's a rather foolish mission. Anyways I see all these as "signals of despair." It shouldn't be that shocking it's just the particular form it is taking this news cycle.

loceng 2y ago
You don't need precision with a herd. You need to send them in a general direction to "trample" and for just a few of the more skilled-competent ones to feel emboldened and righteous in their vigilante justice - not being competent enough to understand the vast complexities and nuances of every situation.

xcrunner529 2y ago

Hmm maybe those CEOs should look into why so many Americans who rarely agree on much hate then so much.