r/boringdystopia • u/zenmondo • 20d ago
Corporate Control 💼 Read the effing room
And nothing was learned. Looks like school needs to be back in session.
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u/CraptasticCommando 20d ago
Remember when the GOP was worried about the "death panels" of single payer healthcare? Insurance companies are just for-profit death panels.
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u/Equinsu-0cha 20d ago
Im sure hell be fine and not a thing was started. Yep. Not a thing anyone can do.
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u/Emmanuel_Badboy 20d ago
One American has the chance to do the funniest thing.
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u/jizmaticporknife 18d ago
It’ll be an American with nothing left to lose and that bucket of Americans is getting bigger.
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u/Fiona_Nerd 17d ago
It'll probably be another 26 year old fresh off their parents health insurance lol
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u/VladTepesDraculea 20d ago
The guy has been crying about how people have been aggressive and mean when they should have shown support for the heads of a company that condemned so many to suffering and death.
That said, AFAIK, this is not a real quote.
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u/senfood 20d ago
FYI, Andrew Witty is the CEO of UnitedHealthGROUP and has been for several years. Brian Thompson was the CEO of UnitedHealthCARE, a subsidiary. Witty isn't the replacement He's the top boss.
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u/Simple_Song8962 19d ago edited 19d ago
Yes. And his annual salary is $24Million, double the salary of Brian Thompson. That's $2Million every month, folks. Or, $500,000 each week of the year, though we know he has generous PTO for vacation and illness. He talks about "unnecessary care." Let's continue talking about unnecessary salaries!
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u/Forgotlogin_0624 20d ago
He said from his compound, surrounded by mercenaries, swarmed by drones.
Their entire position is predicated on charging you but never providing services. Of course this would be their reaction.
They in this way remind me of feudal lords. And that reminds me of the jacquerie, a peasant revolt in France, or high reminds me of an account of said revolt. "peasants killed a knight, put him on a spit, and roasted him with his wife and children looking on. After ten or twelve of them raped the lady, they wished to force feed them the roasted flesh of their father and husband and made them then die by a miserable death".
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u/jaklacroix 20d ago
Where's The Claims Adjuster?
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u/RecklessRuin 19d ago
Sitting at a Starbucks on his laptop adding to the people's manifesto-
"Likewise, we guard against the pressures that exist for unnecessary care. Unnecessary care will not be provided for any appeals for sympathy or empathy. You know neither are included your plan. Both claims have been unequivocally denied. You have exhausted all appeals."
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u/Accomplished-Bad3856 20d ago edited 19d ago
Just as a reminder, it is an actual crime that this guy can go to jail for, NOT to serve the interests of the shareholders.
Edit: edited for accuracy.
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u/meatshieldjim 20d ago
Interest can be run the company well don't lose value it doesn't have to be increase the value of the stock.
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u/Beowood03 20d ago
Yes but it always is increase the value of stock…
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u/Hapalops 19d ago
Fiduciary responsibility is a civil matter. Worst case scenario is a lawsuit for lost money and losing his job. It's also a loose juris prudence that might not hold up, but it's not tested enough.
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u/StolenRocket 19d ago
I'm gonna go ahead and bet 100$ that this guy has "bodyguards for hire", "bulletproof vest" in his recent search history
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u/tetraenite 19d ago
For all those who say Andrew Witty didn’t actually say this, yes he f’ing did. Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/unitedhealth-brian-thompson-shooting-media-andrew-witty-b2660646.html
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u/LuckeyCharmzz 19d ago
It’s always great to know what’s going to be on someone’s tombstone months in advance
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u/TShara_Q 19d ago
This is just further proof that capitalism is not a meritocracy. I'm just saying, if my predecessor had been shot, and his death celebrated by millions of people, I'd probably keep my mouth shut.
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u/woodisgood64 19d ago
I would think this would be a good time for everybody to google search: ‘where does Andrew Witty live’…
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u/matthewamerica 19d ago
They are really going to make us set up a whole ass guillotine before they take a hint.
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u/BreathingSavesMyLife 19d ago
Define "unnecessary care" you born-in-a-golden-diaper slappable piece of your-golden-human-waste. Man, I'm not even American and I'm pissed.
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u/jizmaticporknife 18d ago
The politicians won’t do anything to improve it either. They’re owned by these companies and they want to continue with status quo for as long as they can. They want to gas light us into believing that we all love our private health insurance companies.
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u/Allel-Oh-Aeh 18d ago
Lol soooo did his wife just take out a new life insurance policy on him or something?
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u/currentlyinbiochem 18d ago
Andrew Witty (500 White Oak Ridge Rd, Short Hills, NJ, 07078) should be fearful right now
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u/lightning_po 19d ago edited 19d ago
There's no press release or news article that proves he said that. This is just propaganda.
Don't get me wrong, I'm here for the sentiment, but I want to make sure there's no misinformation.
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u/Zer0slasH 18d ago
Can't kill an idea
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u/fusionsgefechtskopf 15d ago
u can ....it just requires some bad actions just ask the uhigours of fallusgong(misstype intentional so it does not get buzzword busted) if they have any idea wich traditions they had once......like before 2014 ish
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u/Innomen 19d ago
He is reading the room, that's the entire point. People aren't gonna do anything, the whole reason this guy is a folk hero is because he actually did something, but I am basically certain that if we ever get the full true facts, we'll find it wasn't some romantic rebellion, it was just more corporate bullshit, like some other CEO wanted him dead for like tax purposes or whatever. If americans were actually ever gonna start killing our blood sucking overlords we'd have started in 2008 at the latest.
The reality is the most they have to fear from us is a spicy tweet. I'd love to be wrong, but I'm not.
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