You say “a CEO” like it’s just a fungible human unit. In reality, a CEO is much much more valuable than a median human. Think of how many shareholders are impacted, many little old grey haired grannies, dependent on their investments for food, shelter and medical expenses. When you think of the fuller context, surely you see how sociopathic it is to shrug at the killing of a CEO, let alone a CEO of a major corporation. Or maybe sociopathy is the norm these days, for the heavily online guys.

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asdff 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The CEO literally is a fungible human unit. Any job can be learned.

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terminalshort 8 hours ago | parent [-]

In that case it also accomplishes nothing to kill him because another will just take his place. So either way you lose.

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		A message is certainly sent in the process that previously was going unheard. "Former UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty published an op-ed in The New York Times shortly after the killing, expressing sympathy with public frustrations over the “flawed” healthcare system. The CEO of another insurer called on the industry to rebuild trust with the wider public, writing: “We are sorry, and we can and will be better.” Mr. Thompson’s death also forced a public reckoning over prior authorization. In June, nearly 50 insurers, including UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna and Humana, signed a voluntary pledge to streamline prior authorization processes, reduce the number of procedures requiring authorization and ensure all clinical denials are reviewed by medical professionals. " https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/one-year-after-ceo-killin...

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quesera 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

CEOs are not special humans. They know lots of people, but that's not an unusual trait.

When one gets fired, quits, retires, or dies, you get a new one. Pretty fungible, honestly.

But yeah, shooting people is a bad decision in almost all cases.