Summary
Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot in a premeditated attack outside the New York Hilton Midtown before speaking at an investor conference.
The gunman, still at large, fired multiple times, leaving shell casings marked with the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose.”
Authorities suggest Thompson was targeted but remain unclear on the motive. His wife confirmed prior threats against him.
Analysts speculate a possible vendetta tied to his company. The case raises questions about executive security, as Thompson lacked personal protection despite known risks.
And there’s the major difference. You say “that’s how business and money works” and I say “then it’s immoral and anyone who upholds it is a monster”. Just because that’s how it works doesnt make it right. Nor does it make it justified to participate in it to the degree that you become the oppressor.
You seem like the kinda guy who’d be onboard with monarchy or even fascism if you were born into it. Real go with the flow kinda guy. Like a slug.
Tell me how the basic economic principles of any business ever are immoral.
Hey instead of sitting here arguing with a layman about it, how would you like a book about it?
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/
And crazy enough, it’s free!
I own the book. Thanks.
You seem like the kinda guy to own the art of war. Instead of going in with “this is my enemy and I would like to understand my enemy” you go in as a human with a soul and such.
Accurate.
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I argue on Lemmy on company time.
Workers produce the thing. They market the thing, they transport the thing and they sell the thing. And then the boss scrapes off the top of that whole process. That’s immoral. The boss should make the money he works for. Not that his money works for via investing. Because money don’t work. The very nature of hiring someone, making them work and paying them less than the value of that work is exploitative and immoral. Anyone who does so is a scumbag.
Isn’t it the boss who hires the people who hire the people and tell the people how the company should operate? Your argument is that it’s immoral to be a business owner?
What companies are paying people less than the value of the work they’re doing? Is it your opinion that every company is doing this? What is it that you know about these companies and the value of these workers to come to this conclusion?
It sounds a lot like you don’t understand how owning company works. The owner gets a paycheck like everyone else. The profit generated by the company, if any, goes in the bank. This money is used to hire more workers, invest in new opportunities, or saved for a variety of reasons.