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Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs (fair.org)

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

On top of killing people as his day job, Brian Thompson was also convicted of drunk driving, insider trading, and fraud.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1ha7u3e/comment/m16t6db/

Brian Thompson was a 3 time loser felon so why was he walking the streets at all? He could have been safe in jail if the justice department did their jobs and applied the same standard of justice to Thompson as they apply to the poors.

He's dead because the kleptocracy felating justice system didnt do its job. They should turn themselves in if they want justice. If Luigi is guilty then so are they.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 135 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Brian Robert Thompson murdered 51,000 innocent human beings.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Please cite a source. It's gotta be much higher than that.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is a reasonable first order estimate. See a comment here. I think I will organize this a bit better and make a blog post on this tomorrow. But suffice to say, 51,000 is a good baseline number, based on UHC's share of the private insurance market and the length of Thompson's tenure as CEO of UHC. It could be as high as 100,000. But really, at this scale, it ceases to matter. You can only really comprehend it in comparative terms. And his number of victims was order of magnitude greater than that of Osama Bin Ladin.

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[–] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm no math wizard but I've read 68k people die per year from preventable shit due to denied claims. Brian worked at United since 2004, CEO since 2021 so he contributed directly or indirectly to that number of deaths per year, at least the portion United is responsible for. United has double the industry average of rejected claims.

It's def higher than OP states.

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not OP, but it's going to be really hard to assign a hard value to that. There are plenty of obvious examples where they denied a life-saving treatment. But many of them would've died anyway.

Then there are cases where they deny preventative/early treatments. Some of these eventually led to more serious and fatal conditions, some did not. How do we count these?

Then there's quality of life denials. These don't directly lead to fatal conditions, but can affect morale and the like, thus allowing more serious conditions?

All of it would be compared to the unexplored alternatives (where treatment was authorized). This is inherently an unknown.

I'm not defending him by any means. It's just that his body count is, at best, a rough estimate.

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 99 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We've received your request for additional sympathy. Our advanced AI systems will now determine your claim's eligibility.

...

Oh, sorry, looks like it's been denied.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 27 points 1 week ago

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Demanding sympathy is the height of pity.

Pathetic. Maybe figure out why no one has any sympathy for the guy.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 52 points 1 week ago (3 children)

"I demand you respect me!" said the person who is fundamentally undeserving of respect

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

“You can consolidate wealth or consolidate respect, but not both”

— @ccunning@lemmy.world (just now)

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

I will not show them the single touch of sympathy or pity or anything. Why should I? People like that would not only never show me the slightest sympathy, but they would also go out of their way in order to fuck me over and waste my time and money and then act like any reaction other than cock sucking them is criminal violence.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 86 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Billionaires deserve to live in fear for their lives.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would like to know how we can all do more to bring this about.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Advocate for their killing, far and wide. Eventually someone without anything to lose will get the job done

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or we all end up patriot acted away into oblivion.

I get what you're saying and I'm all for it, but I also wonder if there is a more sneaky way to achieve the same end result.

Maybe we need to democratize Adjustor targets. Start a worldwide coalition with some sort of anonymous forum and voting system.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Dark web crowdsourced CEO bounty hunting?

Now we're delving into the cyberpunk world I can get behind.

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 15 points 1 week ago

Or not.

Live, that is.

[–] Cerbero@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

*Oligarchs.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Find me one ethical billionaire

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Behind every great fortune is a great crime

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The ones that donated all their money away (while living) so that they would no longer be billionaires, would be as close as you could get.

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[–] Modva@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Message control.

This is why they bought the media in the first place, so what they say is loudest.

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's no prior authorization for thoughts and prayers.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

my beliefs prevent me from providing prayers.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lmao that’s fucking perfect

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I stole it from the Internet.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

You made this?

I made this.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 week ago

People you fucked over don't sympathize with you?

Boo-fucking-hoo.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

Thank you for needing the working class to exist. We have received and reviewed your request for sympathy towards your continued indifference to human suffering. Unfortunately we must reject your claim…

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All we could do for pity is to throw a fire extinguisher into his grave. Where he is, he will need it.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 8 points 1 week ago

Sorry, fire extinguishers are wasted on dragons.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago

We should offer to help them stand with him in solidarity, so to speak

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago

You guys aren’t reacting to the way we want you to react!! Stop it now!

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The persecution complex is going to get even more people killed as CEOs grow more paranoid and bodyguards more trigger happy.

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[–] Embargo@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

Thoughts and prayers :

I think it should happen more often.
I pray it does (instead of school shootings, let's say).

[–] Rooskie91 14 points 1 week ago

Sure, just as soon as they meet our demands for better compensation.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

That costs money.

Also: no.

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Fuck the American oligarchy!

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Sympathy? Hmm . . . let's see . . . sympathy . . ok. I'm sorry he didn't contract a really ferocious strain of ass-cancer that his insurance didn't cover.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

#No

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Why would I have sympathy for a mass murderer? The man is burning in the Pit of Hell right now.

Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin - An Accounting of the Victims of Brian Robert Thompson.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Thank you for calling sympathy customer service. Your call is important to us, a representative will be with you shortly.

We are currently experiencing unprecedented call volume at this time. Please wait for the next available representative.

the worst music ever at the highest volume possible starts playing

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

I'm so tired of seeing this ugly bastard.

[–] trumpetmouth@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

i don't cover that - sorry!

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

No, I hope he burns in Hell.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

Who didn't expect them to pick that side?

[–] foggy_sunrise@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

My sympathy deductible hasn't been reached, darn!

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