THE COMING GUILLOTINES IN THE TOWN SQUARE: Fear in the C-Suite after UnitedHealthcare CEO gunned down

Where's "all the above?"

If you're quiet enough, you can hear Madame Defarge's knitting needles clacking.

Let's start calling Luigi "The People's Friend" just like Marat.

I was just thinking earlier how the calls for revolution seem to have died down once the entire internet just started focusing on how much it wants to ride Luigis salami instead.

Luigi “The People’s Princess” Mangione r3

If the amateur Hunter Killer groups starting racking up kills in the future every day gay men walking the streets will be lots more a target than the number of CEOs being killed.

And if that happens it will be fear or hate wrapped in a new outbreak or epidemic that drives the HK squads.

One new outbreak that is all it’s going to take. Although I’d love to hear how many think this is wrong and the next outbreak will only bring a protective supportive CDC. ( that CDC will be found in the history books)

R4 I’m betting it’s a lovely, veiny, rock hard piece too.

R5 oh, damn!

I think the salami riding fantasies are dying down now with the busted looking recent real-deal photos and the details of his back injuries and chronic pain. Yeah he’d be sexy as a time travel romp back to those cute humpy smiley Insta pics from a few years ago, but now? Sadly, nope.

CEOs are by and large men and women who worked really hard and rose the ranks within their industries. That used to be something people aspired to achieve. But now, success is not only bad but something that marks a person for death?! What the fuck is this world? How did we get here?

health insurance directly affects people so that's my number one followed by politicians. But I would also put some TV celebrity news people, talking heads on the list.

Corporate greed, religious fanaticism and vast unfairness are how we got here r10

Y’all are trippin’

Politicians, starting with you know who...

You left out senior rehab and nursing home owners-profiteers.

Lobbyists, children, lobbyists.

But corporate greed is a problem with society at large, and we all support and embolden it every single day. Our Amazon addiction alone makes us all complicit in that. We all live and work within the society as it exists.

Rage Against The Machine

Greedy materialists, all. How did we get here? It's really becoming a jungle. The highest walled-in communities won't save us.

Corporate greed is a given, like a force of nature. The problem isn’t corporate greed. It’s political corruption enabled by a partisan Supreme Court more concerned with ensuring Republican victory than in maintaining a functioning democracy. A system that allows one man to spend $250 million to buy himself a pet President is broken.

Some of the Bluesky activists also have no clue how business works. CEOs are the workers who are beholden to investors and boards and various overlords. You could fire every single CEO (or I guess kill them) and they are just going to be replaced by another worker. If you want change, you have to look above them.

Men need to manage men. This incident proves it.

Supportive citizens off the pay Luigi “TERMINATOR” Mangione’s legal bills

It seems LPSG has debunked every alleged nude that's come out as being either AI or a photoshop of someone on OF or whatever. As of now, there are no real nudes of him. That kind of surprises me given his popularity and looks.

Like, every gay guy I know, even the less attractive ones, if they did something like this and became famous for it, would have had nudes leaked by someone by now, even if just by a Grindr random that never bothered to delete them.

I guess the straight world really is that different. (Yes, I've heard the claims he was bi, but he seems to have been going after women mainly.)

oops, wrong thread. Sorry.

Sadly, it was not immediately apparent, r25.

I think people like OP who brutalize the English language should be the next to go.

Ay, duckie!

THE FACE OF REVOLUTION

R10 - I can't decide if you're an obsequious bootlicker or naive. GTFO with that "they worked really hard to get to the top" bullshit.

Joe Lieberman must be glad he’s dead

R10 is believer in trickle down economics

Trickle down has been trickle up.

You don’t think most CEOs worked hard to get where they are, R30? Not all, of course. But a lot. I’m would argue most.

Actually the view I stated has absolutely nothing to do with trickle down economics, R33. I am referring only to the childish way people are portraying the very idea of “CEO” as some sort of catch-all term for a villainous robber baron who is also literally Hitler. It’s a corrupted view that actually penalizes the player rather than the game.

R10

Have you ever met a CEO?

They are by and large LUCKY empty suits.

I've made a career writing speeches for them. Not a brilliant bunch.

“Occupy Wall Street”. Was a huge big deal. Until it wasn’t. . .

You sound like Mitt Romney circa 2012, r10.

Everyone is so mean to rich people! Why can't they just shut up and fucking die in poverty :(

Sure, OP.

Let’s all rise up & kill all of the doctors, so than when we get sick, there’s no one capable of treating us.

The Gay Gaza Lefties who pretend to be tender-hearted peaceniks screaming "Good! KILL THEM ALL!" are really obscene.

Vigilante killing are always wrong and indicative of society's dangerous unraveling. I understand that many people are expressing their lack of surprise of recent events.

No one saying “kill the doctors”, r39. That’s ridiculous.

It’s the greedy healthcare conglomerate CEOs, cunts like the Saklers and their pharma bullshit, the prick Leon, hedge fund cunts and the like.

Greedy motherfuckers trying to screw US over so they can buy another house, whore or car.

