Major media outlets are giving wall-to-wall coverage to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder while taking millions in health care industry advertising. They’re silent about the real story: how profit-driven health care kills 68,000 Americans every year.
The problem with the that solution is that lots of innocent people get swept up in the killing. The chaos of a violent revolution is always a great time to kill the people who have slighted you and get away with it. And then there’s no guarantee that what comes after is any better at all.