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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 90 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago

FYI, his family is wealthy. They own a country club in Maryland. Not that I'm opposed to crowd-funding his defense. I think it would send another message that the greedy health insurance companies need to hear loud and clear.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

What happened with him specifically tho, what lead to this?

[-] Subtracty@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In my experience, a fair amount of "rich kids" in the millenial and gen z age range are pretty disillusioned with the system. They might not have come to their conclusions through struggle and inequality. But got there because of empathy.

I think that it has to do with how they were taught in school and when they were young. They grow up on values of kindness and generosity and then, in young adulthood, realize they have benefitted from other peoples labor. The internet and a trend towards more self-awareness probably contribute.

That certainly isn't the case for all rich kids. Most of them are oblivious assholes. But I've met a few.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I had that impulse but its obviously a less usual thing. Was just thinkint about that stuff that said McKinsey only hires rich kids, and like thinking as a rich kid at that fart factory, "God it sucks to be this shitty"

They can be better than that and I applaud those of them who do so regardless of their past motivations or character.

[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago

Have you looked at society lately?

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

$$$ = SPEECH

Havent you looked at society lately haha!?

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

There's a lot of speculation, but his Twitter banner was an x-ray of a bunch of screws in his spine, and his reading list included a lot of books about backpain.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

That'll do it 🩻

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's a good question, I'm very curious to know if he did this for political reasons, personal reasons, or both.

[-] bitwise@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 weeks ago

Just be sure to do it via cash so they can't put you on a list.

Donation services and apps usually have clauses about not using the money for criminal defence, so they'll just refund it.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

How do you crowd fund with cash internationally ;)

[-] bitwise@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

There are ways to do it, most of them tracked to prevent the funding of terrorism and crime.

Bringing a suitcase full of cash into the country isn't going to work, either. They'll just seize it at the border.

You could always go to the effort to establish a charity, but I'm not a US citizen so I don't know enough about what's allowed or available with respect to what qualifies something to be a charity.

Maybe if you make it a "Christian" organization dedicated to providing legal defence to "wayward souls" or something?

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think they'll be granting 501C status to your "Let's shoot the billionaires" organization.

[-] bulwark@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Do people still use Monero?

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'm absolutely pitching in.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Not even American and I probably will

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

GoFundMe has already removed several listings for this

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 87 points 2 weeks ago
[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Fucking rat was a boomer too.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

*mysterious grease fire burns down Penn. McDonald’s

[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

Yet another reason to avoid that "restaurant".

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Wouldn't be surprised if that was a cover for parallel construction.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago

had a ghost gun capable of firing a 9 mm round and a suppressor, police said. The gun and suppressor were "consistent with the weapon used in the murder," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. The gun "may have been made on a 3D printer," police said.

Mangione also had a three-page handwritten document "that speaks to his motivation and mindset," Tisch said.

Man if you assassinate someone maybe don’t keep the weapon and manifesto on your person.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 18 points 2 weeks ago

How did he not throw that stuff away while he was in the park?!

Common man!

[-] cralder@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

He must have known he would get caught right? Why else keep a written note on him? He must have intended for it to be found and mentioned in the news to further bring attention to the broken healthcare system

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think you're halfway there - he probably did mean for it to be found, if he was killed or died in the interim.

That would have been his failsafe to tell his story to the world.

Source: there isn't one, it's simply one line of supposition

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

"It does seem that he had some ill will toward corporate America," police said.

[-] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago

“That's some good work Lou, you'll make sergeant for this."

[-] terraborra@lemmy.nz 20 points 2 weeks ago

Wiggin may be incompetent but at least he’s not a class traitor. Never forget that he let Mona Simpson go rather than hand her over to Mr Burns.

[-] sndmn@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

The Health-Care-Hero we need!

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