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What's your opinion about Luigi Mangione? (slrpnk.net)
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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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[–] kata_ton_daimona@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A cold (maybe rational?) thought: some assassinations are milestones of time; this could be one.

From my point of view: we could feel bad thinking was a "good" assassination, but we've also to think about all the people murdered by UnitedHealth. For the average media is simple to manipulate narration, even without saying the false: he had children, he had a family; we could say the same about many officials of the German Army in WWII, they had families too.

Thompson's sons are not assassin's victims, they are victim of the system. Also Thompson himself could maybe seen as a collateral victim.

I'm waiting to have more information about the assassin to formulate a thought about him (could be a big misinformation about), my comment is about the fact in general.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

he had children, he had a family; we could say the same about many officials of the German Army in WWII, they had families too.

He had been living separately from his family for some time. He had a DUI conviction. On the same day that the company suffered a ransomeware attack that wiped $46B from it's market cap, he dumped $1.5M of his stock and along with others, was being investigated.

The media has obviously done a whitewash of the guy, as it's in their class interests but to call him a piece of shit would be going lightly.