Statement from the Mangione Family Regarding Luigi Mangione

[just444]

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[nexttwentylove]

It's crazy how the victim really alters my perception of murder tbh. If this were the description of a mass shooter I'd be like, fuck this guy and his back or whatever, but as it is, man, genuine thoughts and good vibes bro.

[nexttwentylove]

I'm not even annoyed to find out he's from rich family! The rich are fine with me if they're taking each other out I guess.

[greenfairy_87]

Do you wonder if "Violence is never the answer" is just propaganda the 1% use to prevent redistribution of wealth

[itscaelsday]

What country hasn't been built on violence of taking out the ruling class and reshaping it to fall under the same fucking trap.

[owl_get_you]

yes

[flyingpigs_live]

Well, they're fine with "poor against poor" violence.

[theactualworst]

Violence is never the answer but sometimes it’s a wake up call…

[836am]

[xpirate_queenx]

Violence isn't the answer until it is.

[aleksie]

It's a control mechanism for the powerful to go unchecked. We don't hear as much of violence is never the answer" when it comes to wars or hell, even domestic violence.

I don't think violence is always the answer, nor do I believe violence should often be the first, second, etc. response. But context matters.

[krystiocracy]

well, yes

[screw_reality]

It's the perception of individual acts of violence vs. systemic ones (combined with which victims get seen as fully human.) It can sound trite because it was the subject of a Joker monologue in the TDK, but it's also true. Lethal violence at scale is so normalized, so ubiquitous, it renders it almost invisible.

United Healthcare used an AI algorithm to determine the validity of insurance claims with a ~90% failure rate. How many people died or had their quality of life greatly reduced because of that? Thousands? What was the cascade effect of people losing their jobs due to untreated illness, then losing their homes?

Seems like violence is always the answer as long as it's the State or huge corporations perpetuating it.

[deerlike]

How does that quote from Stalin go? "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic."

[digitalqueens]

it's a pretty privileged take, sometimes violence is all you have

[hardto_remember]

I mean he did seek vengeance in a reasonable place. If he was deep into online communities about chronic pain he must have become aware of how health insurances fuck people over. The separation between body and mind is bullshit: being in pain changes your perception of the world. It’s just that most people do not manage to take so many steps before acting out and end up hurting mostly themselves and those around them (which sure feels like the best option to guys like heal insurance CEOs!)

[sluttyroyals]

Yeah, I just cannot find it in me to care about a dead ceo. I know a lot of people fucked over by UnitedHealth, and even more fucked over by healthcare companies overall.