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

  • @LovableSidekick
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    13 hours ago

    Spoiled rich kid with back pain kills insurance CEO, some industry-wide practices abruptly change.

    Public: “Yay, justice at last! Spoiled Rick Kid is a god!!!”

    Insurance practices slowly go back to the way they were. New CEO is just as bad.

    Public: “The system betrayed us again!”

    Duh?

    • queermunist she/her
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      11 hour ago

      And now the public knows that killing a CEO had a direct impact. Regardless of the perpetrator, that has an effect on the public imagination!

      • @LovableSidekick
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        Not sure you read my whole comment but yeah, it has an impact on Tuesday that will last until next Wednesday, or whenever the usual distractions bump this down to the bottom of people’s feeds.

        Remember the Panama Papers, which exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.

        Or the Paradise Papers, which also exposed the offshore finance links of the wealthy? Didn’t think so.