• Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        15 days ago

        All of Lemmy: “Of course I would commit murder, why do you ask?”

        Admittedly god works in mysterious ways and it seems god had enough of this guy

        • mke_geek@lemm.ee
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          15 days ago

          It’s not ALL of Lemmy. There’s still moral people on here like myself.

          God doesn’t exist so that’s not an argument.

          So what’s next? Little Billy doesn’t like the kid in his class who’s stealing people’s lunch money, so he guns him down and now that’s okay?

      • Mango@lemmy.world
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        17 days ago

        Of course not. We’re condemning the evil and praising a hero. Heroes kill monsters, ya know.

              • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
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                16 days ago

                So if I mug three people, scam other five, misplace three livers to be transplanted to children, and share my Netflix password, I’m innocent.

                Excellent! I’ll let the judge know your opinion on those matters when I’m asked.

          • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
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            17 days ago

            Hahaha “innocent”. Ever had life saving medicine or treatment for you or a loved one denied by the insurance company? You will, one day. And that’s not me wishing you ill, that’s just how wide spread and devastating this issue is. Inevitably it will happen too you. Maybe you won’t think these people are so innocent then.

          • Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml
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            17 days ago

            i think I see where the confusion is coming from. Brian the Billionaire was not innocent, and in fact as CEO had an active hand in implementing company policies to deny people healthcare and leech money from the sick and infirm. he absolutely, 100%, without a doubt deserved to die, and in my opinion, he got off relatively lightly, all things considered. two or three bullets is incredibly merciful compared to rotting in a hospital while your insurance denies your coverage and drains your bank account.

          • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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            17 days ago

            Lmfao stop trolling dawg, theres literally no way you actually believe this. Are you a paid shill, from a different country, or just seeking to rile people up?

        • mke_geek@lemm.ee
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          17 days ago

          There’s lots of people on this thread (and in the Internet) who are showing how evil they are by condoning this murder.

          • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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            17 days ago

            Whats your stance on state sanctioned murder? Overseas murder? Illegal, out of season murder of animals?

            Yet murder of the poor is ok with you 🤦

            • mke_geek@lemm.ee
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              16 days ago

              No one is murdering the poor.

              (Except other poor people with guns and drugs. Or themselves.)

              • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
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                16 days ago

                What we know about Jordan Neely’s chokehold death on the New York subway

                Toronto Police Service reported that eight teenagers allegedly swarmed Lee over a three-minute period, repeatedly stabbing him.

                Deaths put spotlight on growing US homeless population

                “The recent murders of people experiencing homelessness - many who were sleeping at the time - is a cruel reminder that this is a life-and-death issue that must be met with urgency,” Jeff Olivet, director of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness, said.

                Those interviewed said that a political climate that stigmatises homelessness, inadequate housing, and gang and drug violence all help create a dangerous world for some of America’s most vulnerable people.

                I could almost applaud you for some kind of “holier than thou” morality you seem to be trying to project about the UHC CEO murder. Unfortunately your comments expose that you’re just a middle-upper class cheerleader who stigmatizes the poor (as proclaimed from above, “No one is murdering the poor. - Except other poor people with guns and drugs. Or themselves” jesus I can’t believe you actually commented that).

                Poverty is a major public health crisis. Let’s treat it like one.

                the key question is what it means to “die from poverty.” As a social determinant of health, the government already recognizes a direct line between economic conditions and health outcomes.

                Why the Poor Die Young

                Why are America’s poor dying young? According to the paper, the causes are internal. Most of the variation in life expectancy doesn’t come from “external factors,” like murder, but rather from medical causes, like heart disease and diabetes. The poor die early because they get sicker faster.

                5 Ways Being Poor is a Crime

                1. Fining the homeless for being homeless. If you are homeless in America and have nowhere to go and are down on your luck, it is increasingly difficult to find a safe space in which to exist without being fined for loitering. According to the report, an estimated 600,000 people are homeless on any given night. Though nearly 13 percent of the nation’s low-income housing has been lost since 2001, and many people simply cannot afford housing, 34 percent of cities ban public camping, 18 percent prohibit sleeping in public and 43 percent prevent people from sleeping in vehicles

                Poverty Is Deadly

                the discovery that the death rate for middle-aged white Americans began rising around 1999 is alarming. The increase is accounted for entirely by those with a high school degree or less. The 2013 mortality rates for midlife whites with that level of educational attainment was 736 per 100,000; for those with some college education it was 288 per 100,000; for whites with a B.A. or higher their death rate stood at 178 per 100,000. In other words, whites who have only a high school degree or less are four times more likely to die between ages 45 and 54 than are college-educated whites.

