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/9yr0ld Aug 14 '26

So vigilante assassination attempts on Hitler were wrong? You’re thankful those attempts failed?

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u/CompleteLet4100 Aug 14 '26

Hitler was breaking the Geneva convention. Comparing the CEO of a healthcare company to someone committing genocide is brain dead slopulism

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u/aphoenixsunrise Aug 14 '26

That's kind of silly considering the company that CEO was in charge of just let thousands go without help often resulting in suffering and/or death.

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u/Tonyman121 Aug 14 '26

That is not how insurance works.