I mean, congress negotiated insulin priced down by over 90% average, so you're wrong actually.
The systems still fucked, but it's a bit early to start erasing all the good things from the DNC majority and Biden Admin.
That post seems to be missing.
cabron_offsets 127 points 2 years ago path: 0 14042447 14042480, hotness: undefined, score: 127, children: 6
finitebanjo 22 points 2 years ago
finitebanjo 7 points 2 years ago
I expect enough turmoil within the republican party to make 2026 a viable turnover. Right now they can't even agree on who their speaker should be and are heading straight into government shutdown.
If not, it'll at least be difficult to pass everything they want with only a 53 seat majority in the senate.
Kroxx 6 points 2 years ago
Man that's 1 issue in a sea of healthcare problems, I'm extremely glad that insulin was capped because that shit was insane but it's a pyrrhic victory in the scope of things.
It's like if I was to plug a deep wound I was bleeding out from with my finger. Yes it stops me from dying in the moment and that is cause for some celebration, but I'm still dying just not as quickly.
Bronzebeard 78 points 2 years ago
That's like the lowest bar imaginable
Protoknuckles 38 points 2 years ago
Yeah, but that's not hard. I think the approval rating of some strands of herpes is higher than congress.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol 12 points 2 years ago path: 0 14042447 14042483, hotness: undefined, score: 12, children: 0
putainsdetoiles 8 points 2 years ago
I'm more popular that Congress.
alquicksilver 120 points 2 years ago
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The sign in the back "money won't save you everybody hates you" sounds like a nursery rhyme. I like it.
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown 34 points 2 years ago
money won't save you everybody hates you
alquicksilver 5 points 2 years ago
This was exactly where my brain went!
conditional_soup 1 point 2 years ago
You should not have come here, Stalker
EleventhHour 23 points 2 years ago
That’s a protest chant
Timecircleline 14 points 2 years ago
That one CEO filming, thinking of the hazard pay bonus he can give himself now.
SlopppyEngineer 87 points 2 years ago
Class warfare in all its glory, going from the cold war phase to a more active phase.
Sure, there were warnings. Remember Occupy Wall Street? Peaceful protest forcibly removed? Well, they're back and less peaceful.
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postmateDumbass 2 points 2 years ago
The way it was meant to be.
The way the schools, run by the wealthiest, taught you it should be to preserve the status quo and established wealth.
SlopppyEngineer 3 points 2 years ago
In Europe, I guess. History books there are full of "and then the people got angry so they banished/killed/robbed/demolished the ruler/nobility/clergy".
ThePyroPython 18 points 2 years ago
Occupy Wall Street? No, Eradicate Wall Street!
Lucidlethargy 0 points 2 years ago
Occupy Wallstreet was insanely stupid. This makes way more sense than that.
dejected_warp_core 10 points 2 years ago
synapse1278 10 points 2 years ago
Designporn?
pivot_root 56 points 2 years ago
I suspect private security company stocks are about to go way up.
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motor_spirit 26 points 2 years ago path: 0 14042519 14042545 14042581, hotness: undefined, score: 26, children: 0
BonesOfTheMoon 3 points 2 years ago
I would like a Tiktok account of videos of terrified CEOs sprinting to their vehicles with a bored looking security guard trailing behind them.
MintyFresh 17 points 2 years ago
Lol where have you been? People doing monumentally stupid, dangerous and violent things for insultingly small sums of money for rich assholes is kind of our thing. If you offer silver for violence there will always be takers.
P00ptart 10 points 2 years ago
Disagree. People do things for profit to a point. As a veteran who's done security work, soldiers and veterans start because of a faith in doing the right thing. Security work doesn't have that ideology. I don't know about you, but I'd rather go home to my family over fighting off 500 people angry about their lives. It's an entirely different motivation, with entirely different standards to be covered. Money doesn't buy values or standards. And when you buy security, that security can be bought. Nobody is untouchable.
metaStatic 13 points 2 years ago
I've stated previously that my next career move would be into security because there isn't a single American who wouldn't step out of the way at the first available opportunity and they fucking know it, so foreign security is the only real option ... and I don't need to tell them it isn't any better just because they didn't personally screw us.
roguetrick 9 points 2 years ago
That's just, like, your opinion, man.
uberdroog 53 points 2 years ago
Yeah, so weird they would be selling these stickers that could be put really anywhere. Absolutely disgusting if someone purchased hundreds of these and started just sticking them everywhere. https://www.makestickers.com/...
finitebanjo -26 points 2 years ago
Consumerism and politcal tribalism for unrealistic platforms?
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finitebanjo -32 points 2 years ago
Oh god, I thought gas station clerks were finished cleaning dumbass' stickers off and now you assholes are here just in time.
BonesOfTheMoon 22 points 2 years ago
Biden should pardon him on his way out the door, as a last fuck you, and then he can blame his alleged dementia.
NikkiDimes 49 points 2 years ago
Biden loves CEOs and the status quo tho.
