#UHC shooting

[taviokapudding]

For those that don't get why he's scared- lemme explain as someone who is working on my branding as a vtuber in the making. Sit down *hands you popcorn*

Ben Shapiro is so bad at being a CEO that I had to stop and look up what his company is because I genuinely did not know until now.

I have heard a lot of bs (I could do without) in regards to Ben Shapiro, but I have NEVER heard he's a CEO nor do I know what his company does.

And what doesn't help is "I Hear Everything" is the WORST name for a company and their website does a shit job explaining what they do. I'll link it so you all can see what I mean.

Putting aside the website, if I wasn't posting this- would most people know that "I Hear Everything" is a podcast and audio media distributor run by Ben Shapiro? No.

What is the point in having a CEO like him, constantly running around & ruining things like a headless chicken, if NOBODY CAN NAME YOUR COMPANY?

There's 2 major reasons to have CEOs but lemme clarify 1 thing first

I hate Elon Musk but everybody knows he the guy who bought Tesla & Twitter. Walt Disney is literally ashes but 100 years later people are pissed his company his shitting on his legacy. Donald Trump owns multiple businesses and has gone bankruot 6 times as a CEO long before he ran for president the first time around.

Whether we all like it or not, a rich (usually white male cis/presenting) eccentric weirdo running your company can be good or questionable but still effective marketing- doubly if you lack a mascot or want to run multiple companies. At some point macot CEOs usually hire people to help run it because they are too locked into whatever their hyperfixation and/or crimes are. They become a face, name, or symbol for marketing rather than a genuine CEO.

But overall mascot CEOs are not good CEOs- they can and will be replaced because they are not running their company as the priority. Disney's marketing of how they present their CEOs to the public is a fantastic example- they keep rehiring guys who wanna be the next Walt but when they're not, the real board of elites who run things use them as a scapegoat when in reality they are all complicit in their financial and business failures. It's a terrible business strategy long term and it's why they are struggling right now.

So what makes a good CEO? 2 major things.

1. Being financially and morally responsible for how your company is run

2. Maintaining good brand recognition and public relations

Most of you may not know his name but David Menashi is why AriZona Green Tea is everywhere. Bro locked in to focus on running his business and only earning what he needs btw- but is it a perfect business? No. Look it up- it's around 50% of employees dislike working there for various reasons from pay, racial discrimination, not enough breaks, and managers sucking. But when people quit their reasoning is never "I hate the CEO because he's an eccentric weirdo who only focuses on what he wants to do/hoards all earnings on themself/ has a whole boys club blah blah blah" you get with mascot CEOs.

Has there ever been a mascot CEO who could do the other 2 things?

Short answer- No.

Long answer: Because I include moral responsibility- most CEOs are going to some kind of hell for greed related decisions. Mr. Menashi is just barely skirting by as a normal CEO only if you ignore the 3 times he donated to Republicans. It's borderline impossible. But guys like Ford, Rockerfeller, and even Jobs understood that being a macot and at least doing point 2 was the bare minimum.

But if you can't do number 2 & be a mascot CEO- you shouldn't be a CEO at all.

Ben Shapiro does nothing for brand recognition and public relations for "I Hear Everything" co. I thought (and looking at the replies of his tweets & all the social commentary since he posted his thoughts) he was a mascot for only his podcast and nothing else.

And that is why he's scared- bro has made a living off creating enemies for himself via his podcast and could straight up die tomorrow with 0 impact on his company because he can't even mascot correctly. Like in the sea of CEOs he's the least deserving of the title from a business standpoint.

This is a good time to remind you that Ben Shapiro is a CEO himself

That explains the horror he has been expressing over the UHC shooting incident and the reaction to it by the working class

[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.

[wretchedwitchpussy]

HE'S A GOOD ITALIAN BOY LET HIM GO

[person-who-likes-stuff]

What are you genuinely talking about? You do not know who hung up that sign. That’s the whole point. You are just straight up being incoherent.

"Deny, Defend, Depose"

Banner spotted over Lake Shore Drive in Chicago

[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"

[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

[your-friendly-neighborhood-simp1]

Tell me this isn't exactly how it is

[wretchedwitchpussy]

so not only is he

•funny

•attractive

•someone who's killed a CEO

BUT HE'S ALSO ITALIAN???

Like that's everything you want in a guy in one checklist

[theydjarin]

This timeline is so funny

[existennialmemes]

If you kill someone, they come and arrest you, and your subsequent trial is paid for by our taxes

If an insurance exec commits medical fraud by allowing an AI system to reject covered claims which results in the deaths of thousands, their families have to sue them at their own expense