I like to know if people know what they’re talking about, or if they’re just regurgitating shit they’ve heard emotionally. Changes my interest level.
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I agree.
I can see where this gets confusing.
United was under investigation for antitrust violations, but several top executives liquidated their own holdings just before the news of it was to break.
A maneuver that while fishy is not really insider trading.
Watching executive board trade patterns can be a good indicator of whether they’re getting ready to ditch or if some news or event is about to hit them hard.
Just came out…this clown is not a client of United Health
Exactly. If any laws were broken, it was the attempt to purchase a competing home healthcare company, which is why the DOJ was investigating. This sounds much more sinister than it is. Companies buy competition and either work them in to their own flows or shelve them all the time.
Very specific elements have to be in place to decide if anti-trust law even applies, hence the investigation, and for whatever reason it lands under DOJ purview.
The lawsuit is a separate issue entirely, and brought about by a private entity. A union, I believe. It’s based on speculation, and anybody can be sued for anything at any time. It doesn’t mean shit.
Likely they would have forced a settlement for United to get rid of the headache, and like most abusive lawsuits this was probably the goal from the onset.
CEOs rarely, if ever, make direct operational decisions. Or financial decisions. Especially in a company this large. This isn’t a 30 employee group operating out of a rented warehouse. This is why COO and CFO, among other c-suite titles exist. And they barely ever make direct decisions in companies as large as United. Typically executive level VPs do.
The C-Suite is apprised from a high level view, may have ultimate say if they want it, but essentially manage and report up chain to investors or boards of directors while delegating the work and execution itself.
If Brian did anything “wrong”, it was because he likely would’ve been aware of and a key person in working towards a merger or buyout with a competitor, which is actually standard business practice across all industries, and not typically criminal. The merge is simply prevented if anti-trust law is deemed violated and the focus is on the business entity itself.
Designing and implementing an alleged intentionally predatory claims practice would be so far down the totem pole at a company like this he likely wouldn’t even talk to the employees and mgmt level in charge on a regular basis, if at all.
And, if the lawsuit unearthed such things, it would negatively impact United financially in a big way, placing lots of pressure on the company from the board of directors, who Brian would’ve been responsible to steward direction from. And there would’ve been a “re-organization”.
Now, this reorg, or firing and rehiring new people explicitly instructed not to do that again would’ve been for corporate hygiene and profitability purposes, not as a Care Bear move, but this is one area where capitalistic insurance actually shines; the need to root out profit killing corruption would’ve been a net win for consumers too vs potential bureaucratic protections being levied instead.
Mangione missed his target in a misguided outburst 100%. And so are all the dickweeds pretending like he’s a comic book hero, but it’s from a place of ignorance so I guess let them eat cake.
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So apparently the CEO of the company that made the backpack reached out to help identify the shooter and is now suprised about backlash.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/13/luigi-mangione-peak-design-threats
Only backlash is from leftist vermin
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Shyuddyap. The military and police are the most socialist parts of America.
Oof… Silly me.
I’m promoting you to space force.
The concept of police and especially a state-sponsored military predate anything resembling modern socialism by thousands of years.
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Sure, but the modern American military is straight up socialist. You’re told what to do, where to go, but you get healthcare, pensions, housing, education, a reasonable pay scale, all paid for by someone else.
That sounds pretty leftist to me.
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They are socialist in that broad sense, but to characterize it as the most socialist aspect of government or society as if it validates other forms of socialist thought is lazy thinking at best.
The better way of describing military and police are as the most necessary parts of government. They have existed across continents, religions, and political ideologies. Securing our environment so we can raise families and conduct our business has been the basis for organizing governments the entire time.
Modern socialism means talking society out of that idea.
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That’s just linguistic masturbation.
If you think what I wrote is bad, try reading Karl Marx.
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Not as bad as Ayn Rand, not as good as Chaucer.
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I gave up on Rand after a chapter and missed out on Chaucer entirely.
To tie all of those abstract thoughts of mine back to reality in simple terms, a dramatic shift in government has occurred where public places are no longer protected from menacing people, they are protected for menacing people.
You can’t tell me it isn’t true when I’ve watched it happen and watch it continue to happen.
All smartasssery aside, I want to buy an autographed copy of your book when it’s done.
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I’ll make that happen. There’s an awful lot to write about. I appreciate the compliment.
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I think that there are a bunch of different groups with similar themes that are a time bomb waiting for a target. Its like all of these leftist groups are just looking for a suitable event that fits their individual needs for outrage.
Dude identified a backpack of his/their design. Wtf? 
Thats not death threats material.