r/technology • u/marketrent • Dec 08 '24

Social Media Some on social media see suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing as a folk hero — “What’s disturbing about this is it’s mainstream”: NCRI senior adviser

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect.html
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

bring in the denied former us military snipers and that kid who tracks celebrities private jets.

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u/Quiet-Dream7302 Dec 08 '24

I posted this a while back, and nobody seemed interested... https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/PCzsREWn0g

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u/superedgyname55 Dec 08 '24

Bruh that's extorsion, straight up.

And those people don't exist. John Wicks don't exist, because urban warfare is hell.

You don't need 6 people, you would need like 30 highly trained people with experience on hostage situations and CQB combat, because you'll be doing raids, essentially. And a lot of times, the operation simply wouldn't work, because their rich people security would probably stall your hit and police would arrive and the entire team would get either killed or captured.

To raid some rich asshole's house with lots of security, you need overwhelming force, as the Mexican special forces showed when they raided a cartel's head compound using a minigun mounted on a helicopter. And you would need to be filthy rich yourself to fund such overwhelming force, or a lot of reasons and a large enough group of people to give you money to do exactly that.

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u/Soft_Importance_8613 Dec 08 '24

To raid some rich asshole's house with lots of security, you need overwhelming force

Incorrect....

https://www.thearticle.com/the-praetorian-problem-palace-coups-from-ancient-rome-to-modern-africa

See the thing is, you're much more likely to be couped by your own security than you are to be protected by them. Here's the thing, misinformation is a two way street and these billionaires have been treating it like a one way. You start misinformation campaigns that convince them that their own protectors are rising up against them and keep them scared 24/7.

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u/PnakoticFruitloops Dec 08 '24

Ukraine war says hi. Here's a drone flown by a long as shit wire connected to the controller with a big ass IED attached to it. You know where the CEO is going to land his jet. Lemme know how you're going to jam it.

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u/ForwardBodybuilder18 Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

I have no beef with the pilot or the cabin crew and want them to be safe. It’s the chud who owns the plane that is the issue. The pilot and cabin crew are just trying to make a living and I bet they live paycheck to paycheck like the rest of us.

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u/rambambobandy Dec 08 '24

Good. They can help

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u/Vandergrif Dec 08 '24

Could just wait until the intended person is exiting the plane and is on the tarmac, presumably.

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u/Cyphersmith Dec 08 '24

There is such a thing as collaboration.

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u/superedgyname55 Dec 08 '24

Bruh it's killing a CEO, not orquestrating a terrorist attack

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u/EmotionalHiroshima Dec 08 '24

Do billionaires under protection actually have their own electronic warfare systems to keep them from getting droned?

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u/your-moms-volvo Dec 08 '24

It was mildly interesting until I got to the ' 5 John wicks.'

Then I started laughing.

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u/Quiet-Dream7302 Dec 08 '24

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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u/OwOlogy_Expert Dec 08 '24

And also the guys who maintain the private jets...