r/tuesday • u/JustKidding456 Believes Jesus is Messiah & God; Centre-right • 17d ago

“After UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing, Doctors Speak Out.” Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2024.

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u/Maximus_2698 Right Visitor 17d ago edited 17d ago

The lionization of Luigi Mangione is grotesque. A spoiled, privileged, rich kid murdering someone in cold blood because of their profession should never be turned into a folk hero. All the supportive rhetoric on Reddit and elsewhere will only encourage copycats and is deeply authoritarian.

The simple fact is that while most Americans aren't satisfied with the American healthcare system in the abstract, a majority of Americans are satisfied with the cost of their own personal healthcare.

The primary difference between our system and a system like Canada's or the UK's is who picks up the tab. For us its private insurance, and for them it's the government. I'm sure the same people arguing that this murder shows we need to overhaul our healthcare system would not feel the same way if the NHS director in the UK was killed in the same fashion.

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u/jimmymcstinkypants Right Visitor 16d ago

The fact that you’re currently downvoted for stating “murder is bad” , and presumably not for the obviousness of it, on a centrist sub no less, is deeply troubling to me. 

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u/marinqf92 Left Visitor 14d ago

I feel like I'm losing my mind. I'm desperate to find anyone in my life or online who will unequivocally condemn this vigilante murder, and it feels like a ghost town. Social media has radicalized and rotted everyone's mind.