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Depends on the recipient. Oligarchs like Musk enact a widespread and constant barrage of violence against the entire planet. If some -absolute hero- were to kill him, the violence needed to kill him would barely qualify as rounding error compared to the violence that would be put to an end by doing so.
That's why so many people cheered when the UHC CEO was dropped - it's not a celebration of death or violence, or bloodlust, or even revenge; but relief at the sudden reduction of evil we were all gifted.
So... not condoning violence against people like Musk is supporting a much broader and more sinister type of violence.
Eh, institutions mostly don't go away because their leader shuffles of their mortal coil. And whoever ends up replacing them will be in the same situation as their predecessor. As in, UHC benefits from denying coverage, and that hasn't changed just because the CEO died.
That being said, Musk acts too publicly, which, while it ultimately makes him less efficient, also makes him more dangerous. At least until he pisses Trump of to a degree where Trump wants to get rid of him, which may have already happened.
We're in the funniest timeline, it's just that the joke is at our expense.
Blue Cross Blue Shield immediately rolled back their decision to not cover anesthesia in surgery after the assassination, and I believe there were a handful of similar examples (or were there? ...I can't recall the details).
So, one supervillain killed and the people as a whole tangibly benefit as a direct result. Could more be happening? Oh fuck yeah - oligarchs are going to do the bare minimum not to get their heads on a pike, and they're now feeling out where that line is. So if it stays at just one oligarch, things will probably stay about where they're at. If people are still pissed and another one gets taken out, we'll probably see their grip loosened even more.
There will always be a new face eager to collect a shit ton of money to fill in for the dead dipshit before them, but the more they're reminded that the little will only bend over and take so much before the constant squeeze becomes a mortal liability to the oligarch, the less we'll be squeezed.
The biggest effect the murder had was that it got people talking about how fucked up the health insurance industry is. That is why Blue Cross Shield rolled back their decision. As if a security detail for the CEO costs more than they'd save/make with their anesthesia time limit scheme.
And may we continue to stomp their cost analysis into the dirt until they implement a reasonable business model. 🍻