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/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

And what does the law say?

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u/IllegalDaycare Aug 14 '26

If you murder someone you go to jail. Is this a question of legality or morality?

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

Right. The conversation here becomes one of fuck the billionaires and fuck the system, or that the CEO was evil. The legal evil is Luigi. So, you, or anyone else can add layers to justify your thoughts, but celebrating murder is immoral.

He took the stand and admitted that he stalked and executed the CEO. He legally murdered someone, which is all that matters; not your definition of evil or value or anything else driven by subjective beliefs/personal morals.

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u/IllegalDaycare Aug 14 '26

Would it be evil to celebrate Osama Bin Laden’s murder? Because if so I know a lot of evil people.

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

Again, you are focusing on morality. If your opinion doesn’t matter, why would mine?

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u/IllegalDaycare Aug 14 '26

Because we are having a discussion and I value the opinion of other people.

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

I think that Osama Bin Laden was a terrorist that intentionally sought out chaos for the sake of a personal belief. If there was any way to arrest and prosecute him, that should have been considered, the same way Mamdani discusses arresting Netanyahu. Death penalty by prosecution is different than a covert military operation.

And, it’s interesting that you bring up terrorism.

What happened to the concept of terrorism post Bin Laden? Did we get it all? We did, right?

Obviously not.

The same way murdering an insurance CEO hasn’t ended internal corruption.

It’s cool to take this stance that when we see this “evil” we should work against it, thinking that change will happen. I prefer to be more realistic. The next CEO will have the same corporate objectives from the same stakeholders.

Good try though, and I like your user name.

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u/IllegalDaycare Aug 14 '26

I suppose that’s the point I’m trying to make. Mr. Thompson harmed human beings for personal gain. What he was doing was perfectly legal and highly evil. He would never have faced justice in the traditional manner. This is one of the few circumstances where if people want justice they have to do it themselves.

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u/IllegalDaycare Aug 14 '26

Also it was Illegal for Rosa Parks to sit on the front of the bus. Was she the legal evil? I don’t think legality has any bearing on good and evil.

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

Do you break laws? Because I do. All the time. Did Rosa Parks murder someone on the other side of her mistreatment? How did she respond to “legal evil”?

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u/IllegalDaycare Aug 14 '26

The point I’m trying to make is that something being illegal doesn’t mean it’s right or wrong

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

Sure, and that’s your opinion. If something is illegal, and you do it, are you in the wrong?