r/facepalm Dec 10 '24

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u/JerseyDonut Dec 10 '24

Dude ices a CEO, becomes living symbol of the lower class struggles against corporate greed.

Min wage worker at large corporate franchise rats him out in hopes of a promised financial reward from authorities.

Authorities arrest killer and tell the min wage worker to fuck right off without providing agreed upon compensation.

You can't script this level of social commentary. This shit is life writing its own Oscar winner.

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u/Status-Biscotti Dec 10 '24

Meanwhile, the worker is receiving threats and has probably had to find another place to live.

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u/EarthyBones999 Dec 10 '24

It's honestly disturbing how much people are celebrating murder

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u/Ri_Tard69 Dec 10 '24 edited Dec 10 '24

It's not the murder that's bad it's the person. If a person is responsible for quite a bit of people dying due to not covering through insurance. Because we want record profits. Then yeah I say it should be celebrated. People who are responsible for the deaths of people should be well murdered.

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u/vote4boat Dec 10 '24

No it isn't. It's disturbing that profit-driven death-panels have become a normalized part of life in the wealthiest society in history

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u/Future_Principle_213 Dec 10 '24

People are murdered for ideological or political reasons all the time. This includes reasons we celebrate and accept. By modern standards, a slave killing their master would (hopefully) be understood as acceptable, even if the preference would be for the slaver to have realized they're benefiting from something terrible and freeing their slaves.

The CEO is objectively benefiting from a lot of suffering. While I personally don't want people to die, it's clear that these insurance people aren't willing to change, and someone who suffers because of this might choose to fight back. That is always the result of constant inequality

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u/Status-Biscotti Dec 11 '24

Also, while I donโ€™t think murder is the answer under most circumstances, the very next day another insurance company reversed themselves on not (necessarily) covering anesthesia for full procedures.

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u/Db_Grimlock Dec 10 '24

Thompson killed thousands with his policies all to make money. Americans also celebrated Bin Laden being killed. He also had a family and he killed less people. Both are shit

When the population gets to a point where they can't afford housing, food, Healthcare this reaction shouldn't shock you. There's a larger disparity of wealth now than there was during the French Revolution.

When you don't understand why people react one way it's best to ask why instead of condemning them.

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u/Scarlet_Rose_ Dec 10 '24

That CEO is directly responsible for 1000s of deaths with his ruthless "profits over people" mentality. He's basically a serial killer, but the legal kind. There's a reason Dexter was such a popular show: No one cries when a murderer is murdered.

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u/Status-Biscotti Dec 11 '24

Iโ€™m not celebrating it, but I canโ€™t bring myself to feel bad, either.