Brian Thompson’s death has elicited little sympathy. I don’t need to spell out why – Guardian
“To be clear: I am not in any way condoning Thompson’s murder or endorsing vigilantes shooting CEOs on the street. Murdering anyone is quite clearly wrong. But please spare me the pearl-clutching from people (mainly politicians and billionaires) who are shocked by the satisfaction Thompson’s murder has inspired, yet who happily endorse or ignore other forms of violence. It’s quite illuminating to see who is vocally outraged by Thompson’s death yet indifferent to murder on an industrial scale. Representative Ritchie Torres, for example, has tweeted that Thompson’s assassination “is so shocking that it leaves one speechless”. Meanwhile, Torres is working overtime to whitewash the mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza – which Amnesty International has labelled a genocide. Violence is apparently not shocking when it’s against people you consider subhuman rather than wealthy white CEOs. Nor does violence seem quite as shocking to some when it’s baked into an economic system that kills people via greed and neglect rather than with a gun.
“Now that the US is finally having a nationwide conversation about how much people hate health insurance companies, the big question is this: will anything change? There has been one bit of positive news: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said on Thursday that it would reverse a decision to put a time limit on anesthesia. It’s not clear whether Thompson’s murder had anything to do with this, but negative sentiment towards insurers likely did factor in…”
piercing the corporate veil – Cornell Law