This is a genuine question.

I have a hard time with this. My righteous side wants him to face an appropriate sentence, but my pessimistic side thinks this might have set a great example for CEOs to always maintain a level of humanity or face unforseen consequences.

P.S. this topic is highly controversial and I want actual opinions so let’s be civil.

And if you’re a mod, delete this if the post is inappropriate or if it gets too heated.

    • Zier
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      3517 days ago

      You mean the man who’s company let sick people die by denying proper healthcare, all for the sake of profits? That innocent man? Do not turn this guy in.

        • @GeneralVincent@lemmy.world
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          That’s not implied by their logic at all. Not every person is in a position of power like this CEO was, the majority of people don’t have a job that denies people necessary healthcare, and many people will not make the choice to be unethical like this CEO chose.

          I understand, and disagree with, the argument that vigilante justice is completely uncalled for but you’re not doing your argument justice here

        • @CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
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          1317 days ago

          If someone’s job is to cause death and suffering and they profit from it then yeah maybe they should face the same.

          Calling what this guy did for a living “just a job” is absurd.

            • @korazail@lemmy.myserv.one
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              417 days ago

              A company where the stated objective was to prioritize profit at the cost of human life. That’s a job to cause death.

              The people working for that company are not likely to be in a position to quit over ethical issues, as they are trying to feed their families, but the CEO of that company made decisions that directly impacted other people lives and likely killed many. If he didn’t want to deny claims for care, he could have resigned. Instead, he profited.

              His job was to cause death. As is the job of all for-profit health care companies.

              • @mke_geek@lemm.ee
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                -616 days ago

                You could say the same thing about a manager at McDonald’s. They don’t deserve to die.

            • @Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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              “I can’t believe they threw me in jail. I pulled a trigger on a gun and shot someone. But other people pull triggers on nail guns all the time and don’t go to jail! It’s the same thing!”

              That’s you right now. Two things can be described by the same action but have very different effects, both morally and legally.

            • @Resonosity@lemmy.world
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              Not all jobs are equal: not in pay, not in proximity to the people who actually carry out the orders of Leadership, not in consequences, not in collaboration with others.

              For example, Biden has the authority to stop the transfer of arms to Israel, even after Congress has approved of it. That decision would have much greater impacts on Israel’s ability to carry out their genocide on the Palestinian people.

              A McDonald’s manager has no say in weather those arms make it to Israel or not.

              Different positions call for different levels of ethical consideration. Maybe the United Healthcare CEO should have considered ethics and morals more when he decided to prioritize profit over human lives.

              Consequently, you could also make the same diagnosis for Biden because this whole Israel thing is nuking his legacy.

        • comfy
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          417 days ago

          That’s obviously not their logic. This is hilarious to read.

      • xigoi
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        -3317 days ago

        If he’s guilty of a crime, why didn’t you sue him?

            • comfy
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              No it isn’t. Neither major party has used their power to fix this system. Both have had ample opportunity in the many past decades.

              Due to the dominance of the FPTP system’s spoiler effect and of the two-party system, we can’t reasonably expect a mass shift to third parties. Therefore, of the two viable parties, neither will change the system. No realistic voting behavior indicates support of the broken system - if anything the lowering voter turnout is a general indication that they don’t support the system.

        • @ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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          2017 days ago

          Do you really believe you can win against an army of lawyers paid with an absurd amount of money? Not only that but what the CEO did is legal… is just inhumane

        • @GeneralVincent@lemmy.world
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          517 days ago

          Because crimes should be handled in a criminal court case with real consequences, not a civil case. But that’s not likely to happen.

          So if someone did sue them, and against all odds they won, and the money they received somehow properly compensated for their loss (i.e. a loved ones preventable death), then the company that extracts billions of dollars from Americans every year would lose a couple million. The company would be unaffected and have no meaningful consequences for their willfully unethical behavior. We’d have to have thousands of successful lawsuits to have meaningful consequences.

    • @reddit_sux@lemmy.world
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      I would have agreed if u would have said murderer of that man saying he is innocent just make you seem ignorant of the meaning of that word.

      The strapping young man deserves the same justice as the marine from Seal Team six who killed Osama.

      • granolabar
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        1217 days ago

        America is more united on the Adjuster doing his work than Obama doing Osama tbh

    • @tetris11@lemmy.world
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      1517 days ago

      In a perfect world, where all criminals white or blue are brought to justice under the same hammer, you would have a point and my heart.

      But the world is not just; you know that, I know that, they know that.

    • granolabar
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      917 days ago

      Do you say this when people die as result of his profit seeking?

      • @mke_geek@lemm.ee
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        Do people who work at any company and get murdered should have their killers celebrated? It’s the same thing.

        • granolabar
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          that’s the hot part… it aint…

          wage slave is not the same thing as an officer of a coporation, if you ever worked for a corporation, you would know this.

          They get nice office, jets, they don’t have to really work. They build relationships.

          The working people you know… work.

          how naive are you?

            • @Resonosity@lemmy.world
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              016 days ago

              You are a mindless zombies.

              Please tell me you’re not trolling, and have an actual working brain to understand your idiocy.

            • @Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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              -117 days ago

              So are threatening someone’s life and casual small talk the same thing? They’re both talking. What about driving down the road vs running someone over? Or shooting a target vs shooting a person? They’re both shooting. Same thing.

    • @DudeDudenson@lemmings.world
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      Do the smart thing, instead of arguing with people who think premeditated homicide can be justified just take advantage of these posts to block those people. Lemmy doesn’t have that big of a community so if you actually take the time to block them you’ll see a lot less of extremist brainwashed people in your feed

      • comfy
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        817 days ago

        people who think premeditated homicide can be justified

        This is, evidently, a common mainstream view. If we lived in a world where the legal system actually worked and was a viable option for dealing with them non-violently, perhaps this view wouldn’t be popular, but the working class can’t afford to pretend the system is fair. Just like citizens defending against a military invasion, sometimes homicide is the only effective action left to try.

        • Admiral Patrick
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          116 days ago

          Soooo many accounts blocked the last few days. Bad things can happen to bad people without frothing at the mouth and going full bloodlust, but so many people here seem incapable of that.

          I get it, the victim could not be any more unsympathetic. But the responses here are beyond sickening. Thank you for being level headed; I appreciate you.

          • @mke_geek@lemm.ee
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            Yes, I cannot believe how many people would like to see those they don’t like just gunned down in cold blood. What is next? You don’t like the homeless person on the corner so you just shoot them in the head?

    • @ieatpwns@lemmy.world
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      617 days ago

      Yo bro are you a ceo? Are you related to the dude that got got? Your hard on for “justice” for the ceo is really weird