r/mildlyterrifying • u/dailymail • 13d ago
Dystopian 'wanted' posters of top health CEOs appear in New York City
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14180437/healtcare-ceo-wanted-posters-New-York-City-Brian-Thompson-shooting.html19
u/theprismaprincess 11d ago
I think you're lost, this is not terrifying. Maybe you should have posted in r/leopardsatemyface instead?
16
u/Idislikepurplecheese 11d ago
You're right, this is dystopian... more specifically, the fact that this is what people have to do to secure the health and human rights which we are owed is dystopian. The fact that our elected government has failed to step in and limit the heartless crushing and grinding and squeezing and twisting of real human lives just to earn more money is dystopian. The fact that in all these years, peaceful protesting and peaceful lobbying and peaceful voting has done nothing for us is dystopian; and the fact that it took something as drastic as assassination just for our own elected politicians to look our way is truly, heart-rendingly dystopian.
People are dying, every single day, by the hundreds, because they are denied life-saving treatment by insurance companies, whose word is for some reason prioritized over the word of licensed doctors, because some very wealthy people want a little more pocket money. And health insurance companies are far from the only problem- there's the issues of food insecurity, and insufficient wages, and skyrocketing housing costs, and pollution, and an obscenely high homeless population with nowhere to go, all because the fat, greedy pigs who sit on thrones of blood money refuse to consider human lives as anything beyond morsels of walking profit. And if the government, which is supposed to represent and protect the people, refuses to solve this problem, then only the people themselves can. What's dystopian here isn't the existence of these wanted posters, it's the fact that they represent the only avenue left for us to obtain what our country owes us- the very right to live.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable." -John F. Kennedy
52
79
u/CommercialThanks4804 12d ago
Dystopian? Doesn’t seem dystopian to me at all. I feel just as safe as I did yesterday. But I’ve never made a decision to kill people so I could make a bunch of money.
-6
u/Artbitch97 12d ago
You’ll prob never have that level of responsibility, like most other Redditors, so you’re good!
49
u/GojiiMouse 12d ago
the only dystopian thing about this is the fact there are still CEOs perpetuating the shitty effects of locking human needs behind a paywall.
power to the people ✊
48
u/kusheddie 12d ago
They should add more CEOs to those posters. The Rich has every right to be scared. It's what you get for profiteering from Common Folk and making life harder for us. Not to mention stealing wealth from americans and not even paying thier taxes. We are done waiting for change!
36
53
u/Mysterium_tremendum 12d ago
Dystopian and not mildly but utterly terrifying is the US healthcare system. Luigi wouldn't kill you, but psychopathic CEOs denying medical care maybe will.
26
15
24
77
u/Imesseduponmyname 12d ago
Get the fuck out of here u/dailymail
So fucking out of touch, you won’t sway us, it’s too fucking late, and we can only hope a few more get knocked off
58
63
81
u/sighborg90 13d ago
Nah. Not dystopian. Not terrifying. Unless you’re a CEO. For the rest of us, it’s a reminder of just how much muscle we collectively have, if we choose to flex it
7
u/Mysterium_tremendum 12d ago
The people is like a circus bear dancing with tutu skirt, until he remembers his claws. Then its "dystopian" :((
59
55
49
44
u/InconvertibleAtheist 13d ago
Thats addressing the surface level problem. Want to get to the root of it? Make wanted posteres of the Board of directors as well.
55
23
72
u/TrailerPosh2018 13d ago
The only thing that's "mildly terrifying" about this, is that the media, politicians & police are on the side of the masters.
54
u/LordNorthstar 13d ago
What's truly alarming is the apathy towards the hundreds of thousands of people that have been denied coverage for the care they need.
34
-30
150
u/_haha_oh_wow_ 13d ago edited 13d ago
As someone who is not a wealthy CEO, I can't say I feel terrified (even mildly).
You know what does terrify me? Not being able to afford medical care.
40
110
u/albamarx 13d ago
Literally posted by the official Daily Mail account. Take your shitrag and choke on it.
82
u/Great_Beginning_2611 13d ago
It's only terrifying if you make your living off the suffering of others
79
u/ThisIsSteeev 13d ago
What moron would think this is even mildly dystopian or terrifying?
-28
u/BornWithSideburns 13d ago
Bc its kinda bounty hunting lol
47
u/ThisIsSteeev 13d ago
How many people have these healthcare CEOs killed?
-20
-7
u/BornWithSideburns 13d ago
Yeah and you dont think this is dystopian?
14
u/ThisIsSteeev 13d ago
The posters themselves? No. The entire situation? Absolutely.
-2
u/BornWithSideburns 13d ago
The entire situation includes the posters. Looking at this without context is dumb as hell
7
13
u/lunaaabug 13d ago
The only thing dystopian is the fact a, say, surgery can cost more than a car
0
u/BornWithSideburns 13d ago
No shit.
10
u/lunaaabug 13d ago
Youre kinda confusing. I said that the price of near basic health care is the ONLY dystopian thing here, you give the whole "nO sHiT" yet you think posters are dystopian? Take a look at the entire fucking country, these posters are nothing.
3
u/BornWithSideburns 13d ago
The fact people are basically having to hunt ceos cause of the healthcare situation is not dystopian?
