someone is pissed about their zepbound copay
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hotdog!
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I hope people take the time to reflect on how this was a smart guy by all accounts. And unlike Ted Kaczynski, he didn't take out any innocent bystanders. Very targeted. I have a lot of trouble coming up with any empathy for any health insurance ceo.
From what I understand he's a nepo baby with an amazing lawyer. And if he is tried in NY they're going to have a hell of a time finding a jury in NYC. We tend to be the kind of people that won't want to throw the book at him.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/video-captures-luigi-mangione-lookalike-contest-in-new-york-1.7140137
hotdog!
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Yeah, I read the same but he must not be your typical nepo baby if he killed this guy specifically because he represents and was one of the people directly responsible for the horrible state of health insurance/health care system in this country. A populist nepo baby! Rare. Maybe he is just cosplaying as Bruce Wayne against the health insurance villains.
Oh, I just meant his nepo status means he can afford the best of the best lawyers.
From what I understand he had a severe back issue.
https://people.com/luigi-mangione-painful-back-condition-spondylolisthesis-8760672
Loss of the ability to have a sex life and continue being active (with the body in the pictures being used in articles, he HAD to be active) would drive anyone crazy, nevermind insurance companies holding up his treatment.
Sunflower
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Someone on Reddit posted NYC had Wanted posters up with various healthcare CEOs pics
Thousands of upvotes. I only commented “can we do this for Dallas CEOs” and was banned for 3 days for “inciting violence” 
Vacation4us
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Gross. A man was shot in the back and murdered. Anyone who thinks Luigi is a hero is delusional.
penewbie
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Saying this in the forum devoted to people who can't afford life saving medication due to the actions and greed of men like Brian Thompson is deliciously ironic.
Keep on licking that boot.
I’m pretty sure the term “nepo baby” is for when a child gets a difficult-to-obtain job because of who their parents are, especially when they’re otherwise untalented. To my knowledge that isn’t Luigi’s situation. He’s just a boilerplate rich kid who was in fact very intelligent (valedictorian speaks to that), not a nepo baby.
Maybe it doesn't play as perfectly to the working class hero narrative but I don't see Luigi's familial wealth to be a negative regardless of how pampered a life he lived. Many of histories heroes had significant funding or came from wealth.
Fighting anything is not cheap and benefits from having a stable base, education and network. While there is precedent for the down trodden masses to mount an effective fight it is ironically the rich who are the best positioned to engage in any sort of warfare whether it be economic or physical.
Easy to see why they may not want to rock the boat they benefit the most from, which I think puts Luigi into a particularly positive light.
Fighting anything is not cheap and benefits from having a stable base, education and network. While there is precedent for the down trodden masses to mount an effective fight it is ironically the rich who are the best positioned to engage in any sort of warfare whether it be economic or physical.
Easy to see why they may not want to rock the boat they benefit the most from, which I think puts Luigi into a particularly positive light.
My understanding was a nepo baby was someone whose success could be attributed to their parents and that he was going to an Ivy League college partially due to his parent's status. I could be mistaken.
I agree. Those who are privileged enough to be able to afford the best of the best legal representation are best able to send a message without risking.... Ah, an unfortunate end where the prison cameras mysteriously don't work or life in prison.
When someone 'upper class' agrees with those less fortunate, it says a lot about the situation being terrible.
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Vacation4us
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There literally is nothing ironic about murder. Murdering people you disagree with is still murder. WTF is wrong with you people?
You seem upset, but no one said it wasn't murder or that he did the right thing, other than @Sunflower saying they made a joke on Reddit and the rest of us discussing what happened in what I would consider a rather matter-of-fact manner.
We just lack empathy for a man who was the CEO of a company that has caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people by delaying and denying care. It's not like his death will truly help the situation, they'll just replace him with someone equally heartless but good for shareholders.
raw_oyster_eater
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the U.S. government hunt down and kill lots of people who do bad things. is it murder?
i mean don't you watch Navy Seals or Lioness?
i mean don't you watch Navy Seals or Lioness?
YoYoFat
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It also means that he can afford the best medical care without insurance. I’m not sure his anger towards the CEO and his medical condition are even related.
I don't know enough about the costs of the procedures he needs, but healthcare costs could easily be significantly more than his legal representation.
His parents also may be more willing to pay his legal fees than cash price for procedures that could/should be covered by insurance.
We just don't know, and probably won't until the trial, or maybe ever.
raw_oyster_eater
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this whole deal is just getting started. i expect there will be a huge show trial bigger than O.J.s
There's also the chance they choose not to televise it so they don't incentivize copycats. Like how a lot of news outlets post about victims of school shootings and not the shooter- so becoming infamous doesn't become a motivating factor. Especially since the Internet has chosen to love this guy already.
Sunflower
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Creating an AI with a 90% error rate to deny more healthcare claims DID and DOES result in death. Insurance denials that facilitate death are murder. Sending weapons overseas to kill people in thier home country is also murder. And we are made to fund it all with our taxes and insurance premiums.
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