                The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor in America

                Poverty creates more poverty. – financial decisions forced by poverty often end up keeping poor people stuck in poverty.

                Poor people spend more of their income on necessities. Lower-income Americans spend more of their income on housing, food and groceries, and transportation, compared to mid and high-income individuals.

                Less expensive goods are often less economical. Poor people often buy low-quality goods in small quantities, leading to constant replacement and higher costs over time.

                Financial exclusion exacerbates poverty. People with poor access to credit often pay exorbitant interest rates and high fees for basic financial services.

                Are you completely unaware of the financial and economical situation going on in America? The rising cost of Healthcare, Education, and housing/life expenses? You’re honestly coming off as a shill to everyone, maybe planning on a future political run so have to keep your comments “politically moral” (i.e. make sure the higher up’s approve of your message)? Don’t want to turn into another Mark Robinson I suppose.

                If you have some coherent messaging or reasoning I would love to hear it. So far I’m assuming you hate the poor and blame everyone for their life situations, there are no outside factors that determines someones struggles in life but themselves? The poor die by their own hands or those close to them, no one in a position of power has done anything to cause them problems?

                • mke_geek@lemm.ee
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                  16 days ago

                  There’s a lot of people in this world who make bad choices like using drugs, alcohol, smoking, eating food that’s bad for them, etc. Someone doesn’t have to be poor to make those decisions. But those who don’t have a lot of money, choosing alcohol over food – then complain about not having enough food – that’s on them.

                  They don’t deserve to be gunned down in cold blood and neither does someone with money.

          • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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            17 days ago

            Those poor rich people have to deal with so much hatred and discrimination😢

            That’s why I’m personally volunteering to take their money so they can no longer be rich and subject to such hate. I may be hated instead, but I’m willing to bear that cross and take up the Rich Man’s Burden. Some may call me a hero, but I ask for nothing in return, no praise, no monuments in my honor. The only thing I ask for is to take over the burden of owning a mountain of unearned wealth.

          • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            17 days ago

            It ain’t because of the money, it’s because their greed is killing everybody and everything. And I never said anything about them being not human.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Call every crime tipline and report the person responsible for this death and many others - That person’s name was Brian Thompson.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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      16 days ago

      Still reminds me of the time they sent out a sketch of the uni bomber and musician/professional jokester Weird Al did this

  • TooManyGames@sopuli.xyz
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    17 days ago

    Just as a comment, not a suggestion: a society that squeezes its people has to either repress them hard, or at some point expect it to start boiling over. The mob lynching the leaders is what happens once the mob gets desperate enough and are not heard.

  • JackLSauce@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I work in the insurance industry (though not directly for an insurance company) and while it’s a small sample size, employees there range from apathetic to rolling their eyes at the “poor CEO needing money for his funeral”

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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      17 days ago

      Insurance is a gamble with money. Noone cares. Health-insurance is a gamble with life. If you work for Hitler, you are Hitler. At least the nazis back then could blame it on cluelessness and not knowing. You can’t. If you meant THIS kind of insurance.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Dude murdered countless with the stroke of a pen. What was that one song they sing in Chicago?

    🎶 He had it comin’ 🎶

  • thawed_caveman@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I don’t think it’s funny, more like it feels good to see an atom of justice done for once. One murder changes nothing, it has no value as far as changing the system, but the symbolic value is through the roof.

    Here’s the thing: even if we change the healthcare system tomorrow, they get to keep their billions. We can change the system, but there will be no justice because one of the principles of our legal system is that justice isn’t retroactive. So seeing one of the guilty parties killed is an example of retribution that is very rare and exhilarating.

    Just not funny per se

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      16 days ago

      one of the principles of our legal system is that justice isn’t retroactive

      There have been plenty of cases in history where this didn’t hold.

      King Charles I of England. King Louis XVI of France (not to mention the rest of his far-less-culpable family). Many prominent Nazis post-WWII. When society collectively decides that someone’s actions were heinous enough and caused enough harm, at a certain point a law can be created and applied retroactively, often on the grounds that there was a clear violation of some greater principle that should be self-evident.

      • hydrospanner@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        I like how you missed the “our legal system” when giving examples entirely outside the legal system in which this killing took place.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          16 days ago

          Umm, no, not really? King Louis maybe, but the Common Law system used across most former UK colonies traces a line back to before King Charles’ execution, and the Nuremberg Trials were set up by the Allies (which prominently includes the US and UK) and form an important basis of 21st century international law.

  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    People aren’t happy someone was murdered. People are happy that the physical representation of an industry that should prioritize health and treatment but only prioritizes profit got what it probably had coming to it.