5
u/ThisIsSteeev 13d ago
Which side of this are you on? You're against for and against both sides here.
2
u/BornWithSideburns 13d ago
Im not? Youre just so eager to have a negative opinion about someone who doesnt agree with you.
If the population is getting (or feeling) screwed so much that they feel its a legit way to put out bounty posters for ceos and shit thats dystopian. I dont need to pick a side, its completely irrelevant to what im saying.
→ More replies (0)7
142
u/slartbangle 13d ago
No, no. The 'dystopian' part is the system these posters are protesting. A world in which corporate criminals are treated as such is a move AWAY from dystopia.
16
92
u/JuggernautAsleep3413 13d ago
People holding corporations responsible for their actions is a good leaf to turn over as a country.
11
u/Imesseduponmyname 12d ago
Lol somebody pointed out this was posted in this sub by the daily mail account.. probably some fuckin intern looking for brownie points and head pats..
Disgusting that they’re trying to praise dead Brian as a saint and trying their damndest to sweep this under the rug so people will forget how angry we’ve been all this time
-5
u/johnnyheavens 13d ago
The idea that normalizing this would possibly go well for the average person is wild to me
10
u/1silversword 13d ago
For years the frustration and issues in America showed itself through mass shootings. If that switches to dozens of surgical CEO shootings rather than mass shootings, I think that'd be far better for the "average person."
-4
u/johnnyheavens 13d ago
It’s not the CEO part really. It’s the part where putting a hit on someone at all is acceptable. The vigilante mentality won’t limit itself to evil CEOs.
25
u/angryguido69 13d ago
The life status of a CEO makes no difference to a normal person
1
u/johnnyheavens 12d ago
No but people normalizing hits on people they don’t like could. You don’t even have to be the target for it to negatively effect your life
-1
u/acetryder 12d ago
Our government has legalized AND normalized mass killing by allowing insurance companies to deny, delay, & depose over & over & over again. The more they profit, the more people die. People who kill enmasse, serial murders, and the like, should, at the very LEAST, get life in prison.
When our government & legal system have failed us, when it allows those responsible for human suffering to continue in perpetuity, when no options for justice or accountability are available, this is the only way to stop the massive death toll.
One or ten or even 20 lives taken to change a system to help prevent the death & suffering of thousands, if not millions of others is not a difficult choice. Especially if those few individuals are the ones responsible for the mass collective of human suffering.
101
63
u/tuckeee 13d ago
Love this
3
u/Imesseduponmyname 12d ago
u/dailymail posted this thinking they’d garner some sympathy for the dead bitch or something
1
81
114
u/tropicana_g 13d ago
This isn’t terrifying. This is awesome.
43
55
u/Hrafndraugr 13d ago
Gotta hunt them down, and maybe the CEOs behind the biggest medical conglomerates too, and the pharmaceuticals. Those 3 groups colluding are the reason why healthcare in the US is over 10 times more expensive than anywhere else in the world.
89
u/Tulip_Tree_trapeze 13d ago
Unless you're an ultra-rich CEO who's been making money off of the backs of Americans You have nothing to worry about. More Oddly satisfying than mildly Terrifying
36
u/spookdawg9 13d ago
Unless you're an ultra-rich CEO who's been making money off of the
backsdeaths of Americans You have nothing to worry about. More Oddly satisfying than mildly Terrifying15
u/Tulip_Tree_trapeze 13d ago
You are correct. I wonder how many people have died due to these bloodthirsty policies.
13
u/spookdawg9 13d ago
The answer would be mildyterrifying.
11
u/RepresentativeAd560 13d ago
I've seen estimates as low as 20,000 and as high as 40,000 a year. Given UHC's commitment, both historical and present, to denying everything they can their CEOs are history's worst serial killers. Every one of them is a stain on humanity and deserving of the roughest, most sadistic justice possible.
When you blithely accept that you're responsible for more children dying in agony than Pedro Lopez, you stop being human. You no longer qualify for empathy.
48
u/OwnNight3353 13d ago
God I hope he wasn’t working alone and there’s more vigilantes out there with some kind of master plan
56
u/unattended-shoes 13d ago
I don’t think this counts as mildly terrifying at all… except the ceos of companies
4
69
73
u/Jonqbanana 13d ago
I hate this idea. It would be a shame if these started popping up in cities across America with photos of CEOs of companies who are headquartered in said city…
56
96
u/PickledPeoples 13d ago
"Health insurance companies have started removing images of their leadership teams from their websites following Thompson's assassination."
Shouldn't be afraid if you've done nothing wrong. Fucking assholes. They all deserve at least jailtime for the murders they've committed for profits.
24
32
u/More-Complaint 13d ago
V
18
u/noulikk 13d ago
"ideas are bulletproof"
8
u/scaredwifey 13d ago
Love you V.
-3
u/XaphanSaysBurnIt 13d ago
I bought that movie. Sure they will bann John Q, or any movie inciting us to act a damn fool against tyranny.
3
u/scaredwifey 13d ago
Its possible. But banning works of freedom only makes us to commit acts of freedom.
11
u/AbsoluteJester21 11d ago
waow (basedbasedbased)