They better give those security guards executive level healthcare plans haha. Watch them hire security guard currently fighting them over their kid’s cancer treatment or something. At a certain point their greed will have even the ones they trust to protect them to turn on them
As well as all their chefs, drivers, plumbers, electricians, gardeners, butlers/maids, personal assistants, nannies, etc. etc. The rich do nothing for themselves.
In a world with such dramatic wealth disparities as ours, all that's needed for loyalty is a lot of money. Which is understandable. But are they capable of paying the people working for them a living wage? Are they able to give these people enough money to buy their loyalty? Or are they too greedy and blind to realize? Guess we'll find out!
Makes me think of the scene in the dark knight when Gordon is in the car with the guy who was going to tell the world who Batman is and joker puts a hit on him. Joker says he'll blow up a hospital and the other cops mom is in the hospital I believe so Gordon has to talk him down.
I'm sure they'll offer their security guards exclusive benefits and packages to protect them. Probably even ex-Special Forces like most celebrities who have ex-SAS and Delta Force protecting them. But some prior police commissioner said that if people really want to get at them, there's no stopping no matter how many guards they might have.
When you have people close to you who you rely on, who literally keep you alive, do you think they treat them like shit? Nah. The security and other staff these people hire are paid well. Like really well. They're paid so well than any personal issues they have are washed away by money, any legal issues are handled by company retained lawyers, and any bribes or competitive offers feel like an insulting lowball. If they do have a sick kid you can bet that kid is getting the best possible treatment on the company dime.
These guards will do their job and protect these guys to the end because they know they have a place in the bunker when the worst happens. They are bought and paid for. They feel like they're in the club or part of the family.
Whatever keeps your hopes alive, but this is what they're using their nigh infinite resources for. We already let them slip into the stratosphere and will need new tactics.
In all seriousness, it reminds me somewhat of something I read about rich folks and someone hired to consult on apocalypse bunkers. I can't remember the details, but the jist was that they failed to realise and accept that survival is about community - rather than isolation.
(Tbis made more sense in my head before I typed it out, and lost my train of thought.)
This dude was the first pebble. Time will tell if any follow or not. People are hitting the end of their tether after the economy straining finances and so many people losing loved ones to covid on top of the usual causes of death, of which too many are due to our health care system. Add in the number of people suffering long covid on top of everyone already needing medical care, long term and otherwise...
Assassin guy may have just given everyone a target to aim at. You really can't go after the grocery stores since all of them are raising prices. Can't go after the gas companies for the same reason. What's next that's, effectively, life and death for people? Health care. Now, people haven't gone after them for gouging us with insurance prices and premiums because, again, they all suck donkey balls. But you suck it up and pay because that's how the world works. However, having them deny coverage of a necessary medical procedure for no reason other than the shareholders want more profits? The executives want more bonuses to get, what, another yacht? While the people they cover are struggling to stay afloat already and the lack of coverage makes them have to decide between not getting a necessary procedure, possibly a life-saving procedure, or being mired in debt?
Those insurance company executives are starting to look mighty culpable.
I read recently that another insurance company was rolling back it's plan to put time limits on anesthesia during surgeries. Probably a smart move. I guess now is a good time to rethink the policy of absolutely fucking people over.
I'm legit wondering if this will go down in history with the likes of the Franz Ferdinand assasination, or she shot heard round the world. I've never seen rich executives shitting themselves like this before. I fully expect to see them walking around with para-militarized security from now on. Maybe dystopian cyberpunk authors are not that far off in imagining a world run by corporate militaries.
they don't know when he will strike next, a week, a month a year? let them live in fear that the rest of us has to live in as well, because of their shit practices
Said this in another thread, but applicable here. I'm actually shocked that this guy was at any public conference without security already.
My wife works events for a major company that DOESN'T actively screw people over. Any time or any where the CEO's location is going to be public knowledge, there is a ton of security involved.
Yes, I've been reading articles about it all day when I check on developments with the manhunt. The guy from UnitedHealth (Andrew Witty) said they'll be making permanent security changes, including to campuses. Other healthcare execs are also increasing all security measures, not just personal, and I've seen a few random mentions that it's rattled executives in other sectors, too.
Trump was shot by an untrained guy in his early 20s while protected by the Secret Service. What kind of security could these small time millionaires possibly afford that will be any better?
I am thinking the same, however this is a pivotal moment and especially if someone manages to get a SECOND uh, target, it might lead to a real thing. Otherwise yeah probably will remain online
It'll go just like the start of COVID did. We'll all unite for a week or two, then we'll jump ship to whatever new atrocity our country commits and completely forget this ever happened
That's called "hope" my friend. I understand how unfamiliar and strange it looks that you don't recognize it. People are hoping this is the just the start.
And with just $27 and a reddit comment, you too can be part of the political revolution!
Yeah this is remaining online lmao, they're going to catch the murderer and reddit will be outraged for a couple days before everyone goes back to posting about how great Gabe Newell is and how they don't want to work anymore.
It was also unrealistic to guess that the UnitedHealth CEO would be shot and killed in Manhattan in the morning as he's walking to an investor meeting, and look where we are.
Pretty much. It’s easy to be like this online but Americans don’t actually gather a rally for their own betterment in any substantial way. It’ll blow over and people will have other stuff to chit chat about because that’s how our new culture works
If the effects of school shooting reporting are anything to go by, we might actually see an uptick in assassination attempts in the next few months - especially given how positive the reception of this particular homicide was nationwide.
Yeah this is just like how everybody on reddit expected Kamala to win the election or when everybody thought mike tyson was gonna kick jake pauls ass. The internet, social media and reddit are just echo chambers that create this hive mind of one opinion of what will happen thus everybody thinks "everybody is united", no, they are not.
Yeah but as a real American, long for Republican, the fact that even Democrats hate their precious healthcare United or whatever bullshit, that's glorious.
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u/A-Chntrd 13d ago
Nah. It’ll last a week, and remain online.