I definitely do not condone murder & also these are my thoughts as I read about the slain health insurance CEO
The New York Times [1], citing a police [1] source, reported that Thompson had “recently received several threats.” The paper added that executives at “health care companies often receive threats because the nature of their work.”
Gee, I wonder why that would be.
“It appears as though this was a targeted murder,” Mayor Eric Adams [1] said.
How is that guy still mayor?!
In Midtown, meanwhile, Adams insisted that New Yorkers and tourists should continue to go about their day as usual. He said the scheduled lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller [1] Center—mere blocks away—will still go on as planned Wednesday night.
The assailant poses no threat to daily life. [2]
“This is a horrifying and shocking act of violence,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar. [3] “My thoughts are with Brian Thompson’s family and loved ones and all those working at United Healthcare in Minnesota.”
Quotes from The Daily Beast [4], https://www.thedailybeast.com/slain-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompsons-wife-says-he-had-been-receiving-threats-over-insurance-woes/
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[1] corrupt
[2] unlike the for-profit healthcare system that does pose a threat to the daily life of millions
[3] likely corrupt I would vote for Amy Klobuchar if I lived in her state but the fact that the "left" in the US Senate is not fighting every day for free public health care is a tragedy, a tragedy much bigger even than the death of one person. The inability to achieve equity via electoral politics will necessarily lead to some who resort to violence. I hate all violence and I recognize fair democracy as a safeguard against it. We have nothing close to free and fair democracy in the USA.
[4] likely corrupt For-profit news is a threat to the public good.
By Rob Middleton who can be reached @[email protected] on Mastodon