• Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    2 days ago

    The most beneficial effect the murder had was that it got people talking about how much they hate the American health insurance system.

  • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    34·
    3 days ago

    I’m not well versed in the saints, but I think this is a better origin story than most.

    All we need is a tearful prayer, with a vow towards some further action: even if it’s just in a cell for the rest of his life.

    And then he is on the same level, in my opinion, of some medieval saints I know a little about.

    Could easily be a saint for denied claims and other obstacles in healing.

    • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      2 days ago

      I would like to note that Luigi has not been found guilty of anything and that both him deserving the presumption of innocence as well as the shooting being justified can be true at the same time.

      The police are trying to convince the public that he did it so they can make a show out of punishing him to deter future acts against the rich, we shouldn’t do part of their job for them.

    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      By the rules the catholic church also needs one (or many) testimonies from the faithful that their prayers were answered specifically when they prayed for Luigi to intercede on their behalf.

      • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I never understood intercession, it sounds like God is too busy to return my calls so instead I leave a message with his receptionist?

          • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Please allow me to nerd out here briefly, I really love religions. Like you know how some guys are really into like Warhammer or cars or woodworking? That’s me with religions.

            Catholics are easily the most hilarious. I cannot believe how many people subscribe to Catholicism, the whole thing feels like parody. This just made it even SILLIER. I’m going to be laughing at the idea of the Catholic God hitting the Heavenly Links and sending me to voicemail until after Christmas. I think it’ll be a big hit at the dinner table with the Catholic side of the family and the heathen side alike.

  • LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com
    9·
    3 days ago

    You guys do realize that you are glorifying a literal murderer, right? Someone who killed a human being in cold blood.

    Okay, just checking.

      • LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com
        3·
        3 days ago

        So you’re saying you’re pro vigilantes and pro death penalty without court order?

        Besides, that CEO didn’t kill anyone personally. One could argue you killed a few kids yourself by buying cheap electronics and clothing. If you now start just killing people that you think deserve dying because of some moral standard you think you have, you’re a fucking lunatic without any moral standard.

        • Luminocta@lemmy.world
          17·
          3 days ago

          So, Hitler wasn’t bad. Stalin was OK, didn’t kill anyone right?

          But their decisions did. Their position of power allowed them to.

          Just cause they didn’t murder directly doesn’t mean they played a fair game. They knew exactly what they were doing. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes goes for bad people too.

            • Luminocta@lemmy.world
              2·
              3 days ago

              Honestly that fact was known to me, but I just realized he was the good guy/hero we needed after what he did…

            • ddplf@szmer.info
              12·
              3 days ago

              The CEO is however a robber baron operating at the times of peace, using different methods but achieving the same end - people dying, most often miserably. I don’t see how that’s better.

                • ddplf@szmer.info
                  5·
                  2 days ago

                  I’m sorry, but I don’t think it’s so radical not grieving after a person who is the head of a corporation of which sole purpose is to take money from people for a promise of payout when things go dire, and then refusing when the times comes, leaving them exposed at the most miserable time of their entire lives…

                  Insurance companies are not banks, they don’t take deposits and return them to you with huge margin when you need it most. They would be operating at massive loss for each client.

            • zergtoshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              3 days ago

              Right, but still a person who had a part in making the lives of lots of people miserable or unnecessarily short.
              If a CEO isn’t responsible for the policies of the company they’re CEO of, why would you need a CEO in the first place?

        • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
          18·
          3 days ago

          He didn’t kill personally, he just gave orders to other people to kill people.
          Which means his killer didn’t kill anyone personally either, he just pressed some trigger and the gun did everything else

        • pfm@scribe.disroot.org
          7·
          3 days ago

          Can you explain why only victims of the likes of Thompson should fear, but the CEOs don’t need to fear even though they profit from rejecting life- or health-saving treatments?

        • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Osama bin Laden also didn’t kill anybody personally on 9/11, and the attack killed only 2,977 victims, which is almost certainly a lower body count than UnitedHealthcare under Brian Thompson’s leadership. Yet the US military personnel who violated Pakistan’s sovereignty and murdered him are heroes?

          What odd moral standards!

        • Smoogs@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          Manson didn’t kill anyone directly. Doesn’t mean he was not innocent of murder

          He only died in prison cuz he didn’t wear a tie and go to board meetings

    • SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world
      17·
      3 days ago

      Someone who killed a human being in cold blood.

      Someone who killed someone who kills people by pretending to be a health insurance, whilst not paying them when people try to use said insurance in cold blood.

      The sentence is a little longer if you give the full context. Nobody was innocent here.

    • Allonzee@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 days ago

      cold blood

      No, he seemed pretty justifiably angry.

      The guy he allegedly killed on the other hand almost certainly had ice in his veins approving denial policies that would make his company a lot of money by denying the necessary care his customers/marks paid for in advance through premiums. Now those customers/marks are dead with more on the way at their hands, and they keep all those dead customers/marks premiums. Score amirite?

      Whoever sits in that chair has to be a cold blooded sociopath that murders with indifference. That’s the job.

      The glorious shareholders demand it. Bezos has a pet mega yacht for his main mega yacht and they have fomo.

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
      12·
      3 days ago

      All of our hands are at least speckled with blood for complicity in reaping the benifits of our society?

      -Sent from iPhone 17Pro Max Plus

    • Smoogs@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      Let’s compare the plethora of murders under the belt of who he killed. They were human beings too.

    • doingthestuff@lemy.lolEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      He was also multi generation rich. He could have been the CEO. He was just pissed and like most rich people didn’t like it when he was told no.

  • DrFistington@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    Lol, I’ve been waiting for this since day 1! Also, have they started selling the realistic ‘celebrity’ stocking face masks with his picture on them yet?