• Logi@lemm.ee
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    Chickens will roost. He should know that having come from Iowa.

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    7 hours ago

    I read a comment the other day that’s stuck with me, I can’t remember the precise wording but it was something like:

    “Every cent spent on this man’s funeral was made on the back of someone else’s”

  • FeloniousPunk@lemmy.today
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    Gang you are missing the point. Thompson worked really hard from humble beginnings to become the absolute best at being a horrible human being. That’s gotta count for something, right? /s

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    Got rich trampling over as many people as possible then died by gun violence. A true blue american boy

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    world’s most important companies

    That’s hilariously American defaultism considering most of the world doesn’t need companies like UHC

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
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    Mussolini interned at a bakery one summer and attempted to learn the harmonica, you judgemental monsters…

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    I didn’t have any sympathy for him until I found out he played basketball and the trombone.

    This changes everything.

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    When it’s your job to profit off of human misery, don’t be surprised when you find out what human misery feels like.

    • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOP
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      I think if he had any personal friends who thought he was a good person the media would have made time for them to speak up about it. But only other rich executives have.

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      24 hours ago

      He won a popularity contest at a dance when he was a teenager. This means he was a good person.

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        No mention of being prom king though, probably got corrupted by the homecoming crown and started changing.

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          Maybe that’s where it all went wrong!