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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Benefiting from a system that exists to hurt others so people like him can benefit from it.

Means I can justifiably murder you? You're advocating for the extrajudicial murder of all ~440,000 UHC employees?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

going out and actively harming people yourself.

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.

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 a gradient, not 2 distinct groups. The nuance is the point.

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.

Sounds like the actual "head of the snake" is the lawmakers, not the CEO benefit from those laws.