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Comment by loceng | Hacker News Reader

There's a shocking amount of #EatTheRich crowd totally happy with the assassination as supposedly justified vigilante justice.

Divide and conquer. The weaponized ideological mob is quite the useful herd to wield.

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Not what I’m reading. People on my timeline are asking why we’re forced to pay into a feudal system in which health coverage is not guaranteed leaving them with hospital bills in the tens of thousands of dollars for minor procedures after their claim was arbitrarily denied. Others are asking how in the wealthiest nation on earth 1 million people go bankrupt from medical bills when guys like this CEO are making $56 million a year

Or maybe vigilante justice isn't people's first choice, but justice is justice to them.

Herds are notoriously hard to wield. It's a rather foolish mission.

Anyways I see all these as "signals of despair." It shouldn't be that shocking it's just the particular form it is taking this news cycle.

You don't need precision with a herd. You need to send them in a general direction to "trample" and for just a few of the more skilled-competent ones to feel emboldened and righteous in their vigilante justice - not being competent enough to understand the vast complexities and nuances of every situation.

Hmm maybe those CEOs should look into why so many Americans who rarely agree on much hate then so much.

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