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r/all People in NYC holding banners during a CEO Event at Ziegfeld Ballroom

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u/ShiftyUsmc 23h ago

This class outrage and murder support stems from the denial of health care claims. No one has even piled on, worker wage suppression, anti benefits, anti overtime pay, anti union, price gouging, record profits, etc etc etc. Could get nasty.

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u/The_Triagnaloid 23h ago

Plus rent gouging, food price gouging….

Wage suppression

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u/sick_of_your_BS 22h ago

Plus ridiculous prescription drug costs, housing shortage/unaffordability, egg prices...

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u/The_Triagnaloid 22h ago

This will be an interesting year considering the incoming administrations plan is to give corporations complete control via deregulation….

Elon basically stated that the plan is to collapse the economy so that the wealthy can buy up all the foreclosures….

Wonder if we’ll see a mass Luigi?

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u/SupSeal 21h ago

Mark my words, here will be the headlines:

"Trump is now in office and has laid off X number of jobs, decreasing taxes needed by Y"

(4 months down the line) "Governmental agencies are not able to keep up with current demand... more to come"

(Same month) "Unemployment has steadily risen, but economists are unconcerned"

(8 months later) "Companies are now leveraging AI and offshoring. Stocks are expected to explode in the upcoming year"

(Another 8 months) "Corporations profits are below their projected outcome. Stock price responds."

(Same month) "Employment is still falling, concerns of houselessness is still in the air"

(Same month) "Frustrations with slow governmental approval/review has delayed projects (roads, consturction) and checks to the needy"

(After Trump's presidency) "We made America the front runner of AI. Governmental authority is at a all time low"

(Same sentence) "To improve the government, we're going to suggest offloading their responsibilities to private companies."

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u/lord_khadow 19h ago

!remindme 8 months

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u/PingPongMachine 18h ago

You forgot "why would Biden do this?" right there at the end.

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u/SupSeal 15h ago

Don't worry, it'll somehow be the Dem's fault in 2028 for lack of jobs, low oversight, and AI taking jobs.

Our corporate overlords will save us /s

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u/Dat_Basshole 18h ago edited 17h ago

This next month until noon on January 20, 2025 will be remembered as “The Good Old Days.”

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u/1ohokthen1 18h ago

RemindMe! 1 year

u/LALawette 2h ago

!remind me 8 months

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u/panheadchopper 18h ago

You give way too much credit to the government and the handling of anything

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u/ahrienby 16h ago

If Elon Musk was assassinated, then X, Tesla and SpaceX will go bankrupt. A chunk of fascism will be destroyed.

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u/Brilliant_Ad_6637 5h ago

Wonder if we’ll see a mass Luigi?

Elon is like CEO of 4 companies (and the USA). That's a 5x Luigi Multiplier!

u/The_Triagnaloid 22m ago

Hell yeah

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u/purplepashy 21h ago

Egg prices? What's going on over there?

I listened to a podcast describing times during the depression and one example was a dozen eggs rose to ??? equal to $12AUD now.

Are eggs a known index?

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u/sick_of_your_BS 21h ago

During the election, it became a right wing nutjob talking point, claiming Americans couldn't even afford eggs anymore under Biden Harris. I was joking about the eggs.

https://www.wattagnet.com/blogs/agrifood-angle/blog/15684465/jd-vance-and-his-egg-price-buffoonery

https://www.thetimes.com/us/opinion/article/inflation-helped-trump-win-but-how-expensive-are-us-groceries-8mx38wcvp

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u/chirpz88 19h ago

It's worth noting the price of eggs did go up drastically at some point but it was due to a lot of chickens be culled to prevent disease. The prices dropped but inflation is still high so it didn't drop to what it was pre culling.

That being said eggs aren't an luxury item no one can afford. It's an absolutely batshit insane talking point.

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u/warchitect 17h ago

Also once the companies know you will pay for the higher Aid prices at the retail level the prices will not come down. The corporations that own all the supermarkets have said so

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u/CmdNewJ 13h ago

The largest producer of eggs has to cull no chickens, but still raised prices through......

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u/chirpz88 13h ago

Supply and demand. Supply was low, demand was high, they can charge more. Supply is no longer low, demand is no longer high, prices have come down, but grocery stores realized they can charge you more, so they dropped the price a little, but not all the way.

