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The assassination of United Healthcare's CEO is a real life trolley problem, and a select few are trying to argue to save all lives while the train is going to kill the masses. (lemmy.world)
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It appears that in every thread about this event there is someone calling everyone else in the thread sick and twisted for not proclaiming that all lives are sacred and being for the death of one individual.

It really is a real life trolley problem because those individuals are not seeing the deaths caused by the insurance industry and not realizing that sitting back and doing nothing (i.e. not pulling the lever on the train track switch) doesn't save lives...people are going to continue to die if nothing is done.

Taking a moral high ground and stating that all lives matter is still going to costs lives and instead of it being a few CEOs it will be thousands.

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[–] teejay@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

If enough CEOs were eliminated for the same reason, the rest might start remembering they have a duty to society.

No. They'll hire private security and reduce their public exposure. Ironically, this will end up costing the company more and potentially increasing prices as a result.

The last thing they'll do is suddenly become introspective and sympathetic.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

"this may increase costs for the consumer" argument is flawed. It always implies they would have left profit on the table otherwise, rather than squeeze the system and everyone within it for as much as it'll give and then some.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody's expecting them to become more introspective and sympathetic. Unlike fines and regulations, which can be passed off as the cost of doing business, threats to their life carries the risk of succeeding no matter what measures are taken. And the cost of such is not something that can be compensated for with money. Hence at some point simple profit / loss analysis will require them to consider not pissing off the public too badly

[–] Bongles@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I promise you, I would risk getting shot every day for a 10 million dollar salary. Many jobs are dangerous for very little pay, give me the cushiest job and maybe somebody murders me?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not the point. If you're already getting 10M with no risk, would you want to raise it to 12M and live in fear for your life?