• @[email protected]
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    130 minutes ago

    Gang you are missing the point. Thompson worked really hard from humble beginnings to become the absolute best at being a horrible human being. That’s gotta count for something, right? /s

  • @[email protected]
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    3212 hours ago

    world’s most important companies

    That’s hilariously American defaultism considering most of the world doesn’t need companies like UHC

  • @[email protected]
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    48 hours ago

    Got rich trampling over as many people as possible then died by gun violence. A true blue american boy

  • @riodoro1
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    1712 hours ago

    He then became a fucking murderer for profit.

  • @Snapz
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    2715 hours ago

    Mussolini interned at a bakery one summer and attempted to learn the harmonica, you judgemental monsters…

    • @T00l_shed
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      611 hours ago

      Hitler liked animals and hated smoking. Like mussolini, and this ceo, that doesn’t make them good

  • Flying Squid
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    3416 hours ago

    I didn’t have any sympathy for him until I found out he played basketball and the trombone.

    This changes everything.

  • NutWrench
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    3417 hours ago

    When it’s your job to profit off of human misery, don’t be surprised when you find out what human misery feels like.

    • @BonesOfTheMoonOP
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      1316 hours ago

      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.

      • sunzu2
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        415 hours ago

        Even if you are a good friend, why muddy your name by associating your self with him now?

        You ain’t gonna get any of that 10 million per year salary he earned.

        His wife and children will and they are smart to avoid publicly.

        This whole story highlights that when given a chance, peasants will turn on their masters.

        But the elites got police doing show of force photo shoots to send a counter message?

        Who are they intimidating? A guy like luigi, will execute anyway, rest of us limp dick cucks will still shit post in his support.

        The entire circus actually is feed the shit posting even more. Emperor has no clothes.

        With that being said, they will fuck us over even harder for this.

    • JackbyDev
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      1417 hours ago

      He won a popularity contest at a dance when he was a teenager. This means he was a good person.

  • @cultsuperstar
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    1818 hours ago

    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?

      • @[email protected]
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        311 hours ago

        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.

      • sunzu2
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        415 hours ago

        Raga to riches story play important role in regime propaganda…

        Aee peasants you too can be great and if you are not that’s becuase you suck. Now put these fries into the bag, boy

    • Flying Squid
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      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.

    • @BonesOfTheMoonOP
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      I can’t find it but wouldn’t surprise me.

  • Queen HawlSera
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    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.

      • JackbyDev
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        617 hours ago

        He had to have been the best drunk driver I knew!

      • Queen HawlSera
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        517 hours ago

        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…

        • @AA5B
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          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

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

    • sunzu2
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      Killing him benefits exactly nobody.

      Well it is provocative, it got the plebs aligned that health insurance got to go.

      Many people will switch from unitedparasites nezt year so at least his shiti employer will also suffer then.

      • @[email protected]
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        Most of us don’t choose who insures us - our company or personal finances do. There’s no market here for people to walk away with their dollars. Anything even a little outside the system has been crushed.

        • @Buddahriffic
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          Companies that don’t provide benefits with uhc might have an easier time poaching employees from companies that do, after the higher denials has been highlighted so much.

        • sunzu2
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          Large employers provide options… Smaller ones you are correct.

          • @[email protected]
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            I’d imagine most self-insured only use one company with a variety of plans, but I may be wholly ignorant on other corps.

  • @Itdidnttrickledown
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    So ambitious small town guy with no empathy or ethics moved up the chain until he profited off the pain and suffering of others. I’m sure many of these trash humans trying to praise him have never had to worry about how they were going to stay alive. You notice they are all just like him. Trash.

    • @beejboytyson
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      Oh ya, you know how many sons of immigrants hates immigrants?

      • sunzu2
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        Saying this is disingenuous… Immigrantion as administered by the western regimes is first and foremost an anti labour policy to supress wages.

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    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.

    • @Duamerthrax
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      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.

      • @AA5B
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        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

        • @Duamerthrax
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          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.

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        118 hours ago

        Unless you’re a piece of shit, I imagine that would not last very long before you became disillusioned.

        • @Duamerthrax
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          117 hours ago

          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.