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Dated: 2024-12-05. Added: 2024-12-05. Alternate title: “After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing, Americans Express Frustration With Health Insurance Industry”.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 247 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This assassin has created more solidarity over working class issues then the Democrats could, even with 1.5 billion dollars. Fascinating

[–] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 51 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like we've found what the Democrats should add to their playbook.

Who wants to go first?

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 78 points 3 months ago (2 children)

biden should pardon him; whats one more pardon for a criminal with a gun after the first one?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago

It won't happen but that'd be such a fucking what the entire establishment would melt.

I'd pardon him for the lols, at Bidens age you gotta live a little.

[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Millions of Americans have trained to do this.

The training was abhorrently bad, very easy, completely unrealistic and provided no real skills.

But they have trained.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If these CEOs couldn't walk down the street without some moron in an assassin creed costume showing up. I would be so happy. They don't need to actually get harmed but they should live in a state of constant paranoia. It's the least they deserve.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They don’t need to actually get harmed

As long as they continue to perpetuate suffering, yes, they do.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago

Oh, I certainly wouldn't cry about it. I'm just willing to settle for them living in fear.

Yeah, Step 1: Jump off of a tower into a bale of hay.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

By assassin you mean the one who got the bullets, right?

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 months ago

The assassin is the one who did the shooting. The one who got shot is the mass-murderer

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

No, he didn't assassinate anyone, just caused them to die. He would have had to know who they were and cared enough to specifically target them for it to be assassinations.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Assassination implies a targeted strike.

Systematic Mass killers are not assassins.