“De-civilization” term bothers me. Humans have not evolved from their ability to do harm and hate each other, since ever. We have the same capacity to do evil as we did 3000 years ago.
And no one's above this - there's no branch on the evolutionary tree for her/their idea of a civilized human versus the de-civilized human.
The population at large responds to the CEO killing as a Spartacus moment for perfectly good reasons. There's just a mountain of evidence (over decades) to support why this murder is cheered and seen as a moral conquest.
Beautifully said, Thomas. If this was the first act of violence in my lifetime then maybe I’d clutch my pearls but it was only one of two shootings in Manhattan that day.
fully agree. especially as a doctor working with mostly un/underinsured folks. it is not surprising but stupid every time: large media corps (where most folks learn about everything in the world) making things obviously worse and missing the point - of course violence is the worst answer to any question! obvs. yet our government chooses violence across the world (directly and indirectly), police and ICE choose violence, companies choose violence for profit (economic violence is still violence - withholding care IS definitely violence)- and rich white folks get away with all of it. that definition of "civilized" includes all that being ~fine ~ . gross. we need to have such systemic change to actually use all that extra billionaire money to actually cause positive change for folks' lives - which COULD happen - WHY NOT TRY IT for sure ... but most media does not make that clear at allllll, and they could! which would help things change so much faster. ugh. i fundamentally do not understand the willful making-it-worse.
THANK YOU Akilah Hughes for this spot on essay. I am so F******g SICK of the lecturing of the mainstream media and “pundits” regarding our collective out of fucks AND btw F the Dem Est for enabling and encouraging abusers like Trump. No we don’t want Biden to pardon that MFing Racist, Traitor, Criminal, Rapist…. WTF 🤬 I voted Blue up and down for 2016, 2020, and 2024. We need them to STAND ON BUSINESS that means on PRINCIPLE!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡
A LOT of doctors identified with Mangione as well.
“Physicians Offer Little Sympathy for Slain Insurance CEO
Many physicians reacted with the opposite of sympathy to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson this week, reflecting pent-up frustration and anger over what they described as the health insurer's routine denials of care for sick or dying patients.”
I will have a post up later today that in part links the joy of medicine with the capacity to help other human beings. That is being eroded by insurance companies’ hassles and a system where we can’t provide equitable health care.
Btw, when ppl are in survival mode (ie, when the ancient plague hit or when they are ill and not getting care...) the ability to be civil drastically decreases. Basic Maslow's hierarchy type stuff. Duh...🙄
“De-civilization” term bothers me. Humans have not evolved from their ability to do harm and hate each other, since ever. We have the same capacity to do evil as we did 3000 years ago.
And no one's above this - there's no branch on the evolutionary tree for her/their idea of a civilized human versus the de-civilized human.
The population at large responds to the CEO killing as a Spartacus moment for perfectly good reasons. There's just a mountain of evidence (over decades) to support why this murder is cheered and seen as a moral conquest.
Beautifully said, Thomas. If this was the first act of violence in my lifetime then maybe I’d clutch my pearls but it was only one of two shootings in Manhattan that day.
fully agree. especially as a doctor working with mostly un/underinsured folks. it is not surprising but stupid every time: large media corps (where most folks learn about everything in the world) making things obviously worse and missing the point - of course violence is the worst answer to any question! obvs. yet our government chooses violence across the world (directly and indirectly), police and ICE choose violence, companies choose violence for profit (economic violence is still violence - withholding care IS definitely violence)- and rich white folks get away with all of it. that definition of "civilized" includes all that being ~fine ~ . gross. we need to have such systemic change to actually use all that extra billionaire money to actually cause positive change for folks' lives - which COULD happen - WHY NOT TRY IT for sure ... but most media does not make that clear at allllll, and they could! which would help things change so much faster. ugh. i fundamentally do not understand the willful making-it-worse.
THANK YOU Akilah Hughes for this spot on essay. I am so F******g SICK of the lecturing of the mainstream media and “pundits” regarding our collective out of fucks AND btw F the Dem Est for enabling and encouraging abusers like Trump. No we don’t want Biden to pardon that MFing Racist, Traitor, Criminal, Rapist…. WTF 🤬 I voted Blue up and down for 2016, 2020, and 2024. We need them to STAND ON BUSINESS that means on PRINCIPLE!!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡
A LOT of doctors identified with Mangione as well.
“Physicians Offer Little Sympathy for Slain Insurance CEO
Many physicians reacted with the opposite of sympathy to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson this week, reflecting pent-up frustration and anger over what they described as the health insurer's routine denials of care for sick or dying patients.”
I will have a post up later today that in part links the joy of medicine with the capacity to help other human beings. That is being eroded by insurance companies’ hassles and a system where we can’t provide equitable health care.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/physicians-offer-little-sympathy-slain-insurance-ceo-2024a1000mjv?src=mbl_msp_iphone&ref=text
MOSF 19.21: The Golden Rule in the Time of Trump: Obsolete Relic or Absolute Imperative? https://eastwindezine.com/mosf-19-21-the-golden-rule-in-the-time-of-trump-obsolete-relic-or-absolute-imperative/
Btw, when ppl are in survival mode (ie, when the ancient plague hit or when they are ill and not getting care...) the ability to be civil drastically decreases. Basic Maslow's hierarchy type stuff. Duh...🙄
F-ing BRILLIANT! New to you, just subscribed - LOVE how you cut right to the bone of the issues! We NEED MORE PPL willing to do that!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💖💖💖