This is a genuine question.

I have a hard time with this. My righteous side wants him to face an appropriate sentence, but my pessimistic side thinks this might have set a great example for CEOs to always maintain a level of humanity or face unforseen consequences.

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34 points

You mean the man who’s company let sick people die by denying proper healthcare, all for the sake of profits? That innocent man? Do not turn this guy in.

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If he’s guilty of a crime, why didn’t you sue him?

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25 points

That’s not how the system work. How old are you?

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It’s the system Americans want, based on their voting behavior.

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20 points

Do you really believe you can win against an army of lawyers paid with an absurd amount of money? Not only that but what the CEO did is legal… is just inhumane

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Because crimes should be handled in a criminal court case with real consequences, not a civil case. But that’s not likely to happen.

So if someone did sue them, and against all odds they won, and the money they received somehow properly compensated for their loss (i.e. a loved ones preventable death), then the company that extracts billions of dollars from Americans every year would lose a couple million. The company would be unaffected and have no meaningful consequences for their willfully unethical behavior. We’d have to have thousands of successful lawsuits to have meaningful consequences.

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By your logic everyone who works any job deserves to die. Your logic is not logical.

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That’s not implied by their logic at all. Not every person is in a position of power like this CEO was, the majority of people don’t have a job that denies people necessary healthcare, and many people will not make the choice to be unethical like this CEO chose.

I understand, and disagree with, the argument that vigilante justice is completely uncalled for but you’re not doing your argument justice here

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Murder is not justified for someone working a job people don’t like.

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If someone’s job is to cause death and suffering and they profit from it then yeah maybe they should face the same.

Calling what this guy did for a living “just a job” is absurd.

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-8 points

It’s not his job to cause death. It was his job to run a company.

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10 points

That makes literally no sense

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It makes sense. He worked a job, other people work a job. Same thing.

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4 points

That’s obviously not their logic. This is hilarious to read.

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