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[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 306 points 1 month ago

Oof he isn’t convicted but the media isn’t saying “allegedly” in headlines for him. Shows how they’re trying to sway public opinion.

[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

Was it supposed to be a direct quote from the DA? Even if so, it shouldn’t be in the headline.

[-] andallthat@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Public opinion is already swayed. Luigi Mangione has become a symbol to a lot of people and as such the super-rich want to punish him.

I bet they are more scared of the symbol than they are of the thought that Mangione is innocent and the real shooter might still be free and plotting another hit.

The "real shooter" would only be one person, but a symbol has the power to create 10 or 100 more or to spark a violent rebellion and that they can't let happen.

Innocent or not, it's unfortunately Luigi Mangione they need punished in the most horrific and exemplar way possible.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

I guess he's not getting a fair trial, they'll have to jury nullify the shit out of it.

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 159 points 1 month ago

after Luigi Mangione killed CEO Brian Thompson

Has he already been convicted?

Terrible headline, but I can only guess that "Business insider" would rather defend a corrupt CEO than the victim of insurance hell.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

There's no question the general public already believes he killed the guy, if people didn't, we wouldn't have all the Luigi memes and people using "Luigi" as a substitute for assassination.

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

that is indeed the goal, and theyve achieved it. doesn't change the fact that it immedietly should lead to a mistrial. emphasis on should, because we all know theyre not gonna let their black sheep get away

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[-] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

"DA says"

A little misleading without the quotation marks

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[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 138 points 1 month ago

"Luigi Mangione killed CEO Brian Thompson"

Objection, baseless speculation.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 59 points 1 month ago

He didn't kill anyone though. He's innocent.

[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know it's uncooth to dehumanize anyone, but CEOs like Brian murdered (and the rest continuing to murder all day every day) more people than any serial killer in history because they oversaw automating the process of selling the confidence scheme and then murdering the marks when they threatened the profits of the confidence scheme when they got sick.

People like Jack the Ripper and Ted kaczynski were pathetic, inept hobbyists at mass murder next to an American "healthcare" ceo, and it isn't close.

And we don't hold them in even lower regard solely because they do it to get ever richer, which is the only practiced American religion.

As humans go, Brian was somewhere between a serial killer and an even larger scale mass murderer like Adolf Hitler in terms of his practiced inhumanity, maybe he should be dehumanized a little.

[-] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Serial killers need patterns, process, and specific situations tailored to their individual neuroses. They are driven or compelled to kill to create or recreate certain events. That’s one thing that separates them from mass murderers or spree killers.

This guy was just in it for money. Mass murderer, yes, but there have been mafia hitmen with more morals than this fuck.

The scale of this, and the callousness of it, are far closer to Hitler and other genocidal maniacs because none of them wanted to get their hands dirty; they’d never kill anyone, personally. At least serial killers are into DIY and often are quite proud of their fucked up accomplishments.

It really says something about this guy’s absolute depravity when a comparison to a serial killer makes someone say “you know, that’s offensive to serial killers.”

I’m not disagreeing with what you said, I’m just frustrated because this guy was worse than serial killers and that is really something else.

[-] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Maybe more like an Eichmann. He ran the Nazi trains on time and didn't actually kill anyone. He facilitated the process and was happy to a part of the murderous system

[-] sturger@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago

So how many of the execs said, “This job isn’t worth risking my life for” and quit? How many of them said, “Maybe we should examine how we do business and change.”? How many of them said, “My God. We’re killing people. I’m out.”?

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Nah if literally murdering people for profit didn't stop them then really nothing will. These people are sociopaths that only see the career ladder.

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[-] LordGimp@lemm.ee 44 points 1 month ago

Sounds like Luigi's perceived actions created jobs and fostered better health for the community at large.

Someone put this man in government

[-] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 month ago
[-] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

40x~$75$/hr = $3000/hr they're willing to spend instead of giving you insurance you paid for

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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Luigi Mangione allegedly killed CEO????? Are we just dropping that now????

[-] plz1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Well, the quote is from a district attorney, so they are pushing their narrative.

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And not a single one of them paused and went "wait, maybe the choices we're making are the problem here?" Instead, it was "keep being evil, but now with bodyguards!"

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

They know exactly what they are doing and the choice to gun-up says everything about them. There is no other word but "evil".

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 36 points 1 month ago

what defendant considered a deadly greed-fueled cartel," Seidemann wrote.

I mean, what are they, then?

[-] oxysis 18 points 1 month ago

Parasites who deserve to be tossed in a vat of acid?

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

That sounds like a "Them" problem and has no bearing on the case Mr. DA

[-] Therobohour@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

If your job requires armed professionals and costumes,you shouldn't be in business

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[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Have you ever tried not being an asshole?

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[-] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Good. They should live in constant fear.

Industrialized social murder should be a dangerous profession.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Did they consider not being evil shitbags?

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[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago

Why should 40 assholes hiding from someone who is already in custody gave any bearing on his case?

My gf dyed her hair last week, must be a criminal in chains somewhere!

[-] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

It's so the news media can continue to keep up this "story" of how billionaire CEOs are the real victims.....

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[-] thedruid@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I mean the easiest solution is not to work for a hostile company and a public enemy/threat.

Those companies, and that one notoriously, kill 1000's so they are a hostile enemy, actively attacking the populace.

Now I know legalese will fancy it up, but shit smells. Can't hide it.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

So you're saying that whoever Luigi is taking the wrap for is a job creator?

[-] RandoMcRanderton@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Excuse me, ma'am, I'm looking for a woman that looks just like you but is a redhead. Have you seen her?

"No..."

Damn. Okay. Thanks. gunman walks off, dissapointed

"Whew, glad I dyed my hair."

[-] boolean_sledgehammer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Keep them afraid.

[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 22 points 1 month ago
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[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They'll do anything to save themselves except for stop being evil.

Sometimes I wonder if those second-tier execs are even more culpable than the CEOs. Like, we expect CEOs to be psychopaths. But those second-tier guys that got a seat further down the table, off the back of a good degree and a few decades of hard work? They know what they're doing is wrong but choose to go along with it anyway because they're just following orders.

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[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

The sad thing is that I am sure they will pass the cost onto the customers.

[-] Bouzou@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

They systematically made millions of people fear for their lives. I'm glad shared that for a moment.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Good. Something to consider when you're making life and death decisions for other people in the future.

[-] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

Scared CEOs—finally, a guilt-free fetish.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

So, the options are "not milking the sick for profit" or "getting bodyguards"

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 17 points 1 month ago

All these news reports saying that Luigi killed a guy or used a 3D printed gun. As far as I know, Luigi did none of those things and that that is for the courts to decide. Further, I’ve seen plenty of posts online of people saying that he was at the bar with them when the whole thing happened.

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[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Did any of them repent of their sins against humanity?

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Why the hell do they need 40 execs? Sounds like the herd needs thinning.

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