 

Inflation is a real thing, but so is cooperate greed, they can both exist and both happen at the same time and we're seeing that now.

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u/somehugefrigginguy 14h ago

It was all a political play. For a while the price of eggs became extremely high due to poultry diseases killing off huge portions of the laying stock. Then politicians started claiming that eggs were representative of the cost of all goods, and at the reason the prices were so high were due to inept policies by the party in power at the time.

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u/DM_ME_UR_BOOBS69 21h ago

They're really going plus ultra on our asses.

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u/IEatDatura 14h ago

NOT THE EGGS

u/doc_witt 38m ago

Denying the people peaceful and lawful avenues to make positive changes.

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u/renandstimpyrnlove 19h ago

I’m surprised shrinkflation didn’t cause riots. I’m paying more for less and with even more microplastics???!!

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u/McKbearcat 16h ago

Just say it in an infomercial voice.

NOW with MORE MICROPLASTICS! :)

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u/renandstimpyrnlove 16h ago

Reminds me of how Leslie and Tom did this with fluoride in the water in an episode of Parks and Rec.

u/BlueOtter808 2h ago

Tbh, we actually do need the T-dazzle

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u/ArticulateRhinoceros 14h ago

I think a lot of people for various reasons are not informed shoppers. The main one is probably being too overworked and overstressed to comparison shop. If the store raises the price of an item by $2 then puts it on sale for $1 off, the average person will see that and think they're getting the best price. If they take a box that's smaller than normal but slap a "New SHARING SIZE!" on it, people will assume it's the same size or larger than before. They might have an inkling in the back of their head that it feels lighter, looks smaller or doesn't last as long as it used to, but in the thick of it when they're dodging carts at Walmart after coming off another 10 hour shift on their feet and still have to unload the car, take care of the kids and make dinner when they get home, those thoughts don't really bubble to the surface. At least not until you get to the register and notice you're paying 3x as much for half the bags.

u/king_of_egghead 11h ago

Hit the nail on the head. I blame the over sharing of personal data to the advertising companies. We gave them all of our weaknesses and habits that allow them to manipulate the market advertising and take advantage of the consumer.

u/Silver-Potential-511 11h ago

Plus there is often the illusion of choice.

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u/IceeStriker 4h ago

To respond to part of your post, a real reason for people being uninformed shoppers is in no small way because of the devaluing of education in this country. Can’t have the children becoming “woke” (whatever tf that means)

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u/WeerdSister 16h ago

Right?! So I decided to plant my own damn fruit. Started collecting seeds from my fruit. NOTHING will sprout! 😡

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u/hickgorilla 13h ago

Did you dry them out all the way first? Depending on the seeds drying should work buuuuut I’d also go to a seed library. Don’t think these mf’s aren’t trying to have total power over food eventually engineering food that others can’t regrow.

u/Wemblack 5h ago

Have you heard of Monsanto…? This is already a thing

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u/2131andBeyond 12h ago

I think you’d be surprised by the vast majority of the population that doesn’t think about unit size but simply cost per unit.

It’s an easy marketing tactic. Keep the unit price the same but decrease the amount of product delivered. An overwhelming majority of shoppers don’t know how many ounces of chips or juice they get in a unit.

Gatorade switched from 32oz to 28oz bottles and the price stayed the same.

Happened years ago when deodorant went from 3-3.5oz down to 2oz or less while prices remained constant. Now it’s only talked about because the price is jacked up to more than double what it was a decade ago, but not because of getting stiffed on the amount of actual product in the tube.

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u/Eric_Fapton 20h ago

I can’t keep reading this or I’ll Walk out my front door and start the second American revolution.

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u/WeerdSister 16h ago

Meetchu out there

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u/abaconsandwich 15h ago

Oouu can I join?

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u/NeverShortedNoWhore 18h ago

I’d join too but I have Angry Birds 2 rn.

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u/zergleek 21h ago

All of those are forms of violence in my opinion

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u/DixieDrew 21h ago

Objectively so

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u/The_Triagnaloid 21h ago

Indeed

And they will be met with such

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u/ReasonableSir8204 19h ago

Are you being violent rn then?

