• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    4 days ago

    The CEO death rate due to gun violence is still less than the death rate of children in schools, so I don’t know what they’re worried about.

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    4 days ago

    It’s not that easy though, is United Healthcare now stopping what they do because that douche died?

    • object [Object]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      That’s why we do what France did in the 1700s. One billionaire dead won’t send a message, but one dead every month for the foreseeable future will.

  • Monzcarro@feddit.uk
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    I feel this. I have adapted very well to small talk and kid talk, but veer off this and I realise how little I have in common with other parents. I even work in a field that should be full of lefties, but I can only think of one person there I can have these proper conversations with.

    Luckily my neighbour is more on my wavelength when it comes to billionaires. Actually had a conversation today that went to cursing their existence within minutes. Can’t remember what started it!

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    realistically the CEOs make the biggest scare, but the chain of command usually barely even reaches them in large companies. if you really want to stop a company from doing bad things it’s not a super effective strategy. that being said if you’re trying to make them feel unsafe then it’s perfect, but it is also terrorism by definition. do with that what you will. edit: clarified what kind of company