Hello! So two things:

  1. I would like to have a discussion about the UHC CEO killing and if it is at all any different than the ~45 murders a day in the USA…(other than the obvious “he was rich” one). -Typical Christmas family get together brought this up as a topic and was curious about the different perspectives. Argument made by others was “this sets a bad precedent”, and the response was “how is this any different than someone getting murdered for literally any reason”. Hate, lust, money, your car…whatever the motivation, how is this any different?

  2. Is there a better location to post said discussion topic?

I mostly lurk Lemmy, so not really sure how to find the correct communities for said topic.

Thanks!

  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
    23·
    5 days ago

    this violent act of murder has done more towards equallity of healthcare for americans than thousands of people speaking could have hoped to achieve.

    What exactly did it do to help with the equality situation? It’s delusional to think UHC hasn’t simply replaced its CEO and increased security. Business as usual.

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      The same day Thompson was killed Blue Shield backed off their announcement to stop paying for anesthesia during surgery. A healthcare improvement directly tied to that killing.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      It has united the people in two ways.

      1. Yes, we all are suffering in the same ways and for the same reasons (oppression by the ruling class).
      2. Here we collectively see a solution.

      The killing of this CEO did very little directly. But indirectly it unified the people, and that is a big big thing.