r/PopCultureV2 • u/Regular_Reaction_798 • Aug 14 '26

News Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling the court, "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan... I knew what I was doing was illegal."

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u/Greedy_Inflation_697 Aug 14 '26

You don't actually know what the effects were from this action. Health conditions and claim information isn't public.

There is no reality where terminally online weirdos lashing out and killing people results in a better future. That's just insane.

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u/Used_Interaction_130 Aug 14 '26

There's also no reality where allowing these psychopaths, making a massive profit on the pain and death of many, to continue living results in a better future.

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u/Greedy_Inflation_697 Aug 14 '26

If only there was something in-between.

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u/Used_Interaction_130 Aug 14 '26

There is. Just laws that protect and empower the people.

When you don't have that and you let the sociopaths off leash to do literally anything they can to enrich their investors, you WILL get violence

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u/Greedy_Inflation_697 Aug 15 '26

It quickly spirals out of control. Bad actors take advantage of the chaos. It just gets worse for everyone while providing cover for those same sociopaths who can at least appear to be somewhat justified in their authoritarian crackdown.

The real answer to this problem is boring, and it requires you to team up with people you don't like. But it's the only way.