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[–] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I would only be impressed if somebody actually did something about the conditions that created the CEO in the first place.

Bullets are famously ineffective against these conditions.

You can shoot a capitalist, but you can't shoot capitalism.

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

You shoot enough capitalists tho...

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You can shoot a capitalist, but you can’t shoot capitalism.

Not with that attitude you can't.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

If we can shoot at tornados, we can find a way to shoot at capitalism.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

he wasn't even motivated against capitalism. he was an athlete who suffered from CTE and asked for his brain to be examined in a note before he shot himself in the chest with a rifle (something that requires a bit of forethought - he deliberately saved his brain for analysis). https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/nyc-shooter-shane-tamura-thanked-a-cte-documentary-and-listed-names-of-prominent-neuroscientists-in-suicide-note-sources/

This was supposed to be anti pro-sports violence, I guess.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I bet they won't even do a brain exam. It will be seen as "giving the killer what he wanted" and "disrespecting his victims" if they honor his request.

Most importantly the NFL will get to keep pretending everything is fine.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most importantly the NFL will get to keep pretending everything is fine.

fuck. this is depressingly plausible.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or maybe they'll do the exam but the results will be inconclusive and the brain will end up misplaced so that his family can't have have their own tests done. Hell, the NFL might start adding clauses to contracts that require players to donate their bodies "to science" upon death. Don't they already require them to use "NFL approved" doctors? Anything to keep independent doctors from diagnosing CTE in their dead players.

Can't even enjoy some sports without having to watch late stage capitalism grind humans into pieces.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't put any of it past that meat market circus we call pro sports.

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This has to be the most brain dead propaganda take on the internet right now. Yeah he totally didn’t mean to kill who he killed. It was all a happy accident

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

you think he SHOT HIMSELF IN THE CHEST WITH A RIFLE on accident huh? lol...

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The person is questioning the motivation (with pretty solid points), that doesn't mean it was an accident. Ironically, your accusation just called your own reading comprehension and reasoning into question while you're calling this dude brain dead

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We can all read. I’m saying this was no coincidence. Only denial would have someone thinking that

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 days ago

Nobody is saying he wasn't targeting them....

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

You know, killing the idea of a comfortable life is a pointless idea. Would you give up a delicious cake and tea just to raise the workers' wages? There is no way to defeat capitalism while people are still alive this is my opinion.

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Incorrect. Capitalism is failing in front of your eyes, you’re just not educated enough to know what it looks like.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Well, I completely agree that I'm not educated enough, you know, I'm not a particularly smart person. But madness, you know... It's getting to the last now, fat freaks are trying to maintain their fragile power to the last. They think they'll sit there and when the carnage is over they'll come out and try to play at civilization again... We live in a crazy world, you know, these freaks might even succeed. I think you now think I'm crazy, but who do you think is normal in such a world?

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s called fascism. It’s not some unknown deep sea creature, it’s human nature’s bad side. That said, we have no perfect economic system and capitalism sure isn’t it. Seeing the fallout now

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Well, yes, the consequences are funny, this collapse is intoxicating in its own way.

[–] upsidedown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People are able to tighten up the belt if they believe in the cause. And you can even rewind the clock on the capitalist system to see that people were contributing more and taking less for themselves.

Erosion of social structure was helped a LOT by targeted propaganda. Some of which is influencing your own thought process.

Think about it.

I think you're right. Honestly, I doubt everything all the time. The propaganda that AI is still better, like adapt, peasants, has a particularly good effect on people. And then the thought struck me: what if we adapt in our own way?