Luigi Mangione murdered a man in cold blood on a street in New York City. He said he did it, and there's video evidence of it, so there's no doubt about it. He's on trial for the crime now.
It's an "open and shut" case of breaking the law, of doing what's obviously and morally wrong. But a substantial group of people disagree. Alarmingly, 41% of registered voters between 18 and 29 say that this murder is ok with them.
How do they justify the killing? The victim was an insurance executive, and they say that insurance companies are unjustly withholding payments from clients who deserve to have their claims paid (image).
"Clear Thinker" Kaizen Asiedu tries to clear up the confusion by saying: "It's not that hard. Murder is bad. Luigi Mangione murdering Brian Thompson is bad. People dying because they were denied healthcare is bad. Murdering someone to fix healthcare does not fix healthcare and is bad." Yes, that's rational thinking.
But we're in trouble when a sizeable number of us think murder is ok as a way to solve a problem.
from Clear Thinker
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