I believe if everyone who was against the current oligarchy started placing guillotine stickers everywhere, like you might for a favorite band, people would feel less isolated in their distaste for the current system.

And in an ideal world those who the guillotines are for might realize just how much they are in the minority.

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    If you can point to one actual change directly from that CEOs death you would shock the hell out of me.

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      Prepare to be shocked.

      Immediately after his death, his company loosened their standards and offered care to thousands who had been previously denied, and so did every other health care company. I have read many stories of people who had been denied previously, and were suffering, and even dying, who finally got treatment following the Corporate Serial Killer’s justifiable execution.

      It didn’t last, and they went back to business as usual, but that only demonstrates that we have to eliminate a random health care CEO every few months, to keep these Parasites under control.

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        I was hoping for more than just an anecdote, but really that’s on me for not saying that. Everything I’ve seen from UHC is doubling down the idea that they “only deny <X% of claims, yada yada”

        UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty defended the company’s claim denial practices in an internal video which was leaked after the fatal shooting of Thompson. Recorded on December 5, the day after Thompson’s death, Witty emphasized the company’s role in ensuring “safe and appropriate” care and that the insurance giant will continue to prevent "unnecessary care”.[166] Two months after the shooting, UnitedHealth hired a defamation law firm to take action against social media posts critical of the company.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson

        Witty did step down, and a bunch of executives hired body guards, but I don’t see any lasting change from the whole thing. Even if they did allow claims they wouldn’t have for a little while, if it’s business as usual nothing has really changed (not to undersell how important that is for people who may have been affected).

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      their was a noticable decrease in declined claims immediately following his death, some lives were saved (or improved, if only temporarily) as a direct consequence of that parasite finally being taken out

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        Now imagine if EVERY corrupt action/rulebreak was meet with a bullet? Everyone who is there for the scam, would not bother applying.