re: People Basically Approving of the Murder of the United Healthcare CEO

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Not true at all.

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Greed is not inherently evil. Greed at the expense of others is.


If I could create a product that has a huge market that nobody else knows how to make, and being first I become the market leader and usually will stay there, that is greed. But I also employ lots of people, give back to community, etc.


If I shared that same knowledge with thousands of people and we all make the same product, it is essentially worthless to everyone.

If my business partner and I create a product, and then I cut him out of the company because I know we have a winner and I don't want to share the spoils, that is evil greed.

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its a service your purchasing. You dont have to purchase it.

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You have no choice in the matter. The game dictates you buy insurance or you can die. Is that really much of a choice?

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Then quote it. There's a reason you keep using your own words and not mine

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Here ya go

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but when it comes down to it we care about us and ours.

Then why do people have a problem with a greedy CEO?...

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Now care to address my example of why someone would have a problem with it, up to and including murdering him over it?

The reaction to his murder is completely predictable. Denied healthcare claims destroy so many lives. It would follow that the non-virtuous mob or those otherwise aggrieved would tacitly or otherwise approve of a Healthcare CEO being murdered. In death he is dehumanized and turned into a symbol, his humanity denied. That's our culture now.

We see a similar dehumanization with the Trump assassination attempt. His humanity was entirely denied by some, and he was grotesquely and perversely made responsible for his own near-death. It's a weakening of the American mind, a kind of casual moral collapse of "good" people, the denial of their humanity. Whatever it is, this mind virus of the aggrieved that denies the humanity of others is growing. People strongly prefer narratives that conform to their internal dialogues than grapple with the moral implications of their beliefs. And it's spreading.

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Nah. We're here because we expect "someone else" to pay our bills.

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I don't see any of our leaders clamoring to lower healthcare prices back down to a point where the average american could pay as they go.
You know your argument is bullshite.

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That's our culture now.

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It didn't used to be the culture for the conservative side of the aisle; not to the extent it existed with the left.

That may have changed.

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No, because you're too stupid to follow a conversation.

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I'm sorry you can't connect dots buddy. At no point did I say it was right or that it wouldn't be hypocritical, but there's a very easy connection to how someone could act that way and for whatever reason you can't wrap your head around it.

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I get that insurance companies are scummy but murdering people in cold blood isn't how a civil society does things

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Start seeing instances like this one will quickly lead to some changes in the consumers favor

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It's not inherently evil to seek to procure wealth for good reasons, or at least not sinful reasons, but greed is sinful, and thus evil.

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This is a very circular statement. I know about the camel and the needle and all of that, but I would like to think that God does not hold it against someone for enjoying the spoils while also providing for others.

The more you have the more you have to give. But first you must procure

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Who else do you want murdered? By all means, go ahead and give us your list.

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Credit card CEO maybe.

Kidding! I'm kidding!