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!

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
    462·
    2 days ago

    The way I see it, this was just another shooting. Except, instead of targeting innocents or literal children, it was someone who actually played some part in making them so desperate

    And in the first 48 hours, the adjuster did more to shake the health insurance racket than decades of the public demanding change.

    They say we need the rule of law, otherwise we just have mob rule… But maybe it’s worth wondering if mob rule isn’t as bad as it’s cracked up to be

    • mke_geek@lemm.ee
      12·
      13 hours ago

      You want to bring back “mob rule” such as allowing people to gang up and lynch people they don’t like? That’s disgusting.

    • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
      20·
      1 day ago

      It’s been said that those that make change via peaceful means impossible, invite violence.

      I don’t like that someone was shot, but this is the direction we’re heading unless we can get this fixed.

      It’s not just health care either, it’s every large corporation trying to get more from their employees and more from their customers without giving back anything in exchange … or realizing that they have enough.

      The infinite growth mindset is out of control and ridiculous.

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      71·
      1 day ago

      I’d argue that this wasn’t mob rule. It’s not like a chaotic group that went a too far. This was a targetted attack on an evil aggressor. This was the people getting a little bit of justice.