• Gork@lemm.ee
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    There’s quite a few on Reddit, but they tend to be downvoted to oblivion.

    I haven’t seen any though that actively defend their business practices, like simping for them “they have the right to make as much profit by any means” or “stock buybacks are fine” or “they have the right to deny coverage to increase profits”.

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      There was at least one care bear on Lemmy saying ‘think of his family’, etc.

      Nah, I will think about the families of the tens of thousands of private insurance victims instead.

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world
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        There was at least one care bear on Lemmy saying ‘think of his family’, etc.

        Nah, I will think about the families of the tens of thousands of private insurance victims instead.

        I don’t think empathy is a zero-sum game.

        Fuck the CEO and his company’s practices. Sic semper leeches-who-profit-from-making-healthcare-worse.

        But I still feel for his kids who lost their dad, and his parents who lost their son. Just like I feel bad for the families who lost people because they were denied healthcare.

        Callousness toward the pain of other people isn’t a trait I want to nurture in myself, personally.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      I think the problem is not them trying to increase profits. The problem is that people are forced to be medically dependent on a company that wants to increase profits.