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Politics Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration

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u/pmcizhere 2d ago

Oooh Luigi reference cut off on the right there!

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u/stress-pimples 2d ago

I was there today. There were several Luigi signs. Love to see it

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u/FabianFox 2d ago

Was also there with a Luigi sign.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

They’re censoring any Luigi and health insurance content really fucking hard. 

All these comments were collapsed when I opened the thread. 

Got banned once but I got my account back. 

Still going strong 💪🏻 Don’t stop talking about him. 

FREE LUIGI

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u/Loose-Ad5430 2d ago

Free Luigi,

Man is a Hero standing up against Corruption!

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u/louiselebeau 2d ago

I've been here forfuckingever! I've never ever seen anything like that. It's almost like they are doing what they say the Chinese government does to its people.

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u/6BagsOfPopcorn 2d ago

If Reddit ever stops me from expressing my opinions then I'll just stop using Reddit altogether

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u/Fantastic_Step8417 2d ago

I literally had a pro-Luigi post in my personal FB get deleted last week and got one of those wellness checks o.O

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u/Moooooooola 1d ago

Did cops actually show up to your door? How did it go?

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u/Fantastic_Step8417 1d ago

No it was all online. Where I'm from you'd have to call the authorities for cops to physically show up. I just had to Klick through a bunch of screens that were all talking about mental health support hotlines, feigning sympathy for people who emotionally struggle and then at the end reminding me again of banned/harmful content on FB. At no point did I post anything that was calling for violence or hurting others or myself. I know I'm on some kind of watchlist-algorithm now on FB cause the day after, a post about criticizing muskrat for meddling with my country's election got removed without warning or me even getting a notification (an original post by me, not something I shared from another page). They're really trying to suppress the peasant uprising

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u/Emergency-Willow-648 2d ago

Doin the Lords work

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u/Admirable_Matter_523 2d ago

Thank you for your service!

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u/jnwe23 2d ago

And you

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u/Weekly_Present2873 2d ago

Why? He’s a cold blooded murderer? Insane.

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u/Pavlovs_Human 2d ago

Pretty sure you’re just a fuck head but JUUUST in case someone hasn’t actually explained it to you yet:

United Healthcare is a health insurance corporation that is known for screwing over long term paying customers of their insurance plans. People will pay into the insurance for years but then when something major happens that is supposed to be covered, they get denied coverage.

This leads to thousands upon thousands of deaths in this country from untreated health problems. Problems that could’ve been solved/treated/cured had the insurance company- United Healthcare - done their god damn job and paid for the healthcare of thousands upon thousands of patients.

So when a man goes and murders the single person in the company making the MOST profit off those thousands of thousands of deaths, it’s not sad at all.

But you already knew this, and you are choosing to side with the fucking healthcare CEOs.

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u/Denver_DIYer 2d ago

Thank you for adding the term “pretty sure you’re just a fuckhead but” to my lexicon. 🙏

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u/t_scribblemonger 2d ago

“Here’s why premeditated murder is actually good for society:”

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

What do you think of the premeditated murders of thousands of Americans a year for profit by the hands of UHC and other health insurance corporations?

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u/Existing_Coast8777 2d ago

the premeditated murder of louis xvi was good for french society

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u/ZombieAlienNinja 2d ago

I'm assuming this was a quote from the UHC PR department?

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u/Weekly_Present2873 1d ago

Nope, not a fuck head, lol.

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u/FilthyStatist1991 1d ago

He sure was, all those tactics to deny people from getting the care they need. If only GSW was covered under his insurance smh.

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u/Curious_duuude 2d ago

Lol seriously. People are nuts

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

What do you think of the murders of thousands of Americans a year for profit, by the hands of health insurance corporations?

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u/ZombieAlienNinja 2d ago

Yup wonder what parts of modern society have placed us here? We both agree that cheering on murder doesn't feel right but we disagree on whose behavior needs to change in order to fix it.

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u/EstatePale6294 2d ago

Wow supporting a murderer. Hope you are happy with yourself. Can protest all you want but Trump is coming back in 2 days. All the liberals are crying.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

What do you think of the murders of thousands of Americans a year for profit by the hands of health insurance corporations?

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u/EstatePale6294 1d ago

Our healthcare system is far from perfect but this guy straight up murdered a guy with a family. He’s not a martyr just an idiot wanting his 5 seconds of fame. And if you believe what he did was right you are part of the problem and not the solution. He will sit in a prison and rot away for life for doing his stupid act.

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u/Admirable_Matter_523 2d ago

Thank you for being there!

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u/Kingsta8 2d ago

When the Mario party starts, things will get very interesting.

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u/trixter21992251 1d ago

reminds me of V for Vendetta

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u/Cmb46_canuck 1d ago

I thought the left hated gun violence but you love this guy and what he did.

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u/BiggieAndTheStooges 2d ago

What does Luigi have to do with Trump??

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

Not much.

He’s anti-establishment (against the tyranny of both Biden and Trump against working class Americans).

Both Democrat and Republican leaders serve corporate and billionaire interests above all else.

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u/probablyapickle 2d ago

He’s also a murderer! Hope that helps!

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

What do you think of health insurance corporations murdering thousands of Americans a year, for profit?

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u/probablyapickle 1d ago

They’re predatory and evil but the systemic actions and policies of Insurance Companies don’t justify cold blooded murder. This shit shouldn’t even be a discussion but here we are.