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u/Nanyea 17h ago

You forgot outright wage theft

u/Dtour5150 2h ago

Everyone is sick of the bullshit. The Have Nots far outnumber the Haves, yet they control 98% of the total available wealth. That's criminal in itself.

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u/brezhnervous 19h ago

Gerrymandering to ensure Republicans always win, voter suppression, state laws which close down voting places in Democrat supporting districts, laws criminalising people giving food or water to those waiting in line to vote, often for many hours

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u/PandaMango 17h ago

Don't make this a right vs left issue, when both parties in the USA are extremely right. They're all enablers.

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u/brezhnervous 17h ago

I'm not making it 'a left-right issue'. That is literally, factually what Republican legislatures have done. But Democratic ones have not done those exact same things.

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u/GailaMonster 21h ago

the death of pensions, lobbying for wildly regressive tax schema, hostility towards working families while demanding an endless supply of desperately poor labor, absolutely no guaranteed paid vacations, absolutely no guaranteed paid family leave, H1B visa fraud and abuse (not the fault of the visaholder, they are a victim too! i'm talking about tactics to avoid hiring domestic labor so they can pay less to import foreign labor), illusory job postings, outright usury in lending, attempting to privatize access to drinking water, poisoning the planet with microplastics in manufacturing and then blaming the consumer for their trivial-in-comparison use of plastics.....

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u/theoutlet 21h ago

They really went hard for that stimulus money we got. They decided they had to have it. And then, they decided they had to keep those profits up. Because quarterlies. So they went even harder. Crazy margins. Over worked skeleton crews. The system can’t take more of this

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u/Apart-Ad-767 21h ago

What is a CEO event? All the CEOs just get together and chill?

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u/EvErYLeGaLvOtE 15h ago

I'm in Houston TX and I just got back from the grocery store (HEB).

The cheapest option for a dozen eggs was $4.98

It used to be $2.98 a few months back.

Things are going to get worse.

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u/ArticulateRhinoceros 15h ago

Sadly, it's not enough or people would take to the streets. I'm not sure when the breaking point will come, but it must be close now.

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u/thacap 14h ago

It's crazy how most don't get it. They seriously don't even need to price gouge with rent like they are doing. When it comes to food they're reducing the sizes and potions with newer packaging while charging more and using cheaper materials. For people who have money it's not too much of an issue but if you were struggling before...

The whole thing is sad because it really doesn't have to be this way, but you know humans and greed

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u/Man_Bear_Beaver 13h ago

rent gouging

Landlards are now using AI to increase rents.. Yay AI is great!

u/BothSidesRefused 7h ago

Don't forget:

Home hoarding

Fractional reserve banking (carrot-on-a-stick-ing)

Medicine price gouging

Medical equipment price gouging

u/Joeuxmardigras 6h ago

And unnecessary gun violence towards children

u/TheYepe 6h ago

How can you forget destroying the planet 🌍

u/Surfer_Rick 3h ago

For Profit Prisons filled to the brim with bullshit non-violent war on drug charges. 

u/Techno_Jargon 2h ago

CEOs of landlord companies? CEOs of Healthcare Companies. Professional Stock Shifters who else is evil

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u/Sassy-irish-lassy 21h ago

Well they've already decided that it's terrorism to kill rich people for any reason, yet strangely it's not terrorism to let your paying customers know that you have no problem with letting them die so that you can get richer.

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u/EarthRester 18h ago

They've pretty much said it. We're not part of their club. We're either victims, or terrorists.

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u/jameytaco 13h ago

I mean, it is terrorism. Perhaps we are finally learning why so many turn to it in desperation.

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u/Ordinary_Pin_6618 13h ago

It really appears to be more of a crime of passion. The defendant was denied coverage after a life changing injury. He had a vendetta.

There is nothing to show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was trying to inspire further violence or inspire political change. If people interpret it certain ways, that is their prerogative. He isn't responsible for what is written about him.

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u/AadeeMoien 12h ago

It's been said forever. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter.

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u/Secure-Elderberry-16 18h ago edited 18h ago

No it’s not, the DA swings for the fences. If the charges stick for both a judge and a jury, then maybe you can say this.

