The Daily Populous Wednesday December 11st, 2024 morning edition
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BiBoFieTo on December 11st, 2024 at 02:19 UTC »

It's interesting that the shooter turned out to be someone that was, by almost any metric, one of the most privileged in society. Rich, white, male, handsome, educated.

If anything he'd be one of the least likely people to face the injustice of the American healthcare system.

HauntedFrigateBird on December 11st, 2024 at 02:38 UTC »

I work in finance...higher-ups are fucking terrified right now. Absolutely shook. Here's the thing: They are SHOCKED that so many people support this kid, and they are terrified that people see them in the same light as the UHC CEO.

The general demeanor is one of "I...I can't believe this, people support this kid..why?! What did that poor CEO do?? How can this be happening. This could happen to us." I've heard that almost verbatim.

I don't think the impact from this is going to be small, it feels like it's going to reverberate for a loooong time.

th4tscrazy on December 11st, 2024 at 06:14 UTC »

The big news media outlet censored his manifesto:

To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience. The spiral notebook, if present, has some straggling notes and To Do lists that illuminate the gist of it. My tech is pretty locked down because I work in engineering so probably not much info there. I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allwed them to get away with it. Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument. But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain. It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”