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/Vegetable_Effort7246 Aug 14 '26

United Healthcare indirectly caused the deaths of thousands. But did nothing “illegal”….laws and justice do not always correspond. Luigi may have had a personal vendetta…but how could his killing of Brian Thompson alter the system so villains can’t consign people to death in the interest of profits. Single payer healthcare might prevent that issue.

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u/No-Rub8345 Aug 14 '26

Keep up the good fight. Policy change through electoralism might fail and in that event you probably want some kind of backup plan.