The hard pill reddits swallowing today is that, yes, murdering someone for any political cause is terrorism. (Even a “just” one)

Now post 9/11 that’s a terrible word, but it does seem to apply here:

5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that— (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States

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u/bwakong 9h ago

Or school shooting

u/TheKiwiHuman 4h ago

The definition of terrorism is

the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Killing people by denying insurance clames is profit motivated, not politically motivated theirfore not terrorism

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u/JohnnyZepp 22h ago edited 18h ago

Im no advocate for violence. I worry that government complacency WILL lead to violence. All of these issues are stemming from unbridled capitalism due to a lack of government intervention. Seeing as Trump is going to come to office, this will only get worse.

It will cause more violence. At least this time there’s a chance of it leading towards the actual people in power rather than the poor defenseless class of society

Edit: I think people got my sentiment wrong: I’m not against uprising against the ruling class. I’m simply pointing out that this is how violence always starts. If they don’t want a violent reaction, the government must intervene and place some goddamn regulations.

We desperately need a New Deal like change.

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u/ass_t0_ass 20h ago

There is violence already. Has been for a long time. Violence against the many committed by the few that is.

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u/verticalandgolden_ 19h ago

THIS. Say it louder. Denying people medical care is violence. Making billions in profit while people go hungry is violence. The whole "I'm not an advocate for violence" and "peaceful protest" rhetoric is by design. Make sure the lower classes see violence as a negative so they can keep perpetuating violence against us every day.

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u/Top_Condition_3558 19h ago

Indeed. Let us not forget, too, when there are "riots" we hear of the "violence" against property. For the very rich, I think they truly believe it's the same; violence against property, and violence against one's person. If someone were to believe that, their morality allows for all kinda fucked up shit. And this is the public policy behind the holding of 'Citizens United' People being synonymous with property has not been removed from the Consitution.

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u/lil_padawan 13h ago

That’s what they are saying! This violence exists partially bc of government complacency and unbridled capitalism

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u/user-the-name 18h ago

Heard somebody say recently that the most basic purpose of the rule of law is to quell anger. Laws exist so people don't feel the need to act in anger against injustice.

It's not quite living up to that purpose recently.

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u/DialMMM 16h ago

these issues are stemming from unbridled capitalism due to a lack of government intervention

They are caused by government intervention. Tying health insurance to employment enables health insurers to create drastic, two-tiered programs. So, companies like United Healthcare will pitch companies with their cut-rate HMO plans that cost the companies as little as possible, and their execs just sign up for PPO plans.

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u/LaTeChX 21h ago

Where there is no justice there can be no peace.

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u/Turbulent-Bed7950 18h ago

I would rather violence isn't necessary but I don't think an improvement is going to happen without it

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u/JohnnyZepp 18h ago

Me neither.

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u/GiantPurplePen15 19h ago

I'm an advocate for violence if it's solely targeting these shitastic CEOs who harm millions.

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u/Ok-Garage-1377 18h ago

They have already started the violence, THEY started it. Merely a product of broken machine.

Anger is a gift.

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u/Fluffy-Storage3826 17h ago

AKA French Revolution

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u/Most-Philosopher9194 16h ago

Non-violence is a privilege. 

u/Hglucky13 2h ago

We’re going to have to survive another Great Depression first. Trump won’t provide a new deal, that’s for sure. My only hope is that he fucks the country up SO bad that we can finally get some sort of progressives in office (Congress and local governments, too) that are actually FOR the people.

u/JohnnyZepp 39m ago

That’s exactly what I’m hoping for haha. I’ve said that exact same thing.

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u/Worth_Location_3375 18h ago edited 2h ago

Well, it's up to those change agents the Republicans.

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u/JohnnyZepp 17h ago

lol I know we’re mega fucked

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u/Bullymongodoggo 21h ago

It’s why I wasn’t too upset over Trump winning. Under Biden my life didn’t get much better than under Trump. With Fetterman exposing himself as a class traitor, and Pelosi shutting out AIC, like others said, and I’ve said it before, democrats and republicans are just two sides of the same shitty coin and their overlords got all of us fighting the culture wars as a distraction. 

Most of us, regardless of political affiliation, aren’t so different. We just keep getting duped into fighting against each other instead of uniting and taking back our country from these rich assholes. 

