I'm feeling kind of distraught over this. I am all for legitimate self-defence as defined by the law, self-defence in a time of war and violent oppression, but in this case... It is not even known
for sure that Mr. Thompson had all the decision-making, and there were bureaucrats and executives above him at the UnitedHealth Group. The complexity of it all seems to elude most people. I am not certain that Thompson could just snap his fingers, lower the monthly fees, and make all claims accepted.
Thompson stated on LinkedIn more than once that he was working on making healthcare more affordable, which tells me Mangione may not even have done his due diligence on that man.
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How was Mangione wronged when he grew up in privilege, prestige, could afford to pay all his medical fees (he had back problems)—and was NOT a client of the United Healthcare? His family owns not one but two country clubs. Most of his supporters can’t even afford to go to a country club, let alone afford two! He could afford his medical fees, was not a UHC member, and CEO Brian Thompson did nothing to him personally. If Mangione suspected that Thompson was that corrupt and wanted to go about social justice, he should have remained on the non-violent path and looked into investigation for malpractice, fraud, an he could have initiated a class action (the UHC had already faced a class action, and even more such action would have borne fruit).
But no. He decided, as a citizen, to bypass the law and arbitrarily decide to give another citizen the death penalty, therefore seeing his life as more valuable (all citizens are equal despite social rank). He shot him at least three times in the back, left him for dead, to bleed out, and he then took off on his bike. Once again, it is not known for certain that Thompson was happy all those claims were denied, and the atrocity of that bloody shooting is frightening. It's demonic! Just watch the photos or the full video footage. Doesn't it give you the creeps? It certainly does give me that! I can feel the demonic atmosphere when I see that footage.
It's abominable! It's cold-blooded murder in the first degree! Premeditated and all, supposedly in order to effect societal/economical/political change, but that's not the way to go about those things in a civilized society. Anyone that agrees w/ that assassination cannot claim to wish to live in a civilized society. Nor can they claim to be in favour of gun control or be against insurrections and violent tweets!
Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub shooter, felt totally justified in his actions, believed he was doing God's will and the world a favour. He ended up massacring 49 and wounding 58. Thomas Matthew Crooks, who tried to assassinate Donald Trump, ended up killing a father of two, Corey Comperatore, in attendance, and he knew other people could have got shot. Allowing vigilante murder will only radicalize people of opposing views, and it'll be an endless carnage.
As as Owen Shroyer puts it, by turning Luigi Mangione into a sex symbol and a hero, criminals may be incentivized to further even more such carnage. And if anybody can choose to act that way, it's going to be Far West all over again! And what message does it send to the kids? Just commit bloody murder to solve grievances? And don't you think that CEOs will start fighting back?
One thing we can agree on, Mangione was quite a stupid criminal, not even covering his entire hands and face. May he spend the rest of his miserable life in prison. He could even get the death penalty (he decided to give to Thompson) on federal charges.
I just can't wait for the orange chee-zit's tariffs to be implemented and people that voted for him realize it's ultimately really a tax on them 
. I'm so so very lucky it probably won't affect me, but I really worry for my friends and family who are barely making ends meet now.
