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Paulette Thompson Says Husband Received Threats 'Over Lack Of Coverage' Leading Up To Shooting
(www.ibtimes.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2024
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He was a human.
A sociopathic one. An arrogant one(I can't imagine ever walking around without security if I got rich off of deciding who gets to live and die, but then again I'm not evil or stupid enough to do any of that).
He was human, but that doesn't mean he should have gotten a free pass to be evil. The "justice" system was obviously never going to deal any justice for the millions of families who lost a beloved one to this mans' sociopathic decisions.
Sometimes when you do evil things, you win evil prizes.
Systematic (and alleged automated) denials of claims are highly immoral, unethical and possibly illegal thing to do. I just think this doesn't solve the root problem and just adds one more death without fixing it. I don't think this is both a sensible way as well as right way to fix this. Also, I don't think you can just stamp each CEO as immoral automatically. General thinking for specific groups of people is frowned upon based on ethnicity, origin or gender, yet when we look at socioeconomic groups it suddenly becomes right? I think the freedom of movement should exist for even those in power and political//legal issues should be handled the right way. Peaceful protests and movements for a healthcare reform are the only right way long term to support this if you're American and really care about the issue. Short term violence LARPing just causes polarization and makes the people fighting against this system seem crazy.
Immoral? Yes. Illegal? Obviously not, considering the amount of people who have died due to these exact kind of denials.
It's not illegal because the same people making money off of denying claims and killing people are using this vast wealth to lobby and propagandize against any step towards universal health care.
I think you are probably right, but I think it at least sends a message to the people who can fix it. I don't think it's going to make the root problem worse, either.