BonesOfTheMoon 14 points 2 years ago
Well a girl can dream..
Lemjukes 4 points 2 years ago
Doesn't there have to be a conviction for a pardon to be possible? Ain't no way this trial is finishing in time for Biden to do anything. But also what the other commenter said about Biden loving CEOs...
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy 15 points 2 years ago
Biden pardoned his son for any offense committed since 2014 or something like that to protect him from further charges.
if he can do that he can pardon Luigi Mangione for any federal offences he allegedly committed between December 3rd and December 5th 2024.
It won't protect him from state charges though (which are currently the only charges)
Mangiones best hope of walking free is jury nullification
WoodScientist 10 points 2 years ago
You need to petition the governor of NY. This is a state level crime.
WoodScientist 0 points 2 years ago
Nope. All state.
ikidd 10 points 2 years ago
Welp, he's fucked. Because Kathy thinks CEOs should get special treatment, which is probably why there's terror charges tacked on.
UpperBroccoli 1 point 2 years ago
Is he going to be tried by a jury? If so, is there even a snowball's chance in hell he will be convicted?
finitebanjo -10 points 2 years ago
I too am happy that the vast majority of people at the event were just pedestrians walking by without acknowledging them. Can you imagine if these types of people were mainstream?
chuymatt 10 points 2 years ago
Decent people are getting pushed too far- they are going more mainstream with each insult, financial hit, and knowledge of the two-tiered justice system.
I’ve been saying it for years, if the Rich are not held accountable, the only option is vigilante justice. Unfortunately, it will have a lot of by-catch. But it’s not the general population‘s fault that it will come to this. It is people with money and power.
GeeDubHayduke 9 points 2 years ago
You're all over this thread, deepthroating the proverbial boot. Keep it up, but just know that no matter how much you lick and love that little foot glove, it won't love you back.
SpikedPunchVictim 46 points 2 years ago
Maybe if more terminally ill were committing the crimes, insurance companies would be less likely to turn away patients, and a lifetime sentence wouldn't be so bad.
Also, jurors have power too.
pookie 23 points 2 years ago
Jury nullification is when the jury in a criminal trial gives a verdict of not guilty even though they think a defendant has broken the law. The jury's reasons may include the belief that the law itself is unjust, that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant's case, that the punishment for breaking the law is too harsh, or general frustrations with the criminal justice system. Some juries have also refused to convict due to their own prejudices in favor of the defendant. Such verdicts are possible because a jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses. Nullification is not an official part of criminal procedure, but is the logical consequence of two rules governing the systems in which it exists:
Jurors cannot be punished for passing an incorrect verdict.
In many jurisdictions, a defendant who is acquitted cannot be tried a second time for the same offense.
chiliedogg 9 points 2 years ago
New York also specifically allows for Jury nullification in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
That article is specifically about Libel cases, but isn't necessarily limited to libel, and jury nullification isn't prohibited anywhere else.
Additionally, jury nullification is the entire point of having juries made up from regular citizens instead of professional jurors who are experts in the law or panels of judges. A jury is the last line of defense against an unjust conviction.
pookie 0 points 2 years ago
That drama's over. The lemmy.world admins posted an apology for their overuse of the banhammer and for asking mods to remove any mention of jury nullification. It's allowed now.
Their excuse for the censorship was the jurisdiction they reside in something or another, legalities, etc. As far as I know discussing jury nullification in the NY, USA jurisdiction is legal. They eventually realized this and stopped the blocade of information.
This is just a summary of my ignorant interpretation of their attempted censorship, and the eventual backpedaling. I'm probably not remembering the drama well.
peoplebeproblems 37 points 2 years ago
This is amazing
"Everybody Hates You" "More Dead CEOs Please" "Deny, Defend, Depose"
BonesOfTheMoon 27 points 2 years ago
I sincerely hope they startle in fear every time they hear a loud noise nearby every day for the rest of their lives. I hope it turns their bowels to water.
alquicksilver 2 points 2 years ago
As long as they don't also have guns. We've got enough armed militarized police going nuts at the drop of an acorn.
empireOfLove2 15 points 2 years ago
Coming soon to a terrorism charge near you!
DarkFuture 11 points 2 years ago
Anyone feeling sympathy for the wealthy should spend a few minutes and read about the insane wealth disparity in America just within our own lifetimes.
You will come away murderously angry.
We should all be much more safe and comfortable, and we were back in the 40-60s when we taxed the fuck out of rich people. The lower, and especially middle classes, have lost so much power in the last 40 years. Our government is 100% owned by the ultra wealthy. Which means we probably can't fix it via legislation because they control that.
Eat the rich.
Phoenicianpirate 4 points 2 years ago
Remember that CEOs are just stooges to the billionaire class.
finitebanjo -14 points 2 years ago
My goodness! There must be a dozen of them! lol
GeeDubHayduke 11 points 2 years ago
"LOOK AT ME CORPORATE DADDY! I STILL LOVE YOU! YOU CAN STEP ON THIS SNEK!"
-finitebanjo
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