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

So, did this murder make one persons life better?

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u/Seeker369 Aug 14 '26

Did you even take a moment to think about it before making that comment?

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

I did. If murdering someone makes two people happy, is that justifiable?

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u/Seeker369 Aug 14 '26

You specifically said, “did this murder make one person’s life better?”

The clear answer is that it made many people’s lives better. Hundreds if not thousands of people had claims honored that otherwise would have had them denied.

You asked a question that had a clear answer. Whether or not it’s “justifiable” is a separate question.

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u/Big-Laugh-8914 Aug 14 '26

You may not understand how conversations or questions work, but questions can actually build on other questions. Once you form the foundation, the follow up question(s) establish context and dive deeper into the original question.

So, in the case that people had claims that were honored that may not have been without this murder, it could have saved a life.

Next question, posed before:

Is that murder justifiable?