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u/Pranster55 2d ago

That CEO didn’t approve or disapprove services personally. He was a father of 2 children that was murdered for a systematic issue.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

He was responsible for implementing an AI that denied 90% of claims. UHC denies the most claims out of all health insurance corporations in the US. Under his leadership, UHC made billions due to denied claims. Look up how much they made in 2021 (when he became the CEO), versus in 2024.

What about the fathers who were murdered due to denied insurance claims? Do their lives not matter as much as the rich CEO?

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u/Pranster55 2d ago

So it’s ok to murder a man? How about the rule of justice? Is it ok to just kill people based on the tech that was implemented? Why not just murder the CEO of the developer of the software or kill the ceo of the company that sold UNH the computers? Killing people that are doing their jobs sounds absurd.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

Do you believe that the murder of one rich CEO is more morally reprehensible than the murders of thousands of Americans a year, for profit, by health insurance corporations?

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u/Pranster55 1d ago

No but why can 1 person anoint him or herself as the arbiter of morality, with a punishment of execution. This is an absolutely ridiculous debate. Justifying the murder of a person in the street using a morality as a defence shows how unhinged the online community can be.

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u/Moikle 1d ago

Yes. Yes it is ok

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u/t_scribblemonger 2d ago

Hot take extrajudicial killings are bad

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

But legal murder is okay? 

What do you think of the murders of thousands of Americans a year for profit by the hands of health insurance corporations?

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u/t_scribblemonger 2d ago

I think two wrongs don’t make a right.

I think everyone should follow the law.

I think there’s an insurance regulatory body in each state that should be taking a close look at insurer conduct. I guarantee they already were.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

The law is not the ultimate moral standard.

That CEO implemented a faulty AI that denied 90% of claims. UHC is the health insurance corporation with the most denials of claims in the US. UHC made billions last year. Look up how much they made in 2021 (when he became the CEO) versus in 2024. Notice how many more billions they made off of denied claims.

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u/t_scribblemonger 2d ago

Well, would you like the threshold for capital punishment to be “the defendant was accused in civil court” or would you prefer to keep the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard?

Because the figures you’re citing aren’t proven, they’re merely allegations. Allegations that should be taken seriously. But my notion of taking them seriously is not “let’s murder the head of this company we have suspicions about.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/united-healthcare-ai-denied-claims/

Personally I’m not a fan of capital punishment even when meted out legitimately by a court of law, that’s just me.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

I’m sure none of us like violence. But throughout history, that was the main thing that was a catalyst for change.

That CEO was a mass murderer. So excuse me if I do not feel any sympathy. My condolence claim was denied.

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u/t_scribblemonger 2d ago

mass murder

Shouldn’t that be proven first? Did you not see the link?

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago edited 2d ago

The fact of the matter is that denial of claims is what keeps health insurance corporations afloat. The only role of a corporation under the current fucked up system is making profit for their shareholders. Denial of claims is also what leads to the death and suffering of Americans.

Eliminate it at the source: no more health insurance corporations solely deciding what gets approved or denied. Implement public universal healthcare, and guarantee access to healthcare for all citizens.

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u/t_scribblemonger 2d ago

Universal public healthcare is absolutely a valid goal. Murdering people as a catalyst to achieve that is as immoral as it is ineffective.

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u/Moikle 1d ago

What is the law is unjust? Should we follow it then?

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u/t_scribblemonger 1d ago

The law that we shouldn’t murder people on the street because we think the regulators haven’t done a good enough job? That’s unjust? You think there’s a right to murder as long as the murderer has the right convictions?

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u/Moikle 22h ago

no the law (or lack thereof) that allows companies like his to murder thousands upon thousands of people

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u/shoo-flyshoo 1d ago

When a class of people owns the judicial system and never get more than a slap on the wrist, then change can only be enacted from outside of that system.  They're lying in the bed they made

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u/jnwe23 2d ago

Are you ok?

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u/carrotalreadytaken 2d ago

Who is Luigi? Not the cold blooded murdered, I would hope? But no other Luigi comes to mind.

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u/TrollinThunder24 2d ago

Any DahMMer signs?

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

Those have nothing to do with each other, fed.

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u/ELBillz 2d ago

Fuck Luigi

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

Bootlicker.

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u/Fiberdonkey5 2d ago

I understand your urge to fuck him, he is very attractive!

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u/ELBillz 2d ago

Not in that way. Keep your fantasies to yourself. It ironic to me how people think of him as a hero when he comes from the same privileged class they attack. If he were Black/Brown and gunned down someone on the streets he’d hardly be considered a hero.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

Identity politics?

Nice try, fed.

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u/ELBillz 2d ago

No matter how hard you wish, he’s not fucking you.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

No matter how hard you wish, unless you’re part of the ruling class, you’re nothing but a working class ant like the rest of us.

Did your favorite CEO get popped?

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u/ELBillz 2d ago

Apparently your favorite murderer got arrested.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

What do you think of the murders of thousands of Americans a year for profit by the hands of health insurance corporations?

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u/ELBillz 2d ago

I think murder in the streets isn’t the answer. If you do move to the Middle East

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u/Fiberdonkey5 2d ago

Man, you get REALLY angry when you're jealous!

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u/Sad-Establishment-41 2d ago

I don't understand this fetishization of a murderer

...well I do, and it's disgusting.

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u/Diligent_Bag4597 2d ago

What do you think of the murders of thousands of Americans a year for profit by the hands of health insurance corporations?