Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s (UNH.N), opens new tab insurance unit, was fatally shot on Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what appeared to be a targeted attack by a gunman lying in wait, New York City police officials said.

  • ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    16 days ago

    There’s some dipshit in other threads that’s convinced the only reason this happened is because the guy was rich. No other motivating factors. The Stockholm syndrome in this country is fucking bonkers.

    • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      16 days ago

      Yeah, but I’m just super happy that the general random person response has been between the Oh Well, Anyway meme at worst, and glee at best.

      I guess there is one thing the left and right in the US can agree on: shooting healthcare CEOs.