The one issue uniting America right now is everyone saying "fuck this guy."
I don't know enough about him personally to say "fuck this guy," but I will say it's...interesting that some bigshot got taken out so easily. So it's more what it represents, than whether or not this specific guy deserved it. Does sound like he was sleezy, at the very least, though.
An unusual feature of modernity is people who regularly make life or death decisions for others rarely actually face threat of violence for making those decisions.
Heath Insurance companies are the Designated Bad Guy in the US's socialized healthcare system (since they're the only entity placing downward pressure on the infinite amounts of money that could be spent given the lack of price signals everywhere else in the system) so the CEO is simply playing his part, but I think the return of the "pitchfork waving mob" solution is an interesting development we haven't seen for awhile.
As Thomas Jefferson has said "The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Even if this man himself wasn't a "tyrant" any more than any CEO was, it should still give them pause to understand the consequences and weight of their actions.
He was only a CEO, rather than anyone actually famous who might have warranted actual security despite the evidently extremely antagonistic parties currently blogging about this and not losing any sleep over his death.
The one issue uniting America right now is everyone saying "fuck this guy."
I don't know enough about him personally to say "fuck this guy," but I will say it's...interesting that some bigshot got taken out so easily. So it's more what it represents, than whether or not this specific guy deserved it. Does sound like he was sleezy, at the very least, though.
An unusual feature of modernity is people who regularly make life or death decisions for others rarely actually face threat of violence for making those decisions.
Heath Insurance companies are the Designated Bad Guy in the US's socialized healthcare system (since they're the only entity placing downward pressure on the infinite amounts of money that could be spent given the lack of price signals everywhere else in the system) so the CEO is simply playing his part, but I think the return of the "pitchfork waving mob" solution is an interesting development we haven't seen for awhile.
As Thomas Jefferson has said "The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Even if this man himself wasn't a "tyrant" any more than any CEO was, it should still give them pause to understand the consequences and weight of their actions.
He was only a CEO, rather than anyone actually famous who might have warranted actual security despite the evidently extremely antagonistic parties currently blogging about this and not losing any sleep over his death.
"It's about sending a message". One would assume.
Yeah, I definitely don't trust how easy this whole thing seems to have happened.
What we need is a couple dozen more so that we can establish some sort of baseline for a more thorough scientific study....
This guy sciences.
CEO's generally don't have security.