• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    Oh! Oh! Do Hitler next! Talk about how he served his country in war, how he was a painter and a successful politician and then leave out the “other details” about him.

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    By the same logic, let me introduce you to the story of a young man rising from a failed Austrian artist to a national hero…

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    tl;dr: The beginnings justify the ends. If you’re a teenager thinking about becoming a murderer or rapist later in life, consider learning the trombone.

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    It’s a bizarre thing to detail the man’s entire life EXCEPT the part that was evil as if it somehow is irrelevant.

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    I didn’t have any sympathy for him until I found out he played basketball and the trombone.

    This changes everything.

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    Mussolini interned at a bakery one summer and attempted to learn the harmonica, you judgemental monsters…

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    What do you expect from a CFO of mergers and acquisitions? They’re more inhuman than healthcare execs, if that’s possible, since their entire job is to buy companies and fire people, thus leaving them completely without insurance.

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    When it’s your job to profit off of human misery, don’t be surprised when you find out what human misery feels like.

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      I think if he had any personal friends who thought he was a good person the media would have made time for them to speak up about it. But only other rich executives have.

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    IMO, a “decent man” would have turned down working in a company that made health into a profit-making machine. He would have at least resigned when AI was pushed forward to deny even more medical claims, but instead gave his blessing. One can be evil and deadly without having to pull a trigger, look at the ton of politicians that do it daily and they get away with it because they look polished.

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      I would have taken the job and tried to not be the leader in denied claims. Truth be told, I would probably funnel my excess income to single player supporting politicians.

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        There’s a lot of distance between an executive and those whose lives they impact. It’s probably too easy to forget there are people involved, and just pay attention to the numbers

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          nah. How exactly can that work with health care? The people are the numbers. They could easily translate a high number of approved claims to a high number of people being helped, but instead, they want a low number of claims being approved.

          I disagree with the idea that money corrupts people. I think it’s happening the other way around. The ability to accumulate great quantities of wealth favors people who have no scruples in the first place. It’s why poor people are more charitable. It’s not that they’re closer to needy people. It’s that having a charitable mentality means you will pass on opportunities to get easy wealth if it puts someone else at a disadvantage.

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    Hitler loved animals.

    Your point?

    The worst people in the world are still people. Doesn’t mean we have to excuse their evil.

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    Ah yes, the American dream. Making billions by siphoning the blood-money from the dying you denies Healthcare to.

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    You could make a similar feel good post about basically any evil person in history. It’s pretty easy when you ignore the evil things they do

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    So ambitious small town guy with no empathy or ethics moved up the chain until he profited off the pain and suffering of others. I’m sure many of these trash humans trying to praise him have never had to worry about how they were going to stay alive. You notice they are all just like him. Trash.