Interview · moment 31 of 45
Public Cheering for the CEO's Killer
from The Joe Rogan Experience | The Tim Dillon Show #422 · #422
3 min
Guest
They analyze the public's celebratory reaction to the shooting as rooted in anti-corporate sentiment and healthcare industry abuses, while cautioning against endorsing vigilante violence.
- Anti-corporate and anti-capitalist sentiment in the country coincides with free Palestine and BLM movements, creating a mentality to attack corporations and capitalism.
- The healthcare industry is the most depraved because it denies care and prioritizes profits over humanity, making it a logical target for rage.
- Tim argues society cannot function if people go around shooting others in the head, regardless of the justification.
- People say they wish assassins hadn't missed their targets because it sounds cool, but they don't actually mean it.
- The shooter became a folk hero partly because he was attractive, from a rich family, and there's a romantic quality to the narrative.
- An insurance company worker testified that she was rewarded for denying someone medical care that would have saved their life, told she did a good job by saving the company money.
- The insurance company could have provided life-saving healthcare but chose not to because it was expensive, preventing the worker from getting a better job through that denial.