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In reply to the discussion: CEO shooter Luigi Mangione laid out his motive on Good Reads [View all]soandso
(1,631 posts)59. I didn't think you were defending insurance companies
and I fully understand that murder is wrong (and I think it's a sin, which matters not to all but it does to me). I would not do what Luigi did and most people wouldn't but all I'm saying is how people view it. If you can be an observer, it's an interesting psycho-social phenomenon that's happening. I meant that about wars, too. Massive corruption can lead to wars but once people go to war, it's no longer murder in most people's minds, which is also absurd. This damn corruption needs to be stopped or we'll see more of this. Luigi is now a folk hero and Robin Hood to a lot of people.
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Prairie Gates
Dec 9
#2
Our "justice system" protects the one percent. That's become more apparent with every high profile
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Dec 9
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He supposedly killed a member of the ownership class of this country. He will be suicided.
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