Luigi Mangione, who is charged with first-degree murder in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, made the comments on a website set up by his defense.
It’s me spouting off on people? Have you seen the comments I’ve received? What do you make of them?
In other comments in the thread I’ve gone on for paragraphs and paragraphs about exactly why I believe what I believe. If you really are interested, then read them. It boils down to: I’m against murder as defined by the law, and I think political violence is dangerous and counter-productive.
Ah, so you’re edit in the original post was justified because they started it. Is that how morality works? They started the mud slinging, so it’s okay now?
I did read your posts, and commented on others, and I agree with your stance. I’m pretty sure JFK did, to. It’s basically the corollary of, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution impossible.” So what peaceful solution do you propose to solve the healthcare problem in America given the state of your government for the last number of decades, and is it really a peaceful revolution if thousands are administratively killed in the process? And is that better or worse than killing a few people in the streets who have amassed obscene levels of wealth by promoting those deaths to make that happen a little faster, whether that be due to legislation or sudden policy reversals due to newfound altruism?
There are no easy answers in morality. This is why philosophers have written so many books about it.
So what peaceful solution do you propose to solve the healthcare problem in America given the state of your government
It’s not my government. I live in Europe and benefit from cheap universal healthcare. Boringly, I suggest that Americans pull the levers of their still-functional democracy, of which there are many. And then exercise some patience. Because the alternative - the inevitable authoritarian backlash to political violence - is worse.
It’s me spouting off on people? Have you seen the comments I’ve received? What do you make of them?
In other comments in the thread I’ve gone on for paragraphs and paragraphs about exactly why I believe what I believe. If you really are interested, then read them. It boils down to: I’m against murder as defined by the law, and I think political violence is dangerous and counter-productive.
Ah, so you’re edit in the original post was justified because they started it. Is that how morality works? They started the mud slinging, so it’s okay now?
I did read your posts, and commented on others, and I agree with your stance. I’m pretty sure JFK did, to. It’s basically the corollary of, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution impossible.” So what peaceful solution do you propose to solve the healthcare problem in America given the state of your government for the last number of decades, and is it really a peaceful revolution if thousands are administratively killed in the process? And is that better or worse than killing a few people in the streets who have amassed obscene levels of wealth by promoting those deaths to make that happen a little faster, whether that be due to legislation or sudden policy reversals due to newfound altruism?
There are no easy answers in morality. This is why philosophers have written so many books about it.
It’s not my government. I live in Europe and benefit from cheap universal healthcare. Boringly, I suggest that Americans pull the levers of their still-functional democracy, of which there are many. And then exercise some patience. Because the alternative - the inevitable authoritarian backlash to political violence - is worse.