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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Luigi wasn't lower class, tho? You could try to argue his family was middle class but even that's a stretch, his grandfather donated a million dollars on a single event and Luigi attended both a Private High School where he was Valedictorian and he had a Masters Degree from Ivy League University of Pennsylvania.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago

You can be rich and still fight against an oligarchy. That's why it's class warfare. His actions line up with the poor fighting back against the rich using the same tools they use: murder.

[-] Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Do you have to be a slave to fight against slavery?

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

There's no higher, middle or lower class. Those are all lies from the owning class to divide the working class and it seems like they're working on you.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

His family owns a lot of real estate.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

Worker class is the true unifier. You can be lower, mid, and upper worker class.

If you have to work to live, you're working class. If your employer controls a significant portion of your life and time, you're working class.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Technically Mangione had a white collar desk job, not unlike Brian Thompson.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Thompson’s net worth was estimated at approximately $42.9 million as of February 16, 2024

His total compensation in 2022 was reported to be $9.86 million, comprising a base salary of $1 million, stock awards, option awards, and non-equity incentive plans.

Thompson had "fuck you" money. The guy was at no risk of needing employment. Equating Thompson with the working class is a joke.

Source: https://en.as.com/latest_news/what-was-brian-thompsons-net-worth-unitedhealthgroup-ceo-killed-in-manhattan-n/

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

And Luigi was carrying around more cash than most people his age have ever had in savings total.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

And what good did that do him?

It's not about money, its about wealth. You could have all the money in the world but if you have all the debts to pay then it means nothing.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pretty certain he had all his debts paid off, or at the very least more than enough money and power to do so.

His parents own tons of real estate and his grandfather was even more loaded. In fact, I bet two semesters of his high school surpassed the cost of all of his out of pocket spinal surgery and care combined.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 3 months ago

You need to do some market research

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

As I understand it his family owns multiple resorts and real estate and has multiple companies. Not really what I'd call lower class.

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Family money isn't necessarily his money, Grandpa may be a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps pussy" kind of guy.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 months ago

"pull yourself up by your bootstraps pussy"

That's more upper class, I can't imagine real rich people would their own like that. But who knows.

I also don't approve any attacks on his character via this angle. It is important to discuss but the mans work speaks for itself.

His class is secondary discussion here.

IMHO

[-] bassad@jlai.lu 5 points 3 months ago

I guess people from lower class can't stand for themselves as they are busy surviving. Revolutionnary figures were often from middle class (Lenine, Che...)

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

He's a class traitor, to our side. So a working class hero, as in a hero to the working class.

[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Neither were most revolutionaries. This is a pattern that has long historical support.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Sure hope this doesn't follow any patterns, based on past outcomes.

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