I read a comment the other day that’s stuck with me, I can’t remember the precise wording but it was something like:
“Every cent spent on this man’s funeral was made on the back of someone else’s”
Yes, “The American Dream” aka, fucking over your fellow common man for a buck.
Got rich trampling over as many people as possible then died by gun violence. A true blue american boy
He then became a fucking murderer for profit.
Mussolini interned at a bakery one summer and attempted to learn the harmonica, you judgemental monsters…
Hitler liked animals and hated smoking. Like mussolini, and this ceo, that doesn’t make them good
I didn’t have any sympathy for him until I found out he played basketball and the trombone.
This changes everything.
When it’s your job to profit off of human misery, don’t be surprised when you find out what human misery feels like.
I think if he had any personal friends who thought he was a good person the media would have made time for them to speak up about it. But only other rich executives have.
Oh shit, he was elected Homecoming King?? Well that changes everything.
He won a popularity contest at a dance when he was a teenager. This means he was a good person.
I’m not convinced we’re much different except by circumstance. Anyone trying to manage that many human interactions is only going to see numbers. I know we’d like to think we have been or would be filtered out, but I’m not convinced.
The problem is corporate structures that create these behemoths that essentially can’t have ethical liability. Someone else will do his job now. Killing him benefits exactly nobody. Just more distraction from what we should be focusing on.
Wasn’t there a reddit post about this guy and how he was like a womanizer or something and he and his wife have been separated for years, basically saying this guy wasn’t the pillar of humanity the media was making him out to be? If there was a post, was any of that true?
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/slain-healthcare-ceos-life-airbrushed
No idea about cheating or a womanizer, but he and his wife were separated for years. He had a DUI, was sued for fraud, and possibly engaged in insider trading.
Yeah, he came drom humble beginnings, but he didn’t stay humble.
He was working class but when given the opportunity to step on heads to get ahead he took it and fucked over the working class.
That’s why I was saying before Mangione was identified that it wouldn’t have shocked me if his wife put a hit out on him.
I can’t find it but wouldn’t surprise me.
I have good memories of Brian Thompson. grabs a pipe for a good solemn smoke
Why I remember when he was there on a cross next to Jesus himself, comforting the poor messiah. He actually got into the business hoping that less people would die of crucifixion related injures. It’s why he declined so many people, the money had to be there so that if they crucified Christ again his old friend would recover this time.
No I’m just fucking with you. Brian was a mass murderer and his passing is not mourned, not even by the billionaires. They don’t give a shit about Thompson, they’re just worried they could be next.
Also is that really his picture? I’m not one to judge people for their appearances, but I’m not sure they could find a douchier looking picture of him if they tried.
This is a better one, DUI in 2017:
He had to have been the best drunk driver I knew!
He was innocent I tell you, he was just drinking a nice bottle of water to keep his hydration up. So it turned into wine at some point, why should we lock a man up for witnessing the miracles of our Lord and Savior…
…God I wish I believed in God…
Anyone can drink and drive, but it’s so “pedestrian”. You can only cut short like what, 50-60 lives. It takes a special talent to hurt or kill millions
Robert Sterling is a fucking twat.
So it takes 1 generation to become a class traitor.
IMO, a “decent man” would have turned down working in a company that made health into a profit-making machine. He would have at least resigned when AI was pushed forward to deny even more medical claims, but instead gave his blessing. One can be evil and deadly without having to pull a trigger, look at the ton of politicians that do it daily and they get away with it because they look polished.
I would have taken the job and tried to not be the leader in denied claims. Truth be told, I would probably funnel my excess income to single player supporting politicians.
There’s a lot of distance between an executive and those whose lives they impact. It’s probably too easy to forget there are people involved, and just pay attention to the numbers
nah. How exactly can that work with health care? The people are the numbers. They could easily translate a high number of approved claims to a high number of people being helped, but instead, they want a low number of claims being approved.
I disagree with the idea that money corrupts people. I think it’s happening the other way around. The ability to accumulate great quantities of wealth favors people who have no scruples in the first place. It’s why poor people are more charitable. It’s not that they’re closer to needy people. It’s that having a charitable mentality means you will pass on opportunities to get easy wealth if it puts someone else at a disadvantage.
Unless you’re a piece of shit, I imagine that would not last very long before you became disillusioned.
Probably, but I could always kick the lantern over on my way out. I’m already pretty disillusioned from how I was treated in school anyway.
Some of them also fuck children and get elected anyway.
tl;dr: The beginnings justify the ends. If you’re a teenager thinking about becoming a murderer or rapist later in life, consider learning the trombone.
WARNING ⚠️: Only applicable for those with 0 to 5 μg/mg epidermal melanin.
I learned the cello what can I do?
The Jaws music
Serenade the flames
Take the strings off and play Hitman.
I don’t know but if you tried to learn to paint you could lead the country instead of a puny company.
Is this a bad time to say that I failed art class in grade school… Because that actually happened
