United Healthcare CEO Assassinated

[chance vought]

I will push back on idea that having money = contributing to society. Luigi shot a man who made all sorts of money, yet his death was met with celebration from many, which tells me he didn't contribute that much to society, no matter what the 1's and 0's told him in his bank account.

I agree, under the current fiat system this is correct. There are many people who benefited from printed money, including probably the CEO, most government workers, etc. Most people who earn a wage, like myself, contributed more than they've consumed. The more money I have, the more generous I have been with my time serving others, and the less time of other's have I used. With family and friends, we only loosely keep track of favors and things we do for each other, and help each other in kind. With everyone else, we use money to trade our time.

 

[bubs]

I agree, under the current fiat system this is correct. There are many people who benefited from printed money, including probably the CEO, most government workers, etc. Most people who earn a wage, like myself, contributed more than they've consumed. The more money I have, the more generous I have been with my time serving others, and the less time of other's have I used. With family and friends, we only loosely keep track of favors and things we do for each other, and help each other in kind. With everyone else, we use money to trade our time.

I agree with your philosophy, but in my life experiences, having more money (ie cashflow/liquid funds) comes with the caviat that you don’t have to work a lot of OT or a 2nd job to get the increase. Same effort but higher income is what allows for the ability to give my time to others. If you have to work longer hours to see an increase in your liquid funds/cashflow, then you have no time to give despite the extra cash. You could pay for cleaning and mowing services to free up your time but then your extra income is gone and then you haven’t gained any extra time really. Your just back to square one.

 

[Shaquilleoatmeal]

What’s Considered a Crime? It Depends on Who You Are​

If you want to understand how crime is a social construct in America, consider these cases:

• Briana Boston, a mother of three in Florida with no criminal record, send to her insurance corporation BlueCrossBlue Shield “delay, defend, deny you’re next,” after they denied her healthcare claim. She owns no weapons, committed no act of violence, but was arrested, charged with terrorism, and had to pay a $100,000 bond to get out of jail. She now faces 15 years in prison for terrorism.
• Brad Spafford, a white man in Virginia, was found this week with multiple illegal guns, 150 illegal home made bombs, had openly advocated for the assassination of Vice President Kamala Harris, blew off three of his own fingers while testing his weapons, and lied to the FBI about his weapons and bombs. He has still not been charged with terrorism and only had to pay a $25,000 bond to be released.