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Why top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] Pheonixdown@lemm.ee 97 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah... I can't blame them, the apathy is real on this one, lots of people get murdered everyday, they don't get this coverage, I don't care more because this guy was a rich CEO, feels like the media is overhyping it because the rich are scared that some folks are deciding they need to water the tree of liberty. Pretty sure this is only going to get worse as people get squeezed more and more.

I'm not blanket saying assassination is ok, but I'm also not saying I couldn't consider voting to acquit this guy for jury nullification purposes if I were on the jury.

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 47 points 2 weeks ago

It’s not even apathy for a lot of people. It’s jubilation that someone whose wealth directly came from making others’ lives shorter and more miserable got his life shortened.

[-] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

There was a shower thought the other day on Lemmy that said that the whole situation is a real life trolley problem.

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Why'd you link Wikipedia and not the post? Lol

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because if you already know the trolley problem, you already know the whole content of the post. If you don't, now you do.

[-] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Did I mix them up? In case somebody didn't know what the trolley problem was, I figured i'd link to that, but got to my bus stop before I could find the original shower thought. I still haven't figured out how to find stuff in Lemmy.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, the more coverage of this the better. Let's set the president that bad CEO decisions might result in your death.

[-] PanArab@lemmy.ml 57 points 2 weeks ago

He denied coverage to my daughter. If I personally knew who the working class hero was, I would send him a gift or a thankyou card.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

I had UHC but I'm generally healthy so I either had no claims or none denied, but I'll still contribute to his legal defense.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago

This quote from his wife is so selfawarewolf:

“Brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives.”

Yeah, that's kinda the problem lol

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

incredibly loving, generous, talented

God she's brainwashed by him

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

No, I believe it. The problem with capitalists isn't that they have no empathy; most of them do. They just define very narrowly who that empathy applies to, and mostly that narrow line is drawn right around their immediate vicinity. He was probably great to those in his orbit. He just didn't see his customers as human.

[-] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I recall reading or hearing something a number of years ago that basically said a human is only capable of really caring about a small number of people (single digits) and generally caring about a slightly larger number. Anyone outside of those circles is an NPC

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

True. But that doesn't excuse someone's decisions when they are presented with the consequences of their actions. Even if it doesn't affect anyone you know, you can still make moral decisions about how to treat them.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago

Can't even imagine the life insurance policy check she's about to receive.

[-] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nor can we grasp the depth of how big it is.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 weeks ago

New York City experiences hundreds of murders annually. The real question is whether the NYPD will dedicate an equal amount of resources and effort towards solving the murder of a CEO compared to other homicides. Does the life of a wealthy individual hold more importance than those of ordinary citizens?

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 29 points 2 weeks ago

"No we won't and yes it does"

-Shitheeled pigs of New York

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 37 points 2 weeks ago

Cause no one really feels bad about a terrible person dying? I’m not surprised.

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Professionals have standards" meme

[-] Veritrax@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

You mean like how they found the Boston Marathon bomber?

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Ahhh real reddit moment^tm^

[-] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Flood tip lines with bullshit tips

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

Won't somebody think of the poor CEO's?!

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Think of their what?

[-] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago

you know you can help by explaining the error after your remark, right?

to @reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml

Won't somebody think of the poor CEO's?!

you probably meant "CEOs" as in referring to the plural of "CEO". when you use "CEO's", you are using a possessive form to refer to a CEO as in "CEO's lack of dignity" or "a CEO's rolling head"

[-] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I was gonna downvote but then I saw your choice of examples.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I can't help but feel like these influencers typically fill a role that isn't getting fulfilled, like investigating mysteries or things that fall off the police radar or weren't getting any attention. I very much doubt that a wealthy white man would be a typical subject in the first place.

Though, I'm not really familiar with this genre of the Internet.