R39 I realize killing the doctors makes a lot of sense and really smart people have tried that. But it does have some down sides

R39 Newsflash, dipshit: Doctors also hate health insurance companies.

OP =

I’m disappointed that Americans haven’t started burning down buildings on wall street already

R45 Wait for the guilty verdict.

[quote]CEOs are by and large men and women who worked really hard and rose the ranks within their industries.

Working really hard if the results of said really hard work cause deep embedded dismay and anguish - as has been widely reported - cannot be said to be inherently meritorious.

Often when an innocent is murdered there are expressions of genuine grief and sadness at such a loss. Beyond decent formalities, that has not been the case with this late CEO. Vehemence has instead been expressed at the cruelties imposed by policies enforced by said CEO. Doubtless imposed upon people who also worked really hard to pay for those policies, which were denied to them in their hours of most need.

I'm surprised it hasn't happened earlier. Especially with the Jan 6 stuff.

R45 are you an American that is doing nothing but talking?

Matches+ Gas+ Action

It’s not that fucking hard. Now off the forum and go burn something down.

R45 we don't want to throw away our lives mmkay, thanks.

I have two performances at trinity church this week on Wall Street. Please wait until next week to burn it down

[quote] In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime.

LUIGI AKBAR

[quote]Tom the Dancing Bug and the Manhunt for the Killer CEO

[quote]CEOs are by and large men and women who worked really hard and rose the ranks within their industries.

No, CEOs got there basically via two streams: either they inherited the title (money), or they went to an IVY league school, one of the many that are CEO factories. And they got into those schools largely due to legacy (you know, inherited) admissions, money or connections. And those few that did work really hard and strive to get ahead immediately engage in the same gatekeeping that their wealthier counterparts have for centuries.

If you feel that merit is the path to success, you should really be a fan of Luigi. He worked really hard to find this CEO, suffered through all of the twists and turns of finding the exact right place at the exact right time when the CEO was vulnerable, and he achieved his goal! I mean, the goal of his effort was death, just like the goal of the CEO (only worse, to make money off of death).

[quote]How did we get here?

A little less than half the country decided that putting a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, serial bankruptor, document thief, fraudster so low he'll even steal from children's charities and general all-around traitor [italic]back[/italic] into the most powerful position on the planet, and you're wondering how we got here? Gurl, have you been in a coma for the last decade?

Brian was a psychopath who increased his company's profits enormously at the expense of denying coverage to people. And then there is his insider trading and dumping of stocks and use of a 90% fallible algorithm to deny care. This man's death was no loss to the world except to his children-he had been separated from his wife for 6 years-and they will be very rich.

And after his murder Anthem rolled back its decision to deny coverage of anesthesia beyond a certain point in an operation if they felt it was going on too long. Now how would they know exactly? That's pretty fucking sick. This decision was made AFTER the assassination. Brian's murder was worth that alone.

Loopholes allow one of the world’s richest men, the chief executive of Nvidia, to shield $8 billion of his wealth from taxes.

R41, killing doctors is number 7 on the list, isn’t it?

And we all know what happened to Ché, R44.

Likely not. People need doctors. No one “needs” a CEO billionaire

Free Luigi!

i contributed

Everyone should contribute to Luigi Mangione Firearms Fund

Doing it as I type this

Ticketmaster, you in danger, girl.

Ok how did the CEO "kill" people? How do the policies set by the murdered CEO directly cause the death in the people?

For me, it will probably be abstaining from regular medical care and check ups because the whole process is a pain to deal with. I don't know if they do it on purpose to keep you away but most medical front desk people aren't very nice or happy to see patients. It's the nurses and doctors who are far kinder. The front desk staff usually act like gargoyles of hell.

[quote]is a Mega Chad who every want to be or fuck

Mmm, no.

Happily blocked R67, too stupid to reckon with

'Ok how did the CEO "kill" people? How do the policies set by the murdered CEO directly cause the death in the people?'

Like in Bewitched he twitches his nose.

You're kind, R70.

[quote]Ok how did the CEO "kill" people? How do the policies set by the murdered CEO directly cause the death in the people?

He denied needed care to sick people, who died when they didn't receive the needed treatment. Are you really that stupid, R67?

The horror stories going around on social media... wow. The one stuck in my head is from a doctor who wrote that a patient cancelled an operation to repair his fractured ankle, saying he couldn't afford the deductible and co-pay. The doctor explained that the patient (formerly) worked in construction, which he will not be able to do with his injury. He will walk with pain, feebly, until either he gets the operation or dies. Think about that "choice": either I go bankrupt receiving treatment, or I lose the ability to work, walk, and enjoy life. And this is after paying for health insurance for years, possibly decades.

Personally, my doctor wants to put me on a new class of statins that are reportedly less onerous to people with allergies to them (like me). But my insurance won't cover the drug because it's "new." The good news is that GoodRx will cover it for about double what my normal Rx copay — about $25 per refill — and it's just absurd that my regular insurance won't pay. It's a cheap drug that will prevent a much costlier treatment down the road. Doctor said it will probably be covered in a year, but I shouldn't wait as the initial studies showed that it reduced the chance of my having a stroke by about 30%. So here's the perfect example of how an insurance company's policies directly impact my health. And it's bullshit.

