Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday. It wouldn’t absolve him of the Dec. 4, 2024, killing, but could free him from prison sooner.
If a jury accepts that defense, the panel would convict Mangione of manslaughter and he would face up to 25 years in prison. Alternatively, the jury could reject the extreme emotional disturbance defense and convict him of murder, which carries a potential life sentence. That defense isn’t available in his federal case.
I’d rather see the argument that it was the only logical response to an illogical environment.
It’s not that “everyone’s going crazy” these days, it’s that corporations and oligarchs aren’t withholding their end of the social contract, and forcing the cognitive dissonance on everyone that we still need to follow it will continue to lead to events like this.
It’s bigger than Luigi and whatever that CEOs name was.
This is just how people will react when they no longer believe society has their backs. And modern American society 100% does not have anyone’s back except oligarchs and corporations.
But the effect of the shooter’s actions is quantifiable and resulted in claims getting approved and a shit ton of lives saved.
Like, that’s going to be the big sticking point of this trial, it’s a trolley problem jury trial. I still think he’s getting off, even if they can prove it was him.
Tl;dr - Luigi’s not crazy, it’s the rest of the world that’s gone mad.
(Shout out to Wonko the Sane)
I just had this conversation with my therapist where I said I don’t think that I’m necessarily depressed, but am being acted upon by the men who move only in dimly lit halls and determine my future for me, and I feel distant from others, and don’t do enough fun things. And she was like, yeah, probably.
We need to guillotine the sociopath class.
Luigi already did one, so what are you waiting for?
Talking big about revolutions and beheading people when you clearly have no intention of actually doing either, is honestly kinda pathetic.
How do you know I am not working on a revolution?
Good on you if you are. Are you?
Are you?
Revolution against capitalism isn’t something I think is possible, they literally have all the money and power in the world and that is not a fight we can win.
Plus they aren’t spending any of their trillions to fix climate change (not that they even could at this point), so what’s the point in fighting for, or even dreaming of, a better future, when the rest of this century is going to involve the deaths of multiple billions of people to drought, famine, technological collapse, bad weather and run away heating.
So instead of spouting hollow platitudes about beheading billiomaires and needing revolutions, I’ve spent my energy elsewhere, mainly by studying climate science and enjoying what little health I have left.
Username checks out.
Read the next two books in the trilogy.
Ahh nothing like having a more informed outlook, and using that to justify your nihilism and misanthropy. A bland and useless choice, but you aren’t the first, and won’t be the last. What it does tell me, is your opinion doesn’t belong here, and doesn’t actually matter.
And you don’t need money to fix those problems, money just makes it easier. Labor is ultimately what fixes those problems, always was, always will be. Money is just a lubricant, it can’t actually do any work on it’s own. You could, instead of falling to lazy nihilism, rally other likeminded people in your field to start fixing whatever corners of the world you can. You could organize with your neighbors or fellow citizens and aim for doing your small part.
But I’ll leave you to wait for your death, since it sounds like you’ve already made peace with being cattle. And I know better than to argue with livestock, not much can change your mind once you’ve made it. I’d wish you good luck, but it’d be pointless since you’ve already given up.
the only sane response to an insane world is to reject it wholeheartedly, possibly by lashing out; it is the most damaged among us who embrace it unreservedly.
I don’t think that’s gonna hold up in court.
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