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542 points donohoe | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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thordenmark ◴[09 Jul 25 17:05 UTC] No.44512431[source]▶
I would gladly pretend to be CEO for the kind of pay she got. Blame it all on me, I'll take the money and go retire in Hawaii.
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1. martin-t ◴[09 Jul 25 20:47 UTC] No.44514588[source]▶
You'd think that but AFAIK, there have only been 2 serious attempts to kill Trump and 0 to kill Musk[0] (I don't follow US politics much so idk which one of them you're referring to). Compare that to the number of mass shootings[1] and car rammings for the same period.

It seems most killing is done by crazy people who are content to blame and attack society at large for their problems. Conversely, sane/intelligent/competent people who are able to identify the root causes of injustice rarely use violence.

As a result, you're probably fine as long as other unhinged people see you as an ally even if a lot of sane people see you as an enemy.

[0]: Apparently he claims 2 so I qualified it with "serious" because narcissists are known to inflate their claims and I can't be bothered to check his claims.

[1]: Apparently what counts as a mass shooting is very inclusive (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx3aI67iWpA ) so count only those intended to kill random strangers, not targeted attacks.