Top 10 Reasons Support for Luigi Mangione is Misplaced

The Top Ten

  1. He was never insured with UnitedHealthcare, which means his grievance towards people he said cheated him was, by definition, misplaced

  2. Denying people help in their life, in this case medical assistance covered by insurance, is not the same as outright killing them

    I wouldn't exactly say I support murdering the CEO's of companies that make unethical choices but honestly I can't say the idea of terrifying them into doing better doesn't have some appeal if the government won't force them to change their ways.

  3. UnitedHealthcare has, in fact, helped people, even if they cannot bring themselves to help everyone

  4. The CEO does not represent the whole of decision-making of a business like UnitedHealthcare, and the CEO being replaced won't do anything

  5. There was more to who Brian Thompson was than simply the CEO of a business like UnitedHealthcare, as he did other endeavors and had a family

  6. Participation as a client of a business like UnitedHealthcare is 100% voluntary, and if UnitedHealthcare was the type of scam its critics imply, it would be facing legal crackdowns too

  7. Much of the expression of support for Luigi Mangione has come in the form of harassing and review-bombing the McDonald's restaurant where he was recognized, ignoring that one person tipping off the FBI may not reflect everyone or even the one who did that

  8. Free healthcare, as most critics of UnitedHealthcare think should replace privatized healthcare, has as many if not more problems as privatized healthcare, evidenced by Canada preventing disabled families from immigrating there so their system can ignore

  9. Support for Luigi Mangione has, on a massive scale, been expressed in the form of merchandise bearing his name and likeness, which, if Luigi's criticism of capitalism is believed to represent his true philosophy, would paint his supporters as hypocritical

  10. If the claim that they found the wrong person based on the camera footage is true and that Luigi Mangione wasn't actually the one who shot Brian Thompson, then the celebration of him is, by definition, misplaced, as he doesn't actually represent the angst

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    Supporters of his after the shooting supported him before even knowing who he was and even guessed his identity would not be known, showing it is more about premature angst, before alternating between contradicting forms of denial and justification

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    He modeled his ideas on past mass murderers who have had less noble motives, such as the Unabomber, whose brother has condemned Luigi. Meanwhile, people like Mark David Chapman, who presented themselves responsibly, get no such optimism.

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  13. His own family works in the same parts of the same industry as Brian Thompson was killed over, among other industries argued to be ethically questionable

  14. Despite support for him being presented as a manifestation of frustration with the establishment and wealth, he grew up richer than Brian Thompson, who worked his way up from a poor family from Iowa, while Luigi had a wealthy family.

  15. Brian Thompson was not the founder of UnitedHealthcare and was, in fact, frustrated at how costly healthcare could be. He wanted to reform the industry and its ethics.

  16. Support for him has gotten carried away to the point that it has turned into a form of secular idolatry, with people turning him into a love icon, calling for him to run for president, and even calling for him to be canonized as a saint.

  17. Much of the support for him depends on spreading misconceptions, such as saying he had more police escorting him away than most school shooters. This is a misconception based on misunderstandings of how police operate in different places.

  18. There were many avenues he could have taken to address his issues, which have been cited as inspirations for his actions. For example, he could have sued Brian Thompson or UnitedHealthcare, but Luigi decided to escalate matters to murder.

  19. From 3D printing parts of his unauthorized gun to fleeing hundreds of miles from the scene of the crime, to having his defense team describe the crime inaccurately, for someone praised as a hero who did things for a noble cause, his actions lack honor

  20. He has been taking advantage of his supporters in a style comparable to Marilyn Manson or Kanye West, such as riding off fellow prisoners' servitude, sometimes for prestige, while making it seem like his treatment has been excessive

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