#UHC shooting

[green-lion-antiques]

I think the biggest reason no Gen Z gave a fuck when Brian Thompson was put down in the street like a dog is obviously yes that he kinda had it coming being partially responsible for the continued state of healthcare in America, but also I think a huge part of the apathy is because we spent our entire upbringing having shooting drills at school every other week to the point we are entirely desensitized to gun violence in general.

"waahhh he had a wife and family" so did most of the people his company killed, idgaf, send them a bill to reimburse taxpayers for the manhunt and move on

[vergess]

The fact that the McDonalds employee responsible for Luigi Mangione's arrest isn't even going to get 60k because the feds are keeping her trapped in committee is so fucking... It's just fucking nasty.

Pigs really just love to weaponize the working class against itself and then do a little jig as they pull the rug out from under people.

60k is real "change my life forever" money, and I get why someone would be tempted by it, but when the copycats start and more people die, remember this:

You don't actually get that money.

It's a scam from the pigs to get you to turn on your fellows-in-arms.

[hejigonmysawtillizepp]

niche but relevant joke

[boycentriccplot]

anyways don't let the uhc shooting be a trend. begging yall to not forget about the fact a ceo is not immortal

[jackett-slut]

it’s literally like in catching fire. they’re fearing the symbol he’s becoming for us and trying to turn us against him by making it seem like he’s not one of us. exactly like the capitol tried to do to katniss in catching fire (thereby igniting the revolution even more btw). suzanne collins has such an incredible understanding of how these things go, man. people are right when they say he’s like our mockingjay

[existennialmemes]

Amazon scab drivers get a police escort.

NY executives get a therapy session and access to State funds for their private protection.

Warehouse workers, producing billions in profits for someone else, get food stamps.

School children, shot at school, get medical bills.

It's been said before, but it bears repeating: the elite get to live in a socialist society. If they have a need, the gov moves mountains to meet it.

It's only the working class who are left to languish under capitalist infrastructure.

[literallyanythingabouteverything]

Super unpopular opinion apparently, but I think the people that are freaking out about “oh no Luigi’s family was rich” “Oh no Luigi was on the political right so he’s a terrible person we shouldn’t support” are morons. Who fucking cares?

I haven’t seen this much class solidarity in my entire fucking life. I have never seen so many different kinds of people unite behind something like this in my lifetime.

I don’t condone murder. I truly don’t. But I also know I’m far from the last person that genuinely suffered from UnitedHealthcare and their practices; and genuinely suffered as a result of Brian Thompson trying to make more money by denying life saving treatments to the elderly, the young, and everyone else who had UnitedHealth.

Luigi‘s family had lots of wealth; but they were nowhere near being part of that 1% that controls everything.

People can have money and still be nowhere near that 1%.

So for everyone trying to divide people because they think that stuff matters, I really want you to think again. Critically this time.

[syn0vial]

sure is interesting watching the internet grapple with the fact that there are more political persuasions out there than "alt-right" and "far-leftist"

[killdirected]

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

As an outsider, I do think it's very telling that the only good thing they can think of to say about that guy who got shot is that he was a father.

Not just because everybody should have more good things to say about them than that, but because… he ran a company that (in theory) pays for people's healthcare?

Like, that's what a health insurance is, right? The Americans have way too expensive healthcare for any normal person to afford, so they get insurance to help them pay. That's supposed to be the deal, isn't it?

And yet nobody is posting saying stuff like: “my Auntie Mabel would have died from her cancer, if UHC insurance hadn't paid for her treatment!”

Or “after the accident, I thought Timmy would never walk again, but thanks to physiotherapy paid for because we had UHC insurance he's playing for his school football team!”

In fact, a bunch of people are saying stuff like: “after the accident, I thought Timmy would never walk again— and I was right, because UHC said that being bipedal was a pre-existing condition, and Timmy ended up dying from gangrene due to lack of treatment.”

Like, the NHS has done a lot of fucked up stuff (google 'NHS scandal' for examples) and has some bullshit policies. But they also help people on a daily basis, because that's their job.

What the fuck service is UHC meant to be providing? Because it apparently isn't helping many people pay for healthcare.

[roseapprentice]

It's true that the UHC shooting is politically unifying partly because it strikes a universal chord over class resentment that was mostly a left-wing issue until now.

But I think it also strikes a universal chord over media resentment that was mostly a right-wing issue until now.

I'm left-wing, but I've done my best to hear out right-wing grievances over the years. A lot of them come down to lacking a legitimized voice. There's no John Oliver out there who will elequently express rural American frustration where the nation is willing to listen. They have to settle for clown shows like Fox News, then get mocked for watching the clown show.

A lot of right-wing anger comes of being constantly told the world works one way, while their everyday experience hammers in the opposite reality. (Like hearing "No one can live on $8/hour!" while your life is shattered by the loss of an $8/hour job that moved overseas.)

Everyone knows the biggest media outlets are corrupt and out of touch. But I think this is the first time most white leftists in the US have experienced that dissonance so viscerally.

Every time a news anchor mentions the public outrage over insurance... then pivots smoothly back to rehashing the manhunt as if anyone still cares about police proceedural bullshit, it's like we're being slapped in the face with a $10,000 silk glove.

I think a lot of us are suddenly sharing metaphorical sideways looks across the front lines of the culture war, like,

"Oh. Oh that's what you've been talking about all this time."

[respectissexy]

The events of the past week have convinced me that if you made a show that was a cross between Leverage and Dexter, it would be the most popular show of all time.

[milaisreading]

This is making rounds around the world. I can't remember any case in recent memory getting this sort of attention worldwide

This one graffiti was spotted in São Paolo 🇧🇷

"Defend. Deny. Depose"

Luigi Mangione, world hero"

That's what Google Translate is giving me, at least

[kineticpenguin]

The group, which seeks unspecified damages, argues that the public backlash prevented the company from pursuing "the aggressive, anti-consumer tactics that it would need to achieve" its earnings goals.

I hope this makes their identities public.

[hyphen-notation]

Tell me this isn't exactly how it is

[theydjarin]

This timeline is so funny