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View submission: The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State
We all know why.
When someone normal calls the pigs, they show up hours late and do nothing.
When a rich person like this calls the pigs, no expense is spared.
The system is built for *them* not for the rest of us.
Comment by Constant_Macaron1654 at 06/12/2024 at 23:35 UTC*
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The system is built to keep THEM safe FROM us. Here, that system failed, and the rich want assurances that they are not in danger from this kind of thing.
They increasingly are.
Comment by Shaxxs0therHorn at 06/12/2024 at 23:31 UTC
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In groups protected not bound. Out groups bound but not protected. The American way
Comment by bravesirkiwi at 06/12/2024 at 23:45 UTC
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We're seeing fresh the things that have been normalized for a long time - police who protect wealth and businesses that can get away with murder in pursuit of wealth
Comment by teacupkiller at 07/12/2024 at 00:53 UTC
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Hey, hey! They don't always do nothing!
Sometimes they shoot your dog.
Comment by BankshotMcG at 07/12/2024 at 00:20 UTC
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I learned this when they arrested Madoff. His mistake was ripping off the rich, not the poor.
Comment by eeyore134 at 07/12/2024 at 01:19 UTC
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Hell, it was built *by* them. Police started as privately hired security forces for the rich. Then the rich got into power and figured out they could claim the police were also there for the public and thus use public money to pay for their private security. Nothing has changed except who pays for it.
Comment by whiteslinky at 07/12/2024 at 03:16 UTC
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A big part of it is also that it’s public and made international news, so there’s a spotlight on NYPD to not look incompetent.
But yes mainly due to his networth.
Comment by APACKOFWILDGNOMES at 07/12/2024 at 03:37 UTC
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When I was young I saw a fender bender at Laguna beach in California that had 8 police cars and a helicopter. That fender bender involved a Bentley and a Rolls Royce
Comment by carloselieser at 07/12/2024 at 04:20 UTC
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I could not agree more.
My partner and I live in a townhouse together. Since we moved in, our neighbor has been terrorizing us. He’s non-stop screaming and banging on our walls, playing loud music, and walking up to us while we leave in the morning to harass us. He’s fucking mental. We have him on tape saying he’s gonna fucking murder us.
We have called the cops on him countless times and every single time it’s the same story: it’s a neighborly dispute, figure it out amongst yourselves.
Literally what the fuck?
Now imagine if we were rich? Dude would be in a mental institution by the time I hang up the phone.
Comment by Murgatroyd314 at 07/12/2024 at 02:14 UTC
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To protect and serve the structures of power.
Comment by Mid-CenturyBoy at 07/12/2024 at 04:54 UTC
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The cops put up a blockade during the BLM protests in LA right at the edge of Beverly Hills/West Hollywood. The rich called in the cops and gave them their orders.
Comment by Pro_Human_ at 07/12/2024 at 02:42 UTC
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Thank you for using the term pigs. We need to get this more normalized among people in the working class. They don’t care about us, this is being made very clear by this case that they only care about protecting the interest of those in power. And I think a lot of people are starting to gain some class consciousness from this.
Comment by Bedbouncer at 07/12/2024 at 03:15 UTC
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The system is built for *them* not for the rest of us.
If by "the system" you mean every government ever in the history of Earth, then sure.
The rich have a big advantage over everyone else.
Everyone else wants many things from their government, hundreds of issues, and they can't seem to unite to agree on priorities.
The rich only want one thing from their government: make them richer.
Comment by deadinsidelol69 at 07/12/2024 at 15:56 UTC
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I work construction, I very recently learned that rich developers not only have priority when it comes to patrolling properties, they even have a *direct contact they can reach out to in the police force*, usually a sergeant who will personally come out to calls to the property.
Comment by iVisibility at 07/12/2024 at 01:38 UTC*
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So I agree with you, however I feel there is a far greater nuance as to why this is the case. This is an extremely high profile assassination; if they don't catch the guy EVERYONE will know that it's possible to get away with something like this. It sets precedence.
Edit: "Meme Magik"
Comment by BatterseaPS at 07/12/2024 at 03:34 UTC
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According to the album Animals, the police are the Dogs who are hired by the Pigs.
Comment by SoundHole at 07/12/2024 at 05:01 UTC
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Yup we just pay for it.
Comment by AbbyDean1985 at 07/12/2024 at 05:34 UTC
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The system protects them from us and them seeing us ALL celebrating this is making them shit their pants, so conservatives are trying to make this a "far left" thing and liberals are trying to shame us for not showing "empathy" as if this guy has been killing us for profit.
Comment by InRainWeTrust at 07/12/2024 at 05:37 UTC
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wdym do nothing? They do kill you if you call them
Comment by Gildardo1583 at 07/12/2024 at 08:35 UTC
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Just like the ones int he Titan submarine.
Comment by indi_guy at 07/12/2024 at 12:33 UTC
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Nope. The real answer is if they miss this person then they fear it will 'inspire' other citizens to do the same. Now you see who the system works for? They sell us a delusion for freedom and democracy and blah blah but in the end whose lives really matter.
Comment by Not_2day_stan at 07/12/2024 at 14:35 UTC
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ON OUR DIME
Comment by Deputy-10-37 at 07/12/2024 at 03:16 UTC
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LEO don’t check people’s financial records when helping people. Hope this helps!
Comment by pperiesandsolos at 07/12/2024 at 04:47 UTC
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When I called the pigs for an active robbery at my house, they arrived like 3 minutes later and were pretty great.
Comment by AlphaNow125 at 09/12/2024 at 03:13 UTC
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No. This is about every other CEO and the rule of law. If this goes unsolved then there is anarchy and the foundation of capitalism falls.