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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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.
Make this picture a post and I'll upvote it! (I don't want to steal and post it myself, but might if no one else does)
I love how "overseeing $280B of revenue" is supposed to be some indicator of the guy's goodness. "Wealth = virtue" indeed.
By the same logic, let me introduce you to the story of a young man rising from a failed Austrian artist to a national hero…
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!
tl;dr: The beginnings justify the ends. If you're a teenager thinking about becoming a murderer or rapist later in life, consider learning the trombone.
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.
world's most important companies
That's hilariously American defaultism considering most of the world doesn't need companies like UHC
Decent men don’t leverage suffering for profit.
Mussolini interned at a bakery one summer and attempted to learn the harmonica, you judgemental monsters...
It's a bizarre thing to detail the man's entire life EXCEPT the part that was evil as if it somehow is irrelevant.
"He grew up working class and then betrayed his roots. What a swell guy!"
I didn't have any sympathy for him until I found out he played basketball and the trombone.
This changes everything.
When it's your job to profit off of human misery, don't be surprised when you find out what human misery feels like.
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!
Ah yes, the American dream. Making billions by siphoning the blood-money from the dying you denies Healthcare to.
IMO, a “decent man” would have turned down working in a company that made health into a profit-making machine. He would have at least resigned when AI was pushed forward to deny even more medical claims, but instead gave his blessing. One can be evil and deadly without having to pull a trigger, look at the ton of politicians that do it daily and they get away with it because they look polished.
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
Yes, "The American Dream" aka, fucking over your fellow common man for a buck.
So ambitious small town guy with no empathy or ethics moved up the chain until he profited off the pain and suffering of others. I'm sure many of these trash humans trying to praise him have never had to worry about how they were going to stay alive. You notice they are all just like him. Trash.
Yeah, this rural kid from Iowa grew up to be an evil parasite on society. This isn't the flex you think it is.
Oh shit, he was elected Homecoming King?? Well that changes everything.
It makes the things UHC did to low income customers even worse, in my opinion. He knew what they were going through and still hurt them.
I read a comment the other day that's stuck with me, I can't remember the precise wording but it was something like:
"Every cent spent on this man's funeral was made on the back of someone else's"
He represented everything right and good in America?
Death to America then.
No he was a psychopath like pretty much all CEOs
Wasn't there a reddit post about this guy and how he was like a womanizer or something and he and his wife have been separated for years, basically saying this guy wasn't the pillar of humanity the media was making him out to be? If there was a post, was any of that true?
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/slain-healthcare-ceos-life-airbrushed
No idea about cheating or a womanizer, but he and his wife were separated for years. He had a DUI, was sued for fraud, and possibly engaged in insider trading.
Yeah, he came drom humble beginnings, but he didn’t stay humble.
He then became a fucking murderer for profit.
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.
