• @Suavevillain@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Brian Thompson’s case shows systemic vs direct violence: one hidden as “civilized,” the other viewed as evil.

    Technology and bureaucracy weaponized for murder and suffering on a massive scale, yet his killer is condemned for directly responding with the same violence Thompson’s actions produced. I only feel sorry for the people who are suffering or have passed away due to the healthcare industry.

    • @ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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      175 months ago

      I’ve heard the term “social murder” recently I’m relation to this. He might not have personally used a weapon against them but anyone who had died as a result of denying coverage for a life-threatening condition has been murdered socially.

      • @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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        265 months ago

        Which means he should’ve had more empathy for the families he’s denied medical care for, right?

        I saw someone post a pic of his family trying to get people to empathize with him, and to be honest it just makes me think even less of him.

        I don’t really know how someone can love their kids, but deny healthcare to other children. He’d be less of a monster if he was just completely devoid of humanity all the time instead of when he’s just clocked in for work.

        • @Malfeasant@lemm.ee
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          145 months ago

          I don’t really know how someone can love their kids, but

          Did he? Just because he had a family doesn’t mean he gave a shit about them…

          • @TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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            75 months ago

            I mean, fair enough. Kinda hard for me to remember people can actively feel contempt or just complete disinterest for any kid, let alone their own.

        • @GelatinGeorge@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          This is the thing, exactly! It’s called The Banality of Evil. When Adolf Eichmann was being tried in Nuremberg for war crimes he committed in Auschwitz, it was widely remarked on about his lack of ‘evilness’. The dude seemed like a mild mannered accountant, and by all means was, but he helped enact one of the most heinous and calculated acts of genocide in all of history.

          Monsters are easy to point at and shudder, monstrous humanity is far harder to accept let alone vilify. This piece of shit CEO is firmly in the Eichmann camp of evil and we should fucking celebrate he’s dead.

      • @CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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        55 months ago

        Did his wife and children know what he did for a living?

        If anyone doesn’t know what the point of my question is, I can only direct them to go watch The Zone of Interest (2023).

      • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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        55 months ago

        I’m a husband and father. I wouldn’t disappoint them by killing thousands of people and getting shot for it. It’s a reason to not do evil things.

      • spirinolas
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        45 months ago

        The wife chose marrying a psychopath. She’s no better. The kids will be somewhat better off being raised by only one piece of shit instead of two.