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>You know what else invites more murder? People openly cheering for the murder of law-abiding citizens minding their own business. It's a testament to the stag
by stackghost 2y ago
>You know what else invites more murder? People openly cheering for the murder of law-abiding citizens minding their own business.
It's a testament to the staggering weight of antipathy the lower classes bear towards the CEO class.
Let's not delude ourselves by pretending Brian Thompson was just a normal law abiding citizen. He was living a lavish lifestyle funded by his company's industry-leading rate of coverage denials, which bankrupted families.
If there exists a definition of social parasite, I suspect "health insurance executive" fits. Is it any wonder why Americans, living under their dystopian healthcare system where one essentially spins the roulette wheel to decide between being bankrupted by cancer or being able to afford to send one's children to college, might feel some schadenfreude?
- XorNot 2y agoAmericans don't think this though. Not in electorally significant numbers. Like consider: if this was as popular as people think, then it should be straightforward to run a political campaign on this basis. Instead it's barely not a vote loser.
- mola 2y agoAnd with what money would the campaign run? Your democracy has been sold....
- ars 2y ago> lavish lifestyle funded by his company's industry-leading rate of coverage denials It's really astonishing how many people believe this. But actually in the US the higher the coverage denials the LOWER the company profits. What actually happens is more denials reduces premiums, making the insurance cheaper to buy. See this full thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42642405 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42642405 if you want to try to understand more.