• Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 days ago

    I think this is as funny as the next person but realistically what will change?

    Won’t they just elect another scumbag and keep going?

    • wabafee@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      I think it’s a precedent, CEOs actually have something to fear aside from their job. Which usually fails upward with a good serverance package. This is also a sign that the Government and the laws of the land no longer works for the people. It’s a good and a bad thing either way.

      • evilcultist@sh.itjust.works
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        15 days ago

        If they’re a person it should go all the way. They should be able to go on trial for homicide. Some states still have the death penalty for people. Disband the company if it commits serious crimes.

      • downhomechunk@midwest.social
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        15 days ago

        I think they’ll all get their companies to pay for security details and armored cars. It’ll make them feel even more self-important.

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          15 days ago

          Then hopefully someone shows security details and armored cars are easily taken care of with homemade devices.

    • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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      15 days ago

      Hard to predict.

      This act broke the taboo against violence and shattered the perception of powerlessness. Turns out there is something you can do against these assholes, and it’s not as unpopular an option as you might have expected.

      It may inspire imitation, emboldening other pissed victims. It may scare the other CEOs into treading more carefully. It might embolden progressive politicians to challenge the status quo, now that they see how popular that can be.

      Or it might end up a big ball of hot air that doesn’t do anything. Like I said, hard to predict.

      • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        15 days ago

        If all the disaffected white teens stopped shooting up schools and started shooting CEOs, it’s not healthy, but they would be channeling their anger in a better direction.

    • stevedice@sh.itjust.works
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      15 days ago

      Well, if you don’t wanna celebrate a monster dying just for the sake of it, we can look at it from an environnent perspective, taking that pos out did more for the environnent than Green Peace has in the last 10 years.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      15 days ago

      Nothing will change unless it becomes a recurring and common thing.

      How many people can actually pull off a successful assassination of a wealthy person? Not many, especially now that security is going to go up.

      Nothing will change, but at least that one guy got some revenge.