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[–] mjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 15 hours ago

Monitoring all nurses, got it.

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 118 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

fuck insurance companies. i hope more CEOs get gunned down in the streets.

[–] seahorse@midwest.social 39 points 16 hours ago
[–] WeUnite@lemm.ee 69 points 19 hours ago

The more people that express negative sentiment the harder it will be for them to go after people. It's your first amendment right, use it. Don't comply in advance.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That's fun. It does nothing to stop the near-daily in-person conversations with coworkers, friends, and family about this one topic that unites us all. So long as we're beholden to this health insurance system that screws us over at our most vulnerable of times, those conversations aren't going to stop.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 22 points 16 hours ago

That's not news, we knew the NSA was spying on every American a decade ago.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 107 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So, they're finally admitting that they're monitoring all of us.

[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 16 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

What the fuck... Really? Holy shit and what the actual fuck. As example ever heard about Snowden? Chelsea Manning? Assange? Unbelievable wtf

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 34 points 17 hours ago (5 children)
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[–] amon@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

People forgot about Snowden after a month, it's been 12 years already, let it come back to the public consciousness

In his manifesto, Mangione suggested the health insurance industry had “gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it.” He could just as easily have been describing the national security state.

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 107 points 21 hours ago

Health Insurance companies are parasites who only exist to cause people misery in exchange for profit so... everyone?

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 221 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So did they just download the US Census and start from there?

[–] Rivalarrival 50 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

When pretty much everybody is on the list, it's more conspicuous to not be on it.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

They want a list because there’s a zero percent chance that they’ll successfully manipulate public opinion through social media.

“Hello fellow capitalists! Ready for a new day of supporting free enterprise by simply caring for ourselves?” #nevergonnafuckinhappen

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 36 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

UHC just sent me a survey. I was honest. I'm on a list now!!!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 7 points 13 hours ago

If you got the survey you were already on the list.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The fun part will be when Trump rips apart the alphabet soup intelligence apparatus and displaces much of the senior leadership. Those guys have spent decades building webs of deep and strong connections, and I would be 0% shocked if those guys were able to successfully mount an insurgency against the Trump presidency, and they'll likely take with them the list of dissidents and malcontents to contact.

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 70 points 21 hours ago

"Do you have the faintest idea of how little that narrows this down?"

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 86 points 22 hours ago

Imagine if government resources were spent on applying antitrust laws to stop this abusive situation that literally kills people and ruins lives instead.

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 124 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You can't put us all on the little list

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

A list that includes everyone is useless from a data analysis point of view.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 22 points 21 hours ago

This is not about data analysis. This is about justifying oppression. And if it comes to "we have found you all to be dangerous" the conclusion is "we need to oppress you all"

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 47 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

You can't put us all on the little list by definition, because then it would be the big list.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 26 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Human person #6382808222 has been identified. Added note: Dislikes being exploited.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 80 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so, like most people who have ever had to attempt to use it combined with those who could only hope to afford it? thats prolly a long list.

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[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 36 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

You can monitor this dick.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 26 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"We already have. And there is literally 'Nothing to see here.' "

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago
[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago

Believe me, if you've got a dick worth monitoring they are already monitoring it

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[–] Rivalarrival 74 points 1 day ago

Hi, FBI agent! How are you doing today?

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 58 points 23 hours ago

I hope more die.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 30 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We already know they’re spying on everyone in the country

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 42 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

But anyway don't download RedNote the Chinese censorship is just so terrible...

(Oh he's super popular on that app btw lmao)

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