Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics, according to a person familiar with the matter.
That’s a valid but also very superficial take. The reason many people sympathise with him is that he killed only a single person, whereas Brian Thompson killed thousands by denying them the healthcare they already paid for. The fact that that’s legal is the real problem here.
And rejection rated dropped after the murder, so it’s entirely possible that Luigi saved more lives than he took.
Yes, this is a sick take, but it’s also a sick system, and denying that is unhelpful and dishonest. The system needs to be fixed. Something good needs to come out of this, not merely the punishment of this one guy.