What's your opinion about Luigi Mangione? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/anarchism@lemmy.ml

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"Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare since 2021, was shot and killed outside an entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan, New York City, on December 4, 2024. He was in the city to attend an annual investors meeting for UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare. Authorities believe the attack was not random. Thompson had been criticized for UnitedHealthcare's rejection of insurance claims, and his family reported that he had received death threats in the past. The shooting occurred early in the morning, and the suspect, initially described as a white man wearing a mask, fled the scene."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson

(edit) I would like to point out that Luigi Mangione is only a suspect and there are currently doubts about the integrity of the evidence.

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think your question comes with the assumption that authorities are correct in pinning this on Mangione, but I make no such assumption. I know almost nothing about him, and I’m not interested in learning any more. I don’t have an opinion about him and don’t care to form one, because I don’t care about some random guy who might not even be the guy.

I’m more interested in the invisible hand’s culpability in the slaughter of millions. This media spectacle is starting to go off the rails, distracting from the real prime suspect. The media would rather we focus on the sizzle of a whodunit/whydunit than on the worst healthcare system in the imperial core, or on capitalism in general.

[-] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I actually took the killer for granted since it seems like a fact online now, furthermore the resemblance is remarkable and, if we stick to the police, it seems he was found with a loader and a manifesto.

I completely agree with paying attention to the mud machine, the first thing they will do is distract public attention on trivialities such as the personal lives of the protagonists, promptly hiding the social problem.

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