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  • Neither. I'm actually pretty well aware of the harms caused by places I've worked, including in the US military. I've even left places when I couldn't square that circle. I figured the comment would get some heavy down voting because I know how most of the world is looking at the scenario. I felt some schadenfreude watching the guy get gunned down, too. My perspective is that I see the left committing a lot of the same logical fallacies typically committed by the right in this scenario. It feels a little too close to "well, the cops wouldn't have shot him in the back if he just complied" or "Palestinians elected terrorists so they're all terrorists and gldeserve whatever they get" arguments to me. I try to practice the Principal of Charity, and I don't have any good evidence that this man was cackling with glee while personally slamming a big red "DENIED" stamp on grannies chemo medicine claims. If he'd approved every claim, he would be fired, and they'd bring someone else in to deny the claims. I'm not defending the insurance industry or capitalism for-profit healthcare, but I worry more generally about society normalizing or celebrating violence.l and where that's moght take us.

  • False dichotomy is a common tactic used to radicalize people and instigate violence.

    Brian Thompson was the head executive of a corporation. He likely spent his days looking at spreadsheets and BI reports, going to meetings where he was held accountable for making a profit for the shareholders and playing golf. If he is responsible for deaths related to the 30-something percent of claims that the company he ran denied, then he is equally responsible for any lives saved by the 60-something percent of claims they approved.

    I'm not mourning the guy, but I know his friends and family are. If his murder was justified, is mine justified for not feeling bad he died? Is my daughter's murder by a Palestinian justified because I pay taxes that buy bombs my government sells to Israel?

    There are lots of alternatives to murder (or whatever euphemism for murder you choose to use). Murder certainly feels easier in the short term, especially when you have no connection to the guy who pulled the trigger. His life is likely ruined now as well.

  • Easy enough, go with "oat mealk"

  • Thank goodness none of them were CEOs!

  • Seems to be a white male, age 20 - 48, 150 - 220 lbs, somewhere between 5"4' and 6'2. Best I can do.

  • To do the things they would have done anyway. This is what we chose for ourselves.

  • It only works for emerald heirs.

  • I think they're suggesting that, if you think what you're seeing now is "unlimited support," you'll have a pretty shocking 2025. There can't be a repeat in '26 and '28 if there are no Palestinians left.

    We had a shitty choice to make, and we chose to accelerate this genocide so we can get on to all the others, but hey...if it teaches a liberal a lesson that's a chance we're willing to take. At least it'll be over for them faster this way.

  • No access badge clearly visible attached between neck and waist.

  • Just like everyone else.

  • Hell, include the hype, and it looks stupid

  • Now they just have a huge boss...

  • Yes, I'm very sorry to have misspoke...they only own the livestock farms, distribution centers, the land the restaurants are on, and they have exclusive partnerships with the potato growers and ranchers. They DO outsource the pickles from another supplier (who only supply McDonalds), onions (at least the whole ones, couldn't confirm a source for the dehydrated), and other produce like tomatoes.

  • Especially in cases like McDonalds. They've owned their entire supply chain since at least the late 90s.

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  • Missed opportunity with the fuel efficiency OP...so close to 42.0

  • Dead eyes...like a doll's eyes.

  • Not if it's knocking doors, offering to drive folks to the polls (where that's still legal) or handing out water in under served districts with long lines (where that's still legal)

  • You have to bear them against the right people.