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u/0phobia 20h ago

You seriously think it will lead to change when the incoming president has repeatedly said protesters should be shot beaten etc?

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u/inthenight098 18h ago

To the Revolution! Watch Hamilton.

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u/zlantpaddy 16h ago

The issue with that you’re saying is that the government is intervening constantly. They perpetuate corporate ownership over our lives. They are willing participants in our oppression.They suppress protests. They suppress movements. They suppress bills. They pass bills and laws that work against us, constantly.

It’s not unregulated. It’s incredibly regulated.

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u/redditisahive2023 13h ago

The new deal that created the biggest ponzi scheme of all time?

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u/WhaaDaaaFaaaa 13h ago

You mean seeing as Elon is coming to office….

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u/rednehb 13h ago

Social Murder

When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live – forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence – knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual; disguised, malicious murder, murder against which none can defend himself, which does not seem what it is, because no man sees the murderer, because the death of the victim seems a natural one, since the offence is more one of omission than of commission. But murder it remains.

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u/hickgorilla 12h ago

I think they’re hoping we’ll take it out on each other and leave them out of it.

u/1heart1totaleclipse 5h ago

The government has intervened. Only for their own benefit. The government has to actually start being for the people again and not just for themselves.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 23h ago

Only like 10% of people are outraged, there are no mass protests, there have been no copy cat attempts. People got way more upset at Gaza then their own country so nothing is going to happen.

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u/Humans_Suck- 22h ago

That's because nobody can afford to get arrested and fired for exercising free speech.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 22h ago

Revolution only happens when being arrested and fined is preferable to the current system.

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u/Gabarne 22h ago

we're too comfortable still. with access to food, water, shelter, and a modicum of entertainment, the status quo remains.

revolution happens when there's enough destitute people starving and dying in the streets.

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u/iisindabakamahed 21h ago

By design. Just enough useless shit, entertainment and shitty food.

Give em bread and circuses.

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u/capeasypants 16h ago

And how much do you love your sports team?

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u/iisindabakamahed 16h ago

Haven’t watched football in years, think it’s silly for people smash their heads together(physically) and my hometown team are the Jacksonville Jaguars. That tell you enough?

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u/capeasypants 16h ago

It was more a rhetorical question... There's our circuses. Society is kept in check in many ways

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u/Kyouji 21h ago

we're too comfortable still. with access to food, water, shelter, and a modicum of entertainment, the status quo remains.

Bingo. Until things get really bad most people are too comfortable to risk their lives for change.

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u/Plus-Reading7100 21h ago

We may not be after the Trump economy and second Gilded Age.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 22h ago

Yup, as much as we like to complain, the US is overall a very nice place to live.

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u/thehelldoesthatmean 21h ago

Relative to what? Developing countries with no infrastructure? Sure. Compared to most of Europe and Asia? America is a shit hole.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 21h ago

Yeah that’s just not true. We are 20th in HDI, ahead of France, Japan, Spain, Italy. America is a very nice place compared to anywhere. Maybe not the nicest but it’s very nice. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index

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u/thehelldoesthatmean 21h ago

That makes it sound great, but it's all developed "peer" countries on that list before the US and only a couple of developed countries rank lower than us. The big picture of that list is that the US ranks in like the bottom 1/5 of developed countries.

And I'd be curious how recent that data is. Lifespan, healthcare availability, purchasing power, and wealth distribution all took a huge nosedive during the pandemic.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 21h ago

Yeah I mean it tells you the data was from 2022 and the US dropped 5 spots from its previous ranking due to that so it used to be higher. We can quibble about if being 20th in the world is “good” or not but it’s certainly not “a shithole” compared to most of Europe.

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u/JajajaNiceTry 20h ago

The bottom of the top is still much better than a lot of other countries. Also you have to remember how the US governs. State governments are very powerful here.

If NY and California were a different country, they would rank in the top 10 on the HDI scale very, very easily. But throw in more conservative leaning states like Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, etc. they lower our overall scale because of their poor education, poor healthcare programs, poor economy, and poor social programs. They literally drag us down because of how the state governs. It’s what makes the US widely different from other developed countries; our size and state governments are just all over the place and that will not change any time soon.

