Comment on Pie in the face.

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Because we stopped doing shit like this

  Did we? Or was this always a rare and remarkable incident, both in that it happened at all and it was captured and preserved for us to talk about today.

  Certainly, you can talk about the no less than three different Trump assassination attempts. Or the Luigi Mangione shooting. Or the fatal stabbing of Bob Lee, CPO of Cashapp. Or the assault of Bryan Kobel, CEO of TC BioPharm, after a dispute with his Uber driver. Or the vigilante attack on Paul Pelosi. Or the Doohickey assassination of Shinzo Abe. Or just run the numbers annually for violence targeting C-level officials

  This study analyzes 424 open source reported incidents targeting senior private-sector executives between 2003 and late 2025, highlighting a sustained and accelerating rise in both physical and cyber threats. Physical attacks dominate (85%), and one-third of all incidents resulted in injury or death. Incident frequency has surged since 2023, with 2025 already doubling 2024 totals by October, marking the highest level on record. Targeting increasingly occurs at workplaces and residences, with protest-driven activity driving growth at public events.

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  • Tiger@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Great research and insight thank you

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Interesting points. Don’t know if I recall all those offhand. But the Cashapp guy for instance, that was a fight between two people of essentially the same class over some family / dating / cocaine issue. That doesn’t really fit the pattern we’re talking about here.

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  • Blibly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Bruh I’m just talking about throwing pies in assholes’ faces I don’t need all this jeez louise

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