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Benefiting from a system that exists to hurt others so people like him can benefit from it.
I wish people like you weren't so eager to go to bat for your oppressors. Do you think Brian Thompson would ever ask about why someone did something to you that you didn't like? Or was he too busy having fun with your money?
Means I can justifiably murder you? You're advocating for the extrajudicial murder of all ~440,000 UHC employees?
I think they misspoke by saying “benefiting from” rather than something like “actively leading and pushing for.”
Anybody who is able to read these comments has incidentally benefited from some human suffering somewhere, thanks to systems put in place and often obfuscated by others. That is in no way equal to going out and actively harming people yourself.
It’s part of the reason that “cutting the head off the snake” is a common phrase. Like if somebody wants to see Putin killed because of what he’s doing to the world, that does not mean they want to see every Russian he forced into that military wiped out at the same time.
The killer actively caused harm. At best, Brian benefited passively from other people suffering. He did not actively go out and harm anyone. That's the reason there's even a debate to be had.
It's a gradient, not 2 distinct groups. The nuance is the point.
Sounds like the actual "head of the snake" is the lawmakers, not the CEO benefit from those laws.