• schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    Reported by a worker at McD. Wtf, they’re the group that would benefit the most from a change in the healthcare system. Idiot.

    Or, and hear me out here, we can view this with a little sympathy: there’s $60k in rewards for anyone who turned this guy in, and the person who did it makes peanuts at McDonalds.

    Now, I don’t know if I would do it, but I can completely and utterly sympathize why someone who makes poverty wages would turn class traitor for what almost certainly life-changing money.

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          With the review bombing and public hatred of that McDonald’s location? Fired is more like it.

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              The corporation? Definitely not. But review bombing and boycotting will hurt the profits of that franchised location, and its owner certainly will.

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                  When you’re an out of towner looking for the nearest place to go and get coffee or use a public bathroom, reviews matter.

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                  I have never looked at the reviews for a fast food franchise. They’re all much the same, which is kinda the point.

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                    The food and ingredients are the same, but the quality can vary a lot depending on how bad of job they do cooking it. When you’ve been disappointed enough by buying dry and borderline-burned breakfast, you stop trusting that all locations are equal.

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                  Probably very few if any. Admittedly the outlier, I read Chipotle reviews because I’ve had too many of them give a time for pickup then proceed to dilly-dally for 20-30 mins past the time they gave me. Not cool. I’m happy to wait, but don’t tell me it’s going to be done.

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                  If I’m stopping by somewhere out of town, yes. Food quality varies by location, and I’m not going to waste my money on an undercooked meal at McDonald’s when the competitor down the street is better.

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            I meant more like, that’s the best accolade you may get as someone working for McDonald’s. But yes, McDonald’s absolutely has a reason to support the status quo in terms of corporate rule.

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        They’ll let him order anything he wants off the dollar menu!

        Which is really just a pack of fries, minus the fries at this point, becaues what store has a dollar menu anymore?

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        No way the average person working at Mcdonalds does anything but blow 60k even if they get it.

        Edit: To be clear, I spent 4 years working at one. Good people, bad people, but not much economic sophistication in either group.

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      I don’t. Might as well just be a cop if you think like that, plenty of room for bootlicking morons in that profession.

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        Here here. I’m poor as shit, got no insurance whatsoever, 60k would be somewhat life changing for me. I would never ever squeal on a comrade like that, even for millions.

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      that person might get 60k…

      maybe because of this circle jerk, regime will pay out to prove a point.

      but there is a lesson in this discussion folks.

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      Neat how that works. Keep the populace poor and they become a wall to wall surveillance system for you. And people worry about technology…

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        If I remember correctly, they can be anonymous. If that’s the case, they wouldn’t really be easily taxable. Still, we are talking about the government here, and if they tax lottery winnings, I would bet they tax rewards.

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          To be charitable, other people can have different views on ethics.

          For example, if harming a CEO who helped raise claim denial rates from less than 10% to 30% results in revised policies and less overall suffering, that could be morally justifable to some.

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          Vigilante justice indicates a failure in the system to administer justice.

          It is absolutely in society’s interest that someone who has caused deaths and misery of thousands is punished.

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              Luigi wasn’t really in a position where he could stop the CEO through any lesser use of force.

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                And that’s because it’s not his job to do so. Not every problem needs to be solvable by any given individual.

                If he really was that passionate about the problem, he should’ve run for office to get into a position to solve the problem, or at least joined forces with some group that pushes for causes he believes in. Or started a business to compete with those businesses he disagrees with. Those would all be proactive steps he could take. Killing a CEO doesn’t solve anything, another will take his place, and surely he knew that.

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                  Running for office wouldn’t have stopped the CEO from continuing to murder thousands, since the CEO and his shareholders literally spend billions making sure people who would stop them don’t get elected.

                  Killing a CEO doesn’t solve anything, another will take his place, and surely he knew that.

                  Yeah, this is why adventurism doesn’t really work. The guy’s actions were ineffective at systemic change, however just they may have been.

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                    Running for office wouldn’t have stopped the CEO

                    You’re right, and neither does this extrajudicial killing. Nothing changed in insurance policie, and nothing will likely change. But running for office has a much better chance of helping people in the future than murdering a CEO.

                    And yeah, insurance companies spend billions lobbying government, and that’s why running for office yourself is valuable, you can refuse to accept these donations. You need to find your own powerful group to get you elected (maybe labor unions?), because that’s how the game is played, but there are options if you’re laser focused on one type of policy.

                    however just

                    Justice is the lawful administration of law, and extrajudicial killing is, by definition, unjust. Depending on your moral code, I also argue it’s immoral, because it’s only moral to kill to protect innocent lives, and retribution isn’t protection.

                    If killing this person was likely to actually change company policy, I could see it as moral, but there’s absolutely no way a reasonable person would think that. This was a crime of passion, not of justice.

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          What about the cheering on of murder in the street?

          Nah, that rich fuck had it coming, shooter is a hero.

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          We have a president who says that he could do exactly what The Adjuster did, and get away with it. If the president can do it, why not this guy?

          I don’t like it, but this is our world right now.