No one should just accept that. That’s a lazy narrative being propped up by pripgafists distorting the facts. He had already testified years earlier.

Fair enough, but who won't testify in the future out of fear of being murdered?

It still served a purpose of true.

I agree that no one should just accept it, but credible people including ex Boeing execs don't dismiss the possibility..

> Discussing Swampy’s death and the whistleblower lawsuit he left behind, the longtime former Boeing executive told me, “I don’t think one can be cynical enough when it comes to these guys.” Did that mean he thought Boeing assassinated Swampy? “It’s a top-secret military contractor, remember; there are spies everywhere,” he replied. More importantly, he added, “there is a principle in American law that there is no such thing as an accidental death during the commission of a felony. Let’s say you rob a bank and while traveling at high speed in the getaway you run down a pedestrian and kill them. That’s second-degree murder at the very least.” [1]

There needs to be an investigation.

[1] https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-2...

It's not just a lazy narrative. It's a profitable one. That narrative could help save their ass. I wouldn't be surprised if legions of paid "social media analysts" are barfing this out 24/7 on the grams and the twits.

Think about it. What's going to have a better impact on your disgruntled workforce: 1) the idea that someone ratted out big Ma B, got sidelined, got sad, then killed themselves? or 2) the idea that rats get murdered? I don't know about you, but with 2 I'd be definitely be thinking twice before calling the FAA or anyone else.

For me personally, it's not about acceptance, it's that I'm on the economic treadmill of modern times and I'm too busy just trying to keep my own affairs in check.

What can I honestly do, go protest about it somewhere and lose my job because I'm not at work?

The money men have owned our asses a long time ago and they call the shots.They keep us busy so we can't make change.

I wish more than anything those accountable are sent to prison for the rest of their lives, but I know there is slim to nil chance of it.

> What can I honestly do, go protest about it somewhere and lose my job because I'm not at work?

What you can do is when these topics are brought up in "polite company", don't take the non-confrontationalist side that has won over the majority of the public. I've got a few great quotes by other HN users I've collected over time on this topic:

"The only actions the public supports are those working within the system. There is no amount of (theoretical or not) fuck-up that warrants putting the fear of god into the heart of someone.

Someone could very well be an existential threat and the most extreme action people find morally acceptable is writing some mildly mannered stuff on a cardboard... but only when and where the government approves"

"Meanwhile, if you actually riot, or do anything destructive, you get slapped with a criminal conviction for the rest of your life. And still probably achieve nothing in the long run. Not to mention ever increasing removal of liberty by bills exactly like this and the current strike rhetoric being pushed."

Openly supporting this idea is something any of us can do. Many of us already agree, but are afraid of admitting so out of fear of being ostracized.

I mean where did any of it really get Julian Assange and how did his actions change America?

Maybe is there were 100 of him it would actually have changed something but as it stands right now, the dude sacrificed a lot for seemingly very little.