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How exactly will targeted assassinations of stuffed suits running healthcare companies lead to progress towards universal healthcare?
by doitLP 2y ago
How exactly will targeted assassinations of stuffed suits running healthcare companies lead to progress towards universal healthcare?
- wildrhythms 2y agoElectoral politics haven't worked, so here we are. Healthcare bankruptcy is the leading form of bankruptcy in the United States.
- marcus_holmes 2y agotbh I'm more interested to see if it changes the arguments around gun control.
- IgorPartola 2y agoIt won’t because it’s cheaper to hire security than to lobby for gun control. I don’t know if you remember this story [1] but that didn’t do it. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shoot...
- neverartful 2y agoBecause 1 executive is gunned down? How many poor unknowns out on the streets get gunned down routinely? Is his life worth more?
- kelseyfrog 2y agoIn terms of being able to affect political change, yes. If the wealthy were targeted in assassinations using firearms, the 2nd amendment would mean very little. When the political will of the country is reflected in a small group of people it becomes increasingly possible to affect politics by affecting that group.
- QuarterReptile 2y agoThis is a bizarre take, pretty clearly out of step with who cares about the 2nd amendment.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoI'm referencing this paper[1]. Once a problem affects this group, it has a much higher chance at changing policy. 1. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...
- marcus_holmes 2y agoThis is what I was thinking. You can kill thousands of schoolkids and nothing will change, but gun down a few CEO's and suddenly there'll be hard conversations about control.
- eightysixfour 2y agoWell, today BCBS rolled back their plan to limit anesthesia, which is a similar policy to one UHR recently launched: https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-anthem-connecticut-new-york https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/blue-cross-blue-shield-anes...