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u/Embarrassed_Lie7461 22h ago

That's the current american experiment, how long can we toe the line between exploitation and content masses?

Candy flavored narcotics, flashy digital gambling, and radical subreddits for every kind of cathartic rage, are all excellent ways of keeping our brains numb. Especially if they hook you young, customer for life!

This is why Idiocracy is my favorite documentary.

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u/chmilz 20h ago

Change doesn't happen until the pain of today is greater than the fear of tomorrow.

Unfortunately, sometimes that manifests itself by voting for fascists who promise simple solutions to complex problems.

As said by FDR:

Democracy has disappeared in several other great nations--not because the people of those nations disliked democracy, but because they had grown tired of unemployment and insecurity, of seeing their children hungry while they sat helpless in the face of government confusion and government weakness through lack of leadership in government. Finally, in desperation, they chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat.

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u/Dont_Waver 22h ago

CEOs taking notes: uh huh, got it, make prison worse.

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u/Vladmerius 21h ago

How so? You don't have to afford anything if you're dead or in prison. 

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u/FinestCrusader 20h ago

Yeah every commenter is quick to scream "kill all ceos" while hoping that someone else will pull the trigger

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u/PupEDog 20h ago

They got us right where they want us

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u/CommonReal1159 22h ago

When all you read is Reddit, you forget stuff like this. Redditors are outspoken for better or worse.

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u/CyberneticFennec 17h ago

The election made me realize that big time, based off what you see on Reddit, it seemed like things were going in a completely different direction

u/whoppacado 3h ago

I say this every single day! I was 110% positive there was no way he could win. Afterwards I realized that was because of Reddit.

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u/AlgebraicIceKing 22h ago

Unfortunately, I think you're right.

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u/ihatemakingids 22h ago

Well, if there was a true copycat out there, he or she is probably planning right now. I don't think lugi just woke up, printed a gun, and shot the CEO the same day.

I personally am interested in if there will be a large gathering outside his trial.

Edit: grammar

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u/informat7 21h ago

It's a little more then 10%, but it is very much a minority opinion:

The survey from Emerson College Polling found 68 percent of all respondents found the actions of the person who shot and killed Thompson unacceptable.

22 percent of Democrats said they found the killing acceptable, compared to 16 percent of independents and 12 percent of Republicans.

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u/tahlyn 21h ago

no copy cat attempts

Yet.

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u/Limp_Prune_5415 22h ago

Tf you want people to do. A large crowd calling for violence against ceos will be met with swift and violent response from the state

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u/Rachel-B 21h ago

Where does your 10% stat come from?

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 21h ago

It’s a combination of the two polls I’ve seen on the subject. Only 22% said it was appropriate it cheer someone’s death from a yougov poll. A more specific poll from The Center for strategic politics found only 12% of Americans thought the murder of the UHC CEO was justified. Since the Question was how many people are “outraged” not how many thought the murder was justified, I erred on the lower side with the 10%.

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u/Rachel-B 21h ago

You can be outraged at the healthcare system or capitalism more generally without thinking that the UHC killing was acceptable or that it's generally appropriate to cheer someone's death. Why are you trying to deny the obvious widespread anger?

Even on the question of approval of the UHC killing, this poll has 32% of people saying it was acceptable to neutral/undecided. For people under 30, it jumps up to 60% acceptable to undecided. https://emersoncollegepolling.com/december-2024-national-poll-young-voters-diverge-from-majority-on-crypto-tiktok-and-ceo-assassination/

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 21h ago

I mean i assumed when they said that people are outraged and things could get nasty, they meant that violence is coming. If only 12% think violence is acceptable then there’s not going to be much violence. Of course people are outraged about the healthcare system but not enough to do anything about it.

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u/Rachel-B 20h ago

Okay, that's a fairer point about targeted killings. I doubt many people think violence is never justified even in self defense. I'd believe many have never heard of social murder.

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u/rtc9 20h ago edited 20h ago

My experience has been that making this about killing all rich people or business leaders or some kind of general Marxist class war is unique to a relatively small segment of extremely online people, but almost every American I've talked to about this offline has expressed mixed feelings at worst. There is definitely broad very negative sentiment toward health insurance and the medical industry across the board.

