I nominate this NYT opinion piece for shittiest take of 2024!

  • I'll be on [email protected]
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    1 month ago

    But they’re not lying. It’s pretty reasonable to believe both that his parents were working class, and that him becoming a class traitor on such a level does make him a hero in capitalist eyes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • FuglyDuck
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      141 month ago

      it is, though.

      The implication is that Brian Thompson should be/is a hero to working class people.

      he’s not.

      he’s an asshole who made millions fucking over people just trying to get medical care. many of whom have died as a result of his fucking them over, and that is especially true of those who actually work for a living- which he has not in a very long time.

    • @hypnicjerk
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      41 month ago

      i don’t think it’s lying, necessarily. i suspect that it’s embellishing, and it’s inarguably providing an incomplete, intentionally flattering picture.