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I foresee a future with many more Luigi's.

by jchw 1y ago

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> a future with many more Luigi's This is about actual CEOs, not mid-level executives who are CEOs of departments.
- lm28469 1y ago
  We get told they get paid so much because they take all the responsibilities and risks, that's simply a new risk
  - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
    > that's simply a new risk But it’s not. The folks getting shot are mid-level executives.
- deleted 1y ago
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OgsyedIE 1y ago
Wry comments about injustice aside, the events are just the market correcting prolonged underinvestment in private security, surely?
markus_zhang 1y ago
I doubt. Whether what he did was right or not, it needed a lot of careful planning — not something everyone could do. The CEOs are safe.
- codybontecou 1y ago
  You might be surprised. The CEO of Blackstone was just killed a few weeks ago.
  - _2d30 1y ago
    You should get off TikTok and try reading the legacy news. Despite its failings, you would know a lot more about the failed attack on the NFL.
  - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
    > The CEO of Blackstone was just killed a few weeks ago I would be surprised because it didn’t happen [1]. [1] https://www.blackstone.com/people/stephen-a-schwarzman-2/ https://www.blackstone.com/people/stephen-a-schwarzman-2/
    - JKCalhoun 1y ago
      Forbes [1] "LePatner, who served as CEO of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), was killed in a shooting Monday at the company’s headquarters, Blackstone said in a statement." [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/29/blackstone-executive-wesley-lepatner-killed-in-manhattan-shooting/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/29/blackston...
      - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > who served as CEO of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) Right. Same as the Luigi guy. She was "CEO" of a department. Not the CEO of Blackstone. Relative to the actually rich she's upper middle class.
        JKCalhoun 1y ago
        I'm not disagreeing. Perhaps you could have responded to the original comment with that: that it was a CEO of a department that was shot.
        JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > that it was a CEO of a department that was shot That’s not a CEO. It’s a performative title. The point is the people this article concerns itself with, CEOs of top companies, actual CEOs, they’re not the ones getting shot. Their direct reports, or in the case of Blackstone, I believe, their reports’ reports, are the ones taking the bullets.
- mothballed 1y ago
  True, but if the Luigis are more like a mass of Haitian slaves or angry French without enough cake, then the calculus might change...
  - throwawayqqq11 1y ago
    Then the anger will discharge on proxies, like we already saw plenty of.
- _2d30 1y ago
  > Whether what he did was right or not, it needed a lot of careful planning — not something everyone could do. I think just about literally anyone can go up to someone on the street, shoot them while they're defenseless and then get caught within 5 days. Also, I can help you on your moral waffling: what he did was fundamentally wrong.
  - markus_zhang 1y ago
    That was a specific target though. I guess someone can figure that out given enough time, but that needs some planning.
    - _2d30 1y ago
      It is incredibly easy to know specific times and places that a public enough figure like a CEO will be. Public figures don't have personal security because it's _hard_ to find them. They have personal security because it's _easy_ to find them.
  - bongodongobob 1y ago
    Absolutely. Denying health care to millions of people is an atrocity.
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    - _2d30 1y ago
      How does a health insurer prevent a health provider from administering care?
  - lm28469 1y ago
    > Also, I can help you on your moral waffling: what he did was fundamentally wrong. It depends on how you read the situation, if it's a slow brewing revolution it'll be deemed morally right after the facts
- jchw 1y ago
  There are around 350 million U.S. citizens, that are increasingly mentally unwell, feel disenfranchised, and every year, have a little bit less to lose. Flight tracking data is public. What's shocking isn't that the Luigi case happened; what's shocking is that it doesn't happen more frequently.
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JKCalhoun 1y ago
Not likely. Human nature just isn't that way. We'll put up with a lot of bullshit ... until people begin to starve.

I foresee a future with many more Luigi's.

by jchw 1y ago

I foresee a future with many more Luigi's.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

> a future with many more Luigi's This is about actual CEOs, not mid-level executives who are CEOs of departments.

lm28469 1y ago
We get told they get paid so much because they take all the responsibilities and risks, that's simply a new risk
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > that's simply a new risk But it’s not. The folks getting shot are mid-level executives.
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OgsyedIE 1y ago

Wry comments about injustice aside, the events are just the market correcting prolonged underinvestment in private security, surely?

markus_zhang 1y ago

I doubt. Whether what he did was right or not, it needed a lot of careful planning — not something everyone could do. The CEOs are safe.

codybontecou 1y ago
You might be surprised. The CEO of Blackstone was just killed a few weeks ago.
- _2d30 1y ago
  You should get off TikTok and try reading the legacy news. Despite its failings, you would know a lot more about the failed attack on the NFL.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > The CEO of Blackstone was just killed a few weeks ago I would be surprised because it didn’t happen [1]. [1] https://www.blackstone.com/people/stephen-a-schwarzman-2/ https://www.blackstone.com/people/stephen-a-schwarzman-2/
  - JKCalhoun 1y ago
    Forbes [1] "LePatner, who served as CEO of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), was killed in a shooting Monday at the company’s headquarters, Blackstone said in a statement." [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/29/blackstone-executive-wesley-lepatner-killed-in-manhattan-shooting/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/07/29/blackston...
    - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
      > who served as CEO of the Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) Right. Same as the Luigi guy. She was "CEO" of a department. Not the CEO of Blackstone. Relative to the actually rich she's upper middle class.
      - JKCalhoun 1y ago
        I'm not disagreeing. Perhaps you could have responded to the original comment with that: that it was a CEO of a department that was shot.
        JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > that it was a CEO of a department that was shot That’s not a CEO. It’s a performative title. The point is the people this article concerns itself with, CEOs of top companies, actual CEOs, they’re not the ones getting shot. Their direct reports, or in the case of Blackstone, I believe, their reports’ reports, are the ones taking the bullets.
mothballed 1y ago
True, but if the Luigis are more like a mass of Haitian slaves or angry French without enough cake, then the calculus might change...
- throwawayqqq11 1y ago
  Then the anger will discharge on proxies, like we already saw plenty of.
_2d30 1y ago
> Whether what he did was right or not, it needed a lot of careful planning — not something everyone could do. I think just about literally anyone can go up to someone on the street, shoot them while they're defenseless and then get caught within 5 days. Also, I can help you on your moral waffling: what he did was fundamentally wrong.
- markus_zhang 1y ago
  That was a specific target though. I guess someone can figure that out given enough time, but that needs some planning.
  - _2d30 1y ago
    It is incredibly easy to know specific times and places that a public enough figure like a CEO will be. Public figures don't have personal security because it's _hard_ to find them. They have personal security because it's _easy_ to find them.
- bongodongobob 1y ago
  Absolutely. Denying health care to millions of people is an atrocity.
  - deleted 1y ago
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  - _2d30 1y ago
    How does a health insurer prevent a health provider from administering care?
- lm28469 1y ago
  > Also, I can help you on your moral waffling: what he did was fundamentally wrong. It depends on how you read the situation, if it's a slow brewing revolution it'll be deemed morally right after the facts
jchw 1y ago
There are around 350 million U.S. citizens, that are increasingly mentally unwell, feel disenfranchised, and every year, have a little bit less to lose. Flight tracking data is public. What's shocking isn't that the Luigi case happened; what's shocking is that it doesn't happen more frequently.

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JKCalhoun 1y ago

Not likely. Human nature just isn't that way. We'll put up with a lot of bullshit ... until people begin to starve.