A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.
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Date Created: June 21, 2023
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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.
Born to humble means. His father, a selfless civil servant. His mother, a simple homemaker. They were probably really proud when he was appointed Verbindungsmann of an Aufklärungskommando of the Reichswehr.
One of the big lies that the elites tell themselves is that anyone and everyone of merit with be lifted to their rightful station in society. They need this illusion because otherwise, they'll have to face the fact that their success is just based on birth circumstances. They latched on the the few working class slobs that somehow navigate up the rungs of society.
But what exactly did Brian Thompson achieve with his success? Did he funnel his excess wealth back to the community he came from? No, he just accumulated wealth like all the rest.
Also, pretty sure he was cheating on his wife and doing insider trading, which checks out with the elites.
If we really have a society where everyone is lifted to their rightful station... Then someone really needs to explain to me why anyone is homeless? Why any child goes hungry? Your average trailer park and 50 bucks in Food Stamps is still well below what the worst of us deserves.
If you ask the elites, it is because "Because you're all lazy bas'!".
It's their prosperity gospel. They think that being poor is a sign that you've lived a sinful, wrongful life and their wealth is a sign that they've lived a righteous life. Why do you think whenever some poor person(or immigrate) commits a heinous crime, mainsteam media puts them on blast, but when a CEO does something that can be calculated to cause may times more harm, it's ignore or even praised?
What's worse? A single rape committed by a vagrant or a health insurance company denying 100 rape kits? What's going to get more coverage on the nightly news? I'm sure those news anchors believe that they're where they are purely though their individual merit.
Yeah, this rural kid from Iowa grew up to be an evil parasite on society. This isn't the flex you think it is.
It was reported that he didn't even live with his wife. If that's true, why are we talking about his failed family?
To try to make us feel guilty for cheering his demise.
"HE HAD A FAMILY!!111"
I don't care if his kid was Tiny Tim who's now spending every second of Christmas in debilitating agony, tears streaming down his face till his ducts run dry.
It doesn't change that because of this monster we call Brian Thompson, thousands of people who "had families" died from diseases that could have been cured with the simplest of anti-biotics, but saving money was just THAT important to this Butcher of the ill and broken.
Having a family says nothing about a person's virtue.
Fuck him even more then. Since he comes from humble beginnings he should know what it's like not being rich, but he just decided to be a greedy asshole.
Anyone who comes from humble beginnings should understand the struggle of the common man, and have empathy.
If you come from humble beginnings and then work your way up into a position of tremendous power, and then think "I've made my fortune now, so fuck the poors" then that's EVEN WORSE, not better!
He represented everything right and good in America?
Death to America then.
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.
Ah yes, the American dream. Making billions by siphoning the blood-money from the dying you denies Healthcare to.
I hope the media will speak about luigi mangiones parents and his love interest once he is punished by the law.
Robert Sterling CFO | M&A and Strategy Advisor
Mergers and Acquisitions… Another soulless capitalist whose only purpose is to:
It's a bizarre thing to detail the man's entire life EXCEPT the part that was evil as if it somehow is irrelevant.
You could make a similar feel good post about basically any evil person in history. It's pretty easy when you ignore the evil things they do
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.
Decent men don’t leverage suffering for profit.
Hitler loved animals.
Your point?
The worst people in the world are still people. Doesn't mean we have to excuse their evil.
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!
This country is just a fascist corporatist shithole nightmare.
