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[–] [email protected] 140 points 4 months ago (8 children)

He did everything right and believed in the system.
And then he himself, or someone close to him, got a diagnosis that ensured life-long medical debt and poverty.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (3 children)

ITT: some really healthy skepticism over some of the “evidence” allegedly written by the shooter. I’m kinda impressed. Some other lemmy communities are leaning harder in to conspiracy ideas (planted evidence or whatever), but quite a few of the comments here are taking the time to analyze the info.

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[+] [email protected] -17 points 4 months ago (3 children)

they need the killer to not get away with it, so they created a scapegoat. they picked an affluent white guy because the system is more lenient on them. they approach him, offer him and his family money, tell him he'll have to spend a few years in jail, take the fall for the murder, and promise that he'll be out soon, private cell, lenient judge, all that. that way the public thinks that it's not possible to get away with revolt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

his family doesn't seem that desperate for money

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, his family was really desperate for the money and it was worth destroying his life over.

Fucking what are you smoking?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I seen so many of these and I really don't understand. Like if there is a secret cabal powerful enough to organize this and keep this a secret. The resources to find this random dude, approach him and make these offers and STILL have no one speak out about it. Couldn't they just find the guy? Like are they really so desperate to attempt this after not finding him for 3 days? Also if they are scared this is going to happen again because copycats are they really powerful enough to organize these cover ups? Feels like Schrodinger's oligarchy cabal, powerful enough to frame and cover anything up but not powerful enough to keep themselves from getting shot in the street.

I am not on CEO side, I am shedding no tears but the whole scapegoat thing is just delusional.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The catholic church covers up and shields priests who are guilty of sex crimes against children.

The CIA abducted and tortured US citizens in MKUltra.

There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Just because you're too stupid to imagine it doesn't mean it's not real. Have a day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

People knew about the Roman Catholic Church stuff long before the stories actually came out. In Northern Ireland it was a common thing that people talked about in Protestant families about what the Papists were up to, and they ended up being correct.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just feels like this slips into QAnon territory where people convinced the democrats were abusing kids in a pizzeria basement. People laugh about that being so unbelievable and baseless, but now that it happens to a psudo folk hero everyone is like "the facts are right there in front of you".

The goverment does plenty of shady shit, but you are talking like a John Wick esk "The Contental" or "The High Table" kinda thing. Is it really so hard to believe that guy did it and got caught?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

People laugh about that being so unbelievable and baseless

FWIW I'm sure there's a bunch of Republicans fucking kids in a Pasta House basement somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And just because you can imagine it doesn't make it true.

[–] [email protected] 151 points 4 months ago

It just shows anyone can do the right thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

CIA /s

[–] [email protected] 98 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The simplest answer is he was pissed at UHC for denying medical claims for him or the ones he loved, and the CEO had dialed up the denials so an obvious target.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

iirc on one of his social medias the banner was a back X-ray with medical nails or screws in it. I assume he (or someone he knows) was having back issues and got denied.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

His former college roommate said he always struggled with back problems which is one reason he tried to work out so much

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