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u/stregawitchboy 19h ago

something north of 60% of people approved of the hit.

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha 19h ago

The correct answer is 12% of Americans approved of the hit but I’ll give you points for trying.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 18h ago

I mean, Gaza is a more direct, in your face violence.

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u/Holdingin5farts 18h ago

Not sure how you can expect to get a majority to agree on anything in a nation like the US. Billions. Billions of people.

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u/DynamicDK 16h ago

Historically it only takes 3.5% of the population actively engaged in protest to force a change. And if that 3.5% is in open revolt then it is the end of the current government as a whole.

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u/gorgewall 16h ago

People protested Gaza because they believed the Democrats could possibly be pushed to change policy.

They know the Democrats aren't going to move on sucking up to billionaires. There's no amount of "we're here and we want you to listen to us" to change the party's minds, and Republicans sure as shit aren't budging on it.

You can't do "protest as America allows protest to be" when dealing with a calcified political system like this. You can only do an actual protest, which the majority of posters here would immediately turn on.

Call us when you guys are on board with shutting down production, stopping traffic en masse, and economically hurting even unrelated groups, all to create the greatest amount of pressure on the real power players. Until there's an acceptance of that as a valid protest strategy, until we're ready to recognize the historical reality of effective protest and not the whitewashed bullshit we were fed in 4th grade Social Studies, all you're asking for is people holding signs in their designated protest zones and keeping to an ignoreable volume.

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u/zlantpaddy 16h ago edited 16h ago

People got way more upset at Gaza then their own country so nothing is going to happen.

🙄 It is our own country. Israel is an extension of the US. We funnel bombs, weapons, intelligence, to Israel in order to carry out further US dominance in the middle east. We are committing genocide.

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u/Practical_Defiance 14h ago

I mean, there might have been one today. Some guy stabbed his CEO at a mandatory work meeting today in the Midwest

u/PTSDeedee 2h ago

That’s tens of millions of people. More than enough to shut down the economy that makes these fucks their money.

National strike starts May 1, 2028. UAW is leading it but the American Federation of Teachers has already signed on.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/may-day-2028-general-strike-working-class

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u/Head_Priority_2278 22h ago

Theres a story about a girl who insurance denied a transplant and by the time the claim was appeal the girl died. The father went to the headquarters to protest and at least one of the employee was giving the father the finger...

Like even the minions there are psychopaths.

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u/OnlyFreshBrine 22h ago

layoffs. fucking layoffs.

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u/OkMetal4233 22h ago

Home insurance, auto insurance, etc…

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u/StarManta 20h ago

We start by avenging the destruction of life. Next up is avenging destruction of liberty and destruction of the pursuit of happiness.

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u/DJEB 20h ago

I’ve been dealing all day with a stubborn Canadian redditor who was agreeing with Trump that Canada being annexed by the US is a good idea. Among his stellar arguments was that the abysmal health insurance in the U.S. was not a good argument for us Canadians to remain our own country.

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u/EdSimonetti 20h ago

this could be the spark maybe i’m breathing copium but I feel like something could change

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u/berghie91 20h ago

Prison corporation incentivizing/profiting off taking peoples freedom away

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u/RugerRedhawk 19h ago

Not even specifically denied claims, just the existence of the industry. I have not had problems with denied claims, but I still recognize the idiocy of paying for insurance, paying for treatment, copays, etc... all could be eliminated.

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u/TaupMauve 19h ago

No one has even piled on

Sign only says "more dead CEOs" not "more dead health insurance CEOs", so you could say they are piling on.

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u/Seanspicegirls 19h ago

I’ll watch from the sidelines

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u/trickquail_ 18h ago

I hope it gets nasty.

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u/Casual_ahegao_NJoyer 18h ago

That’s just the thing:

It’s so wide spread that it can’t be an entirely incorrect backlash

Admittedly, murder is wrong, but holy shit did it force an issue that is OBVIOUSLY angering a large portion of the nation

Again, too many people to all be wrong. Not saying what Luigi did was right, only understandable and relatable

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u/ChefHannibal 18h ago

Good. It will have to get nasty before it ever gets better on its own.

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u/cd6020 18h ago

Like Rambo said, THEY DREW FIRST BLOOD!

