Ep. 854 - How an Open Assassin Became a Cult Hero

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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A mix of American vanity, white privilege, and utter contempt for the health insurance industry has somehow allowed a young man that murdered a CEO in broad daylight become a cult hero. Let me unpack and explain it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.7	Only in America would a public assassin, a man who literally shot and killed someone in the middle of the street, only in America would this man become
0:40.2	a cult hero and a heartthrob that women are raving about. What's going on? What are we even talking
0:50.9	about? And because I know you're thinking about it and because I think there's some complicated
0:56.4	issues going on, I want to unpack and explain it for a few minutes.
1:00.8	This is Sean King, and you are listening to The Breakdown.
1:05.2	The Breakdown.
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1:11.5	Last week when the CEO of the American health insurance company United Healthcare, When the CEO of the American Health Insurance Company, United Healthcare, when the CEO of
1:31.1	that company was literally shot and killed right in the middle of Manhattan, right in front of
1:37.1	one of the largest, most famous hotels in the city, right in front of the doorman.
1:43.4	When this happened, I immediately became just incredibly
1:49.2	fascinated with the case. Because in all of my years, I have seen this happen in the movies.
1:56.6	I've seen it happen on television. But to see one of the most important CEOs in America
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