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    They forgot to mention that his wife and he separated in 2018, keeping it secret for years. It was revealed after his death.

    Not that I think there’s anything bad about being separated/divorced, but it’d be a lie to paint him as a family man.

    I guess his criminal record for drunk driving also doesn’t fit the narrative.

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      This example shows how media is your enemy…

      They spin the facta for the owner class, every single time

      And it works too. Well until this dead piece of shit… Something changed hopefully

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      Someone else also pointed out there is exactly one photo being passed around of Brian Thompson. You would think they would find more family oriented photos to push the narrative

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    When one of the first things you mention about him is “$280B of revenue” as though that’s a good thing in the context of health insurance, yeah, fuck you.

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      That much revenue isn’t, by itself, the bad part. Revenue is just how much you take in from your sales. If they had minimal overhead and paid the majority of that out to claims, that would be fine (in the context of our existing healthcare system). The problem is the profit, how much of that $280B goes into the company’s pockets instead of claim payouts.

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    2 months ago

    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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    I love how “overseeing $280B of revenue” is supposed to be some indicator of the guy’s goodness. “Wealth = virtue” indeed.

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    Anyone who comes from humble beginnings should understand the struggle of the common man, and have empathy.

    If you come from humble beginnings and then work your way up into a position of tremendous power, and then think “I’ve made my fortune now, so fuck the poors” then that’s EVEN WORSE, not better!

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    I know that not at leftists are vegan (though they should be) but I don’t think saying he worked in meat processing is a good example to give to convince us of his supposed moral character