• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    When society gets to the point where you will die if you don’t do anything … or you will die if you do something …

    Eventually people realize that they will be punished, threatened or endangered no matter what they do or don’t do, some people will come to the conclusion that they would rather go down fighting.

    If you’re going to get screwed doing nothing, some would rather go out on a blaze of glory because they no longer have anything to lose.

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      I am assuming that when this guy is caught, what we will find out is that his wife had cancer and died from it and they refused to honor their claims or something like that.

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        Hopefully it doesn’t come to that, and he just never gets caught.

        If he does, it’s gonna be one hell of a gofundme campaign for his defense.

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            I legit think the state/oligarchy will kill him silently. Taking it to trial and giving this guy a voice could make things so much worse for them. They’re afraid of creating a robin hood, and class solidarity; of giving the working class a hero and cause to rally around.

            They’re so close to creating a robot army that can suppress the masses. They just have to bide their time until revolution is impossible.

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              I legit think the state/oligarchy will kill him silently.

              Wouldn’t that backfire though?

              Won’t more people start thinking “So this guy killed a really important CEO and apparently never got caught nor faced repercussions… you know what…”

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              If I was him id be in the Appalachians camping by now with no internet or cell connected devices. Id just wait a month or two and move all of my shit out of new york, mind you he may not even be a New Yorker he could be Californian for all we know.

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        Dealing with insurance with a nonfatal chronic illness can also be infuriating. You have to keep fighting the same battle over and over and over again.

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        Or perhaps himself dying of a treatable disease they refused to pay for. He’ll be a hero either way, the question is how much.

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      Falling Down was in my head this week. The number of people in the US that are close to it is so high, it’s barely fringe. Ironically Trump might just trigger a revolution when he tries to clamp down.