And killing Thompson is the whole reason people elevate him. If Luigi Mangione is actually just some random dude getting his McD’s after working on his fan-fiction manifesto and printing out copycat fake IDs for lols, then the story isn’t really about Luigi.

Also, there’s basically no chance he successfully blocks extradition. This is just a delaying action to have more time as a story. Being able to handle media well is probably his primary requirement.

“It doesn’t matter” (and they’re right) is always going to be the number one answer. Very few states actually have meaningful voting rights with respect to the presidential election. Lower races are sometimes more meaningful, but even then they’re frequently forgone conclusions. The only votes I had that weren’t a forgone conclusion was some municipal ballot measures.

Tell me more, establishment power structures, how celebrating the vigilante killing of a mass murderer in a suit is demonstrating the deep moral rot in our society.

I don’t know who chose that headlining image of him pointing (and looking) at the sun, but it’s perfect.

ChatGPT 13 will send a robot back so that it will have already caught up to him.

The thing holding back these donation funds is verification that they’re actually for Mangione’s defense. “The December 4th Legal Committee” could just be a scam.

Bin Laden wasn’t on a battlefield, he merely directed others to perform deadly acts. Same as Thompson.

This is an important message for America. He should stand up and say it publicly. And publish his itinerary in advance.

So… *checks math*, just 13 more? That’s achievable. Let’s do this.

What, do you think the DA doesn’t know what charges they’ll file? Or that the judge in PA is making his judgment on bail based not on stated intentions, but charges that no one has even mentioned?

Neither is the charge for Mangione.

https://www.amny.com/news/midtown-assassin-second-degree-murder-charges-await-mysterious-suspect-luigi-mangione-in-new-york/

What? People being charged with murder get bail all the time.

Here’s two examples, because I was searching for the second and misremembered his last name as “Perry” instead of “Penny”, but conveniently there was another person subjected to a murder charge who also had a bail set.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/us/austin-blm-protest-shooting-indictment/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-penny-expected-court-chokehold-death-jordan-neely/story?id=100334248

I dunno, if I’m on a jury that all sounds like circumstantial evidence to me…

He also apparently gave cops the same fake ID he used at the hostel, despite having four fake IDs. My only guess is the initial escape was to keep the story alive for a week, then he either expected to be caught eventually or intentionally allowed himself to be caught so he could revitalize it and possibly start making public statements.

The Post is very clearly writing this story to say a person who does this is a ridiculous loser, but just makes him sound cool. Also, “ex-Ivy League student” is a really weird way to say “got a masters degree from an Ivy League school”. He’s not a dropout, he finished and then moved to the next stage of his professional life.

This exec was both a clear and present danger and likely to continue killing people, neither of which clearly apply to the homeless dude.

This isn’t just a murder, it’s potentially a statement about how the people who seem to be untouchable in the current social order are very very touchable. If that statement stands, it endangers the social order itself.

Propaganda of the deed (or propaganda by the deed, from the French propagande par le fait) is specific political direct action meant to be exemplary to others and serve as a catalyst for revolution.

It is primarily associated with acts of violence perpetrated by proponents of insurrectionary anarchism in the late 19th and early 20th century, including bombings and assassinations aimed at the state, the ruling class in a spirit of anti-capitalism, and church arsons targeting religious groups, even though propaganda of the deed also had non-violent applications. These acts of terrorism were intended to ignite a “spirit of revolt” by demonstrating the state, the middle and upper classes, and religious organizations were not omnipotent as well as to provoke the State to become escalatingly repressive in its response.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_deed

And maybe the next one will be a little more worried about how many people without anything to lose his actions are creating. If not, then keep going until one does.

Even the nicest most hardworking billionaires you’ve met still never stopped exploiting people. A person can’t make a billion dollars through hard work and ingenuity. You only get that rich by extracting value from the labor of others or inheriting the riches gained through such. They passed the point where they gained little to no benefit from figuring out how they could keep getting bigger numbers and rather than distribute the gains downward and they kept going. They paid money managers to maximize their returns and wash away any concerns about how those investments got so profitable. They paid bosses to hire people at the lowest most efficient wage they could and then fire them when it’s more efficient. They may even be contributing some of that ill-gotten wealth to philanthropic enterprises. Not enough to impact their life, naturally, but some. The best will even promise to give it all away. Not now of course, when they die. Until then, they deserve it all and get to decide which ills are sexy enough to be worth contributions.

And when you meet them at a mixer or a promo event or wherever it is you do, they’ll be happy friendly people. Because why wouldn’t they be? They’re sitting on a dragon’s hoard of wealth extracted from the work of others, with every freedom and luxury, and a fawning entourage and friendly media ready to continually say how nice and special they are.