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While it's very unlikely that someone has a definitive answer, this question popped into my head after the assassination of the UHC CEO and it's been bothering me that I can't shake off this feeling that more is likely to happen (maybe not in higher frequency but potential).

Usually I could provide counter-arguments to myself in a realism/(should I buy apples or oranges comparison) kind-of sense but this one I feel more unsure about.

I wish I had more diverse exp in systems analysis as these kinds of questions that linger in my head really irritates my OCD brain as I just want to know what's the most likely answer.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nah, we're going to see more anon violent terrorists, some of them might even do a little good, but for the most part it's not going to change a single thing about our system of laws or how the majority of people navigate that system.

White supremacists groups have been kidnapping, holding government buildings hostage, and threatening politicians for decades and they don't get their way, don't expect it to be any different from any other groups or individuals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Since most people would be too happy to be (very) rich themselves, I doubt that will ever happen. Or only if we were to live in a "eat the other than me rich" society? ;)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I know this question is silly but something about this irks me

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I certainly hope not, given how an “eat the rich” society generally becomes an “eat your children” society in short order.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah it looks like they're just throwing them back on the streets.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No its just one event. The first time I've seen this on Lemmy and I can't blame people for not being sad about it.

Anything else would be Stockholm syndrome.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

You might feel happy about this in your far left wonderland. But in the real world, the consequence of stuff like this spreading will be that CEOs will acquire better security, nobody will ever be able to even glance at them without getting tasered and you the consumer are going to pay for all of it.

Changing the social security system into a centralized one might work, but note that scandinavia (the place that has championed such systems) is having pretty big problems with their health care systems as well.

Perhaps IT work has tarnished my political mind as well, but I tend to think more and more that it's not about the ideology, but about the implementation that matters.

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