• robolemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What do you expect from a CFO of mergers and acquisitions? They’re more inhuman than healthcare execs, if that’s possible, since their entire job is to buy companies and fire people, thus leaving them completely without insurance.

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    1 year ago

    Seems like drawing this kind of attention to yourself when the masses are looking for the next person to bring to the guillotine is a weird choice.

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    1 year ago

    Perhaps this is all true and he was a relatively decent guy, but we will never know that for sure. What we do know for certain is that he was one many horrible cunts responsible for the harm and despair of far too many innocent people just trying to live normal, healthy lives. The nation is getting fucking tired of this bullshit and as a result the only part of this rich assholes legacy that really matters anymore is the one where he is a shitty proxy for all our anger and frustrations.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t really think you can do that job and be responsible for the things he was responsible for… and still be a good person. I honestly believe those two things are wholly incompatible.

      I feel the same way about anyone with far more resources than they could possibly need in a lifetime. You can’t possibly be in that position and be a good person. You just can’t. No matter how many good things you do with your money, having that much at all makes you a bad person, due to what it takes to amass in the first place.

      So I won’t cry if more of them go down.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Oh! Oh! Do Hitler next! Talk about how he served his country in war, how he was a painter and a successful politician and then leave out the “other details” about him.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Brian Thompson WAS living the American Dream! He got to kill THOUSANDS of Men Women and Children EVERY DAY and get paid MILLIONS for doing it!

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    When one of the first things you mention about him is “$280B of revenue” as though that’s a good thing in the context of health insurance, yeah, fuck you.

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      That much revenue isn’t, by itself, the bad part. Revenue is just how much you take in from your sales. If they had minimal overhead and paid the majority of that out to claims, that would be fine (in the context of our existing healthcare system). The problem is the profit, how much of that $280B goes into the company’s pockets instead of claim payouts.

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            1 year ago

            Ah yes, I forgot that a person’s value is measured only by how much revenue they produce.

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              They didn’t claim that though? They went on to talk about other factors too. The point of mentioning revenue was to portray him as “the American Dream”, going from a small town to leading a major company.

              Keep in mind I’m not defending the guy, but I don’t see the point in being purposely obtuse

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      1 year ago

      He wanted to write that UHC saved X lives during his tenure, but he didn’t want to write something probably wrong, so he went with this instead.

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    They forgot to mention that his wife and he separated in 2018, keeping it secret for years. It was revealed after his death.

    Not that I think there’s anything bad about being separated/divorced, but it’d be a lie to paint him as a family man.

    I guess his criminal record for drunk driving also doesn’t fit the narrative.

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      This example shows how media is your enemy…

      They spin the facta for the owner class, every single time

      And it works too. Well until this dead piece of shit… Something changed hopefully

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        Your point is valid, but I wouldn’t really place this guy in “the media.” He’s CFO of some investment firm. Just another C-suite executive trying to calm the rowdy peasants from atop his gilded throne, hoping to keep his head on his shoulders.

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          You are correct, that’s a fair nuance to point out.

          I guess shilling for the owner class ain’t just a media job. They all do it esp if they think they are part of the club.

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      They also made sure to mention that his kids go to public schools. And they’ve never missed a meal or any health care or been cold or hungry or anything. What difference?

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      Not that I think there’s anything bad about being separated/divorced, but it’d be a lie to paint him as a family man.

      I’d urge you to reconsider this. Seperating from your partner does not invalidate you from being a ‘family man’ or a good parent. My parents divorced when I was a young age, and both of them remain committed to being attentive and involved parents (and grandparents).

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      That’s an interesting date considering we learned about the drunk driving arrest in 2017 recently. Seems like she probably went through a tough time before she finally was able to get a separation.

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      Someone else also pointed out there is exactly one photo being passed around of Brian Thompson. You would think they would find more family oriented photos to push the narrative

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Lucky her… she didn’t have to suffer this man for 6 years AND she gets fucking Hella paid. I bet she is partying every fuckin day

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    inb4 by “his dad worked at a grain silo” he owned every grain silo in AmeriKKKa or something

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    world’s most important companies

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