UnitedHealth CEO shot

St. Widge said
This point of view strikes me as a result of gaslighting and/or the tendency of people to dehumanize people who they see as not like them or having power over them. It's the same thing that the extremely wealthy do with the poor. They dehumanize them and imagine that they would do anything, including slit their throats, to take what they have. And yet, neither has any real evidence that either of them really would or do act in this way. It's a perception that we are told is true and we all buy it. And it's to the point where people are casually referring to the idea that this or that CEO is "next".

So do you really have evidence that people with money are inherently more evil than people without? If not, think about why you think that way.

As for me, I'm not going to shed a tear for this CEO, but I do find it disturbing how many people are willing to publicly celebrate his assassination and see this as a reasonable response to the world around him. Did he deserve it? Maybe, but meeting evil with evil seldom, if ever, results in a better world. Who draws the line of how evil someone has to be for killing them in cold blood to be justifiable? Do we really want a world run by vigilante justice?

I believe it was more of a metaphor. The man who was killed was the CEO of a major medical insurance company, infamous for being one of the worst when it comes to actually covering their customers' medical expenses. While he didn’t personally cut anyone’s throat, his policies literally led to the deaths of many people. As the CEO, his salary and bonuses were tied to the company’s profits, which likely incentivized decisions that prioritized money over lives.

That said, I want to make it clear that I do not condone killing someone out of grievances. The killer should face significant prison time for their actions.

From a legal perspective, I don’t know enough about U.S. laws, but a class-action lawsuit might have been a more appropriate response—especially if a pattern of questionable coverage decisions could be established. Such investigations are ideally the responsibility of the Justice Department or investigative journalists. Unfortunately, under Trump’s administration, I don’t have much faith in either of those avenues being pursued effectively.