Until the insurance fraud (and that's what this is) ends, we need hundreds of Luigis.

I agree

$25 ohh scary!

R71 will you be one or are you all about other people doing things you refuse to do? The world hates REMFs.

$25 dollars?

“Chad”

He’s too petit.

"Brad"

he's too sweet

“Daddy”

He’s too sexy

St. Luigi has shown us the way

From the article at r79:

[quote] the mission of its parent company, Advocate Health, “is to provide access to high-quality care for everyone in the communities we serve, no matter their financial circumstances.”

This is absolute horseshit and everybody in this country knows it, about every single "health care" organization. The best these fuckers can do, ever, is to arbitrarily waive some debts. But 99% of people with hospital debt will remain buried in debt. That is why people are so ambiguous about the death of a health care executive. Deep down, we all know it's the entire system that should get the death penalty.

And then there's this useless fuckery as a "solution":

[quote] Arizona and Colorado now cap the interest rates levied on medical debt,

Oh, fuck off. That's a stupid half-assed "solution" to the real problem.

Not a fan of folk music style but this is likely the very best use of it as a tool for social awareness

redundant, r75.

I’m sorry, but without an online betting site featuring potential targets, this will not have wings.

Money makes the world go around. Monetary incentives work.

And where’s the copy cat dear duke?

United health made 22 BILLION in profit last year. From denying care.

R20 nailed it. Thread closed . I love how you write R20

I agree,

[quote]A system that allows one man to spend $250 million to buy himself a pet President is broken.

At the very least he could have bought himself a cute pet president.

R81, I actually posted that cat on SM. I thought it was incredible that he wrote it so quickly, so eloquently, and with such deep context on the history, characters, major events, emotion and mood….he just hits every single angle, like every great story or epic musical or play. And he’s so young!!! And so gritty!! Just a beautiful young Busker who might be the next Bob Dylan. 🙏

Thanks, it’s not my style, but I know style when i see it and he’s got it

More my style. More bluesy. Same social conscience

[quote]THE COMING GUILLOTINES IN THE TOWN SQUARE

They're taking forever!

I don't think most of the other industries listed in OP's post have the overall impact on people like healthcare does.

The exception to that within banking, sort of, and maybe overlapping into government, is student loans, which is an issue that impacts a big majority of younger people.

My RICH friends complain about heath care for fuck’s sake

Everybody does R94. And most Americans have a "story" about their dealings with healthcare insurance.

One interesting thing I learned is that the healthcare insurance industry average for denying claims is 16%. However, UnitedHealthcare's average is 32% of all customer claims denied. It is a business model for UnitedHealthcare.

UnitedHealth Group's profit in 2023 = $22 billion dollars.

Right, lil Luigi clearly picked the right one

I don't think the media followed up on this murder suicide which happened in 2019. And why if they did not? And they were gun nuts so probably on the right. In any case sounds like they did not get the care they needed either mentally and/or financially.

An elderly husband and wife died in an apparent murder-suicide in Washington state, and police say they found notes about the couple's struggles to afford needed medical care.

A 77-year-old man called 911 on Wednesday morning saying he planned to die by suicide, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

"Several notes were left citing severe ongoing medical problems with the wife and expressing concerns that the couple did not have sufficient resources to pay for medical care,” the sheriff's statement said.

Police are not releasing the names of the couple at this time. Two dogs found alive in the house were taken to a local humane society. Numerous firearms were also found in the house.

“It is very tragic that one of our senior citizens would find himself in such desperate circumstances,” Sheriff Bill Elfo said in a statement.

[quote] “I have been alarmed by the overwhelming amount of celebration I’ve seen online from people who are applauding what is fundamentally an act of vigilante violence,” said Jared Holt, a senior research analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. “Many people have real and valid reasons to despise health insurance companies and corporate greed, but I am concerned that so many people seem to think shooting someone dead in the street is a valid response to that anger.”

Ya think Jared? Go on wagging that finger while patients are humiliated and murdered by health insurance companies.

[quote] Law enforcement officials have also warned of potential copy cats. The New York Police Department has said that some healthcare executives have been named on a "hit list" that was posted online in connection with Mr Thompson's murder.

IT BEGINS

good work, keep it up

That image from The Guardian is just waiting to be screenprinted on millions of flags, tshirts, and posters!

totally

[quote]I have been alarmed

[quote]I am concerned

Seems like Jared Holt is learning fast about America. Apparently January 6 didn't give him evidence enough about the energy for retributive violence.

Good. Fuck every single one of them. I hope they shake in their ruby slippers till the day they croak.

Now let’s do a Broligarch!

New CEO will continue the same policies

Again, why are you so dumb. Witty is not new. Jeez.

????

He said what he said.

Jesus—you are stoopid.

Witty was & is the CEO of UHG. The dead man was head of one of UHG’s subsidiaries. Did you go to school, or did mom teach you to at home?

And he said what he said

He speaks too quickly (to make the videos shorter) but it’s one hundred percent correct