The reaction to the street murder of the United Healthcare CEO is hallmark late stage empire vibes

Some people giddy the elite are now “eating it in the streets” - they feel no sympathy for the “CEO denying medical claims” to extract profit.

Pre-revolution France vibes.

Or maybe it’s just social media.

I felt pangs of this populism ngl when it happened. Certainly not enough to make posts of outright bloodlust. I felt ashamed my gut reacted that way.

But also this revenge fantasy against health insurance execs was literally the plot of a movie (SAW VI) 15 years ago and not much has changed wrt sentiment. What did anyone expect. I disagree that it’s leftists driving this fully too. It’s populists on both sides 

Thing is, healthcare is scarce. It will always be rationed. The state will do it if private companies don’t and I am not sure we would like the state’s decisions any better than these companies. We go to other countries to get cheaper healthcare. They come here to get stuff their state run medical systems won’t let them have

We can repeal the ACA and improve insurance that way. It will work because less people will be able to get coverage - is that really a solution?

The complexity of the problem makes it feel intractable to me. Someone will always get fucked over here

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Complex issue, felt populism but not bloodlust. Rationed healthcare, state vs private. No easy solutions