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Wesley LePatner, a Blackstone executive who served as CEO of the firm's real estate income trust, was among four people killed Monday when a gunman opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building that houses Blackstone's global headquarters.

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[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (4 children)

About Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, the deceased executive's boss:

In fact, Reuters recently found that Schwarzman is Wall Street’s largest political contributor in the United States, shelling out more than $27 million to campaign committees, Donald Trump, and other politicians. The billionaire is clearly attempting to shape American politics and policymaking to his favor. Schwarzman has already contributed $4.4 million to Trump’s campaign or political committees connected to Trump, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

People don't deserve to be murdered, but if you fuck with too many people for too long, they will murder you.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hitler deserved to be murdered before he offed himself.

If you agree with the above, all that's being discussed is degree of horribleness.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I disagree. Murdering Hitler would have been a necessity to prevent greater evil. An acceptable trade-off. But he didn't deserve to be murdered. He - as well as the CEO in this post - deserved to be tried & put in jail forever. When chances of that happening are slim, well... Trade-off time...

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Arguably, taking off on this tangent, murdering Hitler might have very well pumped the brakes on the Holocaust. Late-war letters and memos from German High Command mention that part of the issues they were having with manpower and materiel was due to Hitler's insistence on running the camps, which was a serious drain on manpower and logistics.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hitler was a puppet. They would have replaced him.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is considerable historical evidence, both written and anecdotal, from Nazi Party and OKW staff that with Hitler out of the way, the German leadership would have sued for peace immediately with the Western Allies and frame their necessity for continued existence to serve as a bulwark against Russian Bolshevism.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

the German leadership would have sued for peace immediately with the Western Allies (*) in 1944, when most casualties and atrocities had already happened, and the war was lost anyways. Like Operation Valkyrie wasn't put into place until July 1944... They were perfectly fine with the atrocities until the war tide turned.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People don't deserve to be murdered

I don't think I agree with such a blanket statement. I don't know exactly how to define where the line should be but I have no problem saying that there are definitely people alive who don't deserve to be.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Perhaps the caveat should be:

People don't deserve to be murdered without a trial and a jury of their peers.

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

When you're interfering with millions of people's lives and livelihoods you get exactly what you deserve. Stay in your lane rich fucks. Enjoy your wealth and just leave us alone, fuck off to an island or whatever.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

they dont deserved to be murdered, but people arnt going to lose sleep for pos like the blackstone ceo. i wonder if they donate to dems to, im betting some of them to, if they are solely gop donors, good riddance.