Software developer arrested in connection with murder of healthcare executive

Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by ceejayoz on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @02:57PM (#42380758)

> I’m sure you never do anything because it’s enforced by the systems you are a part of.

I mean, I can quite confidently state I've not received tens of millions of dollars for my role in denying medical care to millions of people.

> You’re also comparing an insurance CEO to nazi organizers. Reality check.

I'm saying "I'm just a little peon in the system!" isn't a good defense. Doubly so for C-suite level folks. This wasn't some call center drone following a script.

> The serious point is that blaming individual moral character is not going to fix healthcare. We need systemic change.

Systemic change often requires individual people to be ashamed of the current setup.

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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by liontwist on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @03:42PM (#42381206)

Ok just to be clear: Your position is that UHC is bad because of the exceptionally poor morality of the CEO? And that if we name, shame, and threaten we will hopefully get a moral one who will turn it around?

> I'm just a little peon in the system!" isn't a good defense.

I agree. It’s not a good way to morally justify to yourself why you killed someone.

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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by ceejayoz on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @03:54PM (#42381355)

My position is that a CEO of a large publicly traded company doesn’t get to shimmy out of responsibility by going “woe is me, it’s the system’s fault!”

I think if the system keeps refusing to change something breaks. We just saw that in Syria. I think people are unsympathetic in this case because health insurers have already broken the social compact they’re supposed to operate within.

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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by liontwist on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @10:08PM (#42384319)

> woe is me

Who is saying that? I’m advocating for the change that will fix the system. Not the one that gives warm fuzzy feelings from righteous bloodlust.

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Re:Software developer arrested in connection with murder of ... by computerthings on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:12AM (#42385267)

But nothing is keeping you from working for that change, certainly not the fact that so many people want it so badly that they even cheer over the murder of a healthcare CEO. It's not a dichotomy; you can do either of these things, both, or none.

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