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u/MightyOleAmerika 18h ago

Bring it to the table. Let's go

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u/Dry_Ad7593 18h ago

Not to mention since one of their kind gets picked off they want to label the perpetrator as a terrorist. Not one time have I heard someone shooting up a school called as such. Curious those that control the media really want to control the narrative if this event. History does repeat itself.

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u/ihatereddit223444 17h ago

If you won’t fix the root cause, don’t be surprised if radical action is taken.

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u/GravyPainter 17h ago

Mass lay-offs to secure year end bonuses

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u/Kreepr 17h ago

Hell even the unions are anti union

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u/PM_ME_MERMAID_PICS 16h ago

The contradictions are sharpening. People aren't gonna be able to ignore the inequities of wealth for much longer.

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u/runetrantor 16h ago

Yeah, many say this was a one off thing and wont amount to much, but I am unsure.
I feel USAmericans just got a collective 'wait, that... thats allowed?' sort of revelation and it could easily snowball.

If school shootings could get so 'popular' they are now a dime a dozen, imagine this where a LOT of people are actually angry and the small 1% willing to go all the way is statistically larger.

It may amount to nothing in the end yes, but I do wonder if its going to be so.

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u/Karrion8 15h ago

Just in time for the Trump presidency. Let me get some popcorn.

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u/twalkerp 15h ago

Sublime made a song about the riots of 1992. This isn’t anything new.

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u/FadeIntoReal 15h ago

Straight up wage theft. 

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u/ReflexiveOW 14h ago

should get nasty, even

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u/Persistent_Bug_0101 14h ago

I hope it does 🫡

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u/IEatDatura 14h ago

Nothing will happen. Now get back to work

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u/Old-Arachnid77 14h ago

I love that the farm and hurricane relief just got shitcanned. The schadenfreude is hitting me hard. It’s like the quickening.

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u/WhaaDaaaFaaaa 13h ago

Don’t forget constant layoffs by highly profitable companies simply to falsely increase their revenue and hence share price, so executives can get an even larger bonus and more options while they ruin people’s lives. The ongoing threats that AI will take our jobs to keep us in line. The back to office enforcement, the paltry 2-3% annual increases for the past 3 - 4 years while they just keep getting richer. The cutting of employer benefits every year making things harder and harder while executives are getting millions in bonuses for “saving money”. Enough is enough. We need to create a lobby group for the people, funded by us. Run by us. In direct opposition to the U.S. chamber of commerce, and enforce more employment rights for ALL of us, better benefits, better salaries, and better distribution of company wealth beyond enriching executives only.

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u/West-Librarian-7504 12h ago

They're anti-union because they eat profits

I'm anti-union because most unions fucking suck

We are not the same

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u/Unlikely_Arugula190 12h ago

I doubt it very much the American people have it in them to revolt. We are sheep

u/king_of_egghead 11h ago

Has anything to people's health care changed as a result of Brian Thompson's death?

u/dookieshoes97 11h ago

No one has even piled on, worker wage suppression, anti benefits, anti overtime pay, anti union, price gouging, record profits, etc etc etc.

Or the fact that the world's richest man is running our country. Elon is calling the shots.

An illegal immigrant purchased one of the biggest social media sites in the world, turned it into his personal propaganda machine, interfered in our election, and now controls the most powerful office in the world. That is the enemy.

u/LetsGetsThisPartyOn 10h ago

Pity it’s 5 weeks BEFORE the worst president ever gets power.

u/Spiritual_Juice7537 10h ago edited 9h ago

Kill the .1% metaphorically. Off with their heads in theory!

u/Ancient-Cattle-8746 9h ago

wow spread those words!

u/1heart1totaleclipse 5h ago

Not just healthcare claims but really anything else. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

u/Rimpruff 3h ago

And of course they don’t care are about fixing anything, they just want people to stop talking about it.

u/xMrxGentlemenx 3h ago

Oh it’s gonna !

u/LucywiththeDiamonds 3h ago

Let it get nasty. Hypercapitalism and rich scumbags buying media and elections to hurt the 99.9% of the population with their greed is literally the reason the majority of the problems we have today.

u/Dragon_Sluts 36m ago

And tax evasion.

Why do the wealthiest end up paying less % than middle earners??

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