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New York police search for person suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO in ‘brazen’ attack

Police look for suspect who shot and killed Brian Thompson, 50, outside Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan
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So I noticed there is no thread on this, anyone want to talk about it? I would think that the vast majority of us would conclude that murder is inherently an immoral act. On the other hand, is presiding over a company that denies people health care, bankrupts people and puts profit ahead of people the actions of a person of integrity and morality? Beyond that where corporate power is seemingly unchecked and corporations act with impunity in destroying the planet and peoples lives, are assassinations of corporate tyrants moral acts?
 
Surprised there's not a thread about South Korea's President's attempt at declaring martial law.
 
All I see on social media is terminally online people living vicariously through the killer.

There will be no revolution, no uprising of the people, no "next CEO victim". It's all just a fantasy. People are lazy and afraid of losing their comfortable lives.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
All I see on social media is terminally online people living vicariously through the killer.

There will be no revolution, no uprising of the people, no "next CEO victim". It's all just a fantasy. People are lazy and afraid of losing their comfortable lives.
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One more morally bankrupt CEO getting taken out could be transformative though.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
All I see on social media is terminally online people living vicariously through the killer.

There will be no revolution, no uprising of the people, no "next CEO victim". It's all just a fantasy. People are lazy and afraid of losing their comfortable lives.
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I agree I don't see any new baader mienhofs emerging, I also think it would be much harder for that sort of things these days with the level of state surveillance.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Should happen more often
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There isn't a whole heap of precedent for it, mind you the multinational corporation is a fairly modern invention. There was a wholesale slaughter of East India Company officials during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the East India Company was probably the worlds first multinational corporation but little of it since. Outside of some Red Army Faction assassinations in the 70's and 80's there not really been a heap of it. On the opposite side their was a heap of CIA backed attacks on left wing solidarity leaders around the world during the cold war period. If this becomes a new reality it will be interesting to see what happens with corporate culture.
 
One of the things i really think that is glossed over is the effect that the sheer presence of the Soviet Union had on capitalism during the Cold War. The existence of an alternative to the capitalist system meant that states and corporations had to somewhat soften outcomes within their societies. The sort of rapacious capitalism of the last 40 years was simply not possible, for one the establishment of the GATT and then the WTO would have been impossible. Once we move to a unipolar world the dismantling of the welfare state, Keynesianism and the post war new deal becomes possible.
 
Rubashov said:
There isn't a whole heap of precedent for it, mind you the multinational corporation is a fairly modern invention. There was a wholesale slaughter of East India Company officials during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the East India Company was probably the worlds first multinational corporation but little of it since. Outside of some Red Army Faction assassinations in the 70's and 80's there not really been a heap of it. On the opposite side their was a heap of CIA backed attacks on left wing solidarity leaders around the world during the cold war period. If this becomes a new reality it will be interesting to see what happens with corporate culture.
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Yeah, I mean I doubt it happens too. At the end of the day most murders are crimes of passion committed against people you know. But maybe this spearheads a movement. The problem is you cant really organize in anyway because Im sure any talk of this stuff is being tracked.
 
Dude was caught. Got ratted out by a McDonald's employee. Crazy how much resources went into capturing this guy.
 
Guy either wanted to get caught or is a patsy.

Sitting at McDs with the murder weapon and a manifesto if you wanted to get away, no chance.

Having a manifesto at all screams wanting to get caught/publicized.
 
Eminence said:
Guy either wanted to get caught or is a patsy.

Sitting at McDs with the murder weapon and a manifesto if you wanted to get away, no chance.

Having a manifesto at all screams wanting to get caught/publicized.
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Yeah gotta feel he wants to go to trial. I reckon he never makes it to trial.
 
Rubashov said:
Yeah gotta feel he wants to go to trial. I reckon he never makes it to trial.
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Not sure, whether he goes to trial or not it feels like a win for him to have been captured alive (given his goals were political and not personal - a manifesto strongly suggests political).
 
Eminence said:
Not sure, whether he goes to trial or not it feels like a win for him to have been captured alive (given his goals were political and not personal - a manifesto strongly suggests political).
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Here's my hot take for the day

The DoJ will claim presence of a political manifesto means its a terrorist attack and he will be tried as a terrorist in secret or in closed court. And if possible without a civilian jury.
 
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