Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione is inspiring others to violence
The accused killer of a UnitedHealthcare CEO hoped to "normalize" such acts, including last month's deadly attack on the NFL headquarters, prosecutors argue in a new court filing.
Wrong. CEOs are inspiring others to commit violence.
It sure seems to be a CEO thing.
I can for sure say I feel inspired to commit violence by such behaviour:
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/sports/grown-man-blasted-for-snatching-kamil-majchrzaks-hat-from-kid/
Cool
Now stop trying to prosecute a guy who I’m pretty convinced isn’t actually the guy who did the thing
Cops couldn’t afford to look incompetent. So they did the usual thing and picked a convenient sap to pin it on.
Honestly, the best argument for his guilt is that he seems a rather inconvenient sap. He has rich parents who can help him pay for representation, he's charismatic and attractive, and he's overall a pretty sympathetic figure. Pinning it on some poor, crude guy seems easier.
The eyebrows and the world's most suspicious manifesto are definitely not compelling, though.
"b-but He WaS NeRvOUs DuRiNg QuEsTiOnInG!!!111"
Pushing for the death penalty while simultaneously claiming he's "inspiring others to violence" certainly is a choice. Oblivious to the high likelihood only making him a martyr to a lot of people. A good reminder of just how utterly unimpressive our elites rulers are.
Prosecutor: We believe the defendant is inspiring others to violence.
Judge: That is a serious allegation. You must be able to provide at least one example.
Prosecutor: Of course your honor. We feel inspired to kill the defendant and will be seeking the death penalty in this case.
also labeling as a terrorist, even if they arnt going to charge him as such. they are trying to overcharge to see what sticks , its a common tactic .
Oh they are 100% going to find a reason to kill Luigi. The trial will be for show. They are probably talking to Hollywood directors right now trying to figure out how the trial should look.
Luigi isn't inspiring anyone
CEOs are awesome at inspiring people to murder CEOs
Exactly.
It is the CEOs and politicians themselves who are impacting people's lives, not the odd retribution act. That's just the result of it.
The cops are inspiring it too by demonstrating the only justice that Americans can get is vigilante justice. We are on the cusp of a French-style social recalibration.
What's funny is that the same cops are inspiring copycat² weebs (who cosplays a cosplayer?) to receive violence from those that they, in turn, have inspired to act
(bonus: only the latter was in accordance with their local ordinances and rights.) 🤣
I have extremely violent fantasies about the leadership of several countries and corporations. That list grows weekly. Luigi did not cause them; he expressed what I already felt and thought, that basically the only way any of us will see justice done is by taking it into our own hands and being prepared to kill the capitalist class and its enablers
Elon Musk has inspired several acts of arson and vandalism and should be locked up.
Luigi saves lives.
Where can I see this work of art
Your local comicon.
The state is clearly trying to kill a religious figure. I thought this was America and that sort of thing was frowned on.
No, the health insurance industry is doing that all on its own.
No - a corrupt and malevolent system that provides grotesque and entirely undeserved privilege for a sociopathic few at the expense of the many is inspiring violence.
Insurance companies purposefully putting bureaucratic delays and hurdles in the way of their dying customers getting life-saving treatments in order to generate record profits, essentially letting their customers die to avoid paying for their treatment, is what has, and will normalize violent acts.
Never once I've seen this argument being used in trials for school shooters
Capitalism is inspiring people to violence.
sure daddy... nobody is buying this fake news.
if you got a case, prove it, removed
this prosecutor is pathetic. there is not single dead ceo since perp did the good work.
wtf is it talking about?
Counterpoint: unfair company practices are inspiring others to violence.
Can these fake news stop making him so cool? I love him already alright?
These prosecutors are inspiring me to commit violence.
As long as its yelling at the oligarchs or at the system, not your fellow poors, your spouse, or at your house pet. if we arent mad we arent paying attention.
My rage is well targeted, don't you worry! :)
Yep, it's this one dude who's inspiring the besieged middle class into increasing action over time, and it's totally not the entire systemically rotten core of big corporate America.
You absolutely nailed it NBC, spot on.
The check wasn't even dry.
That’s the hope, yes.
I think its the oligarchs doing that...
Good
Good but "where and when?"
We have been ruled by a corrupt elite, individuals and institutions entrenched in power, who have consistently placed their own wealth, influence, and short-term interests above the collective well-being and long-term survival of the human race. These elites have shaped global systems, economic, political, environmental, in ways that extract maximum benefit for themselves, while offloading the costs onto the masses and future generations.
Rather than acting as stewards of humanity’s present and future, they have prioritized profit over sustainability, control over equity, and secrecy over accountability. They’ve knowingly driven ecological collapse, widened economic inequality, fuelled endless wars, and undermined democratic institutions; not out of ignorance, but because doing so served their agendas.
While they built empires on fossil fuels, financial speculation, and surveillance, they dismissed or actively suppressed warnings from scientists, whistle blowers, and communities. Their decisions were not made in a vacuum; they were conscious choices to trade planetary stability for personal gain.
As a result, humanity now stands at the edge of multiple converging crises. Climate change, resource depletion, social unrest, and technological disruption, all of which were foreseeable and, to varying degrees, preventable. Yet those with the power to alter course chose not to.
We are not simply victims of mismanagement. We are survivors of deliberate negligence. They’ve turned healthcare into a marketplace, democracy into theatre, and human pain into a line item on a quarterly report. While families ration insulin, children breathe poisoned air, and entire families gulp down cancerous water, they dine in boardrooms and speak of efficiency and dividends. Their success is measured in how effectively they can extract, exploit, and evade.
We now live in a world where people cry out in pain and are met with silence. Where justice and even care seems so unreachable. The real crime isn't that Luigi shot a man. The real crime is that they created a system where shooting a man was the only choice he was left with. Only a fool thinks they can exploit people without triggering violence. And only a delusional coward believes it’ll stop after the first shot’s fired.
Unless the time of self serving leaders comes to an end, the violence will only continue to grow.
Very well said
TL;DR tho 🤞
Irrelevant...? How is that his problem or his fault? Incitement has to be willful, intentional, or at least grossly negligent for you to be culpable in it. And how does that contribute to proving his guilt in the first place?
Shareholder violence is inspiring self defense
Well, there are lots of people with terminal diagnoses, thanks in part to the US health care system.
Just a reminder y'all can easily put both Mangione and Itsa Me Luigi stickers on your cars, depending on your need for plausible deniability. People do know what it means, keeps it fresh in their minds.
lol one can only hope
One can only keep hoping so...
I think homicidal CEOs with zero negative consequences are inspiring people to violence. If there's never any justice for a class of criminal, someone they've harmed will eventually try to balance the scales
Did you mean to write that as Richard Ayoade?
Where is the problem with that? Not enough Luigis?
Luigi is a symptom of an unjust system and it has nothing to do with him. Quite frankly, if he didn't do it, someone else eventually would have. All the ingredients were there, and are still there for this kind of thing to keep happening.
Know anyone taking bets on how long before one of America's historic pastimes is revisited nationwide? You know, that ol' chestnut Fuck the Rich!, etc., remember?
I'm shocked it took this long.
If only...
Good. Excellent.
"Prosecutors say Charles Manson is inspiring others to violence" was never a thing even though it was probably easier to support because they had a solid case with real evidence to put Charles Manson in the slammer.
This fishing trip about character looks weak
Great!
How dare a figure who the rabble resonate with have any influence!
Prosecutors say a lot of bullshit things to sway opinions. Show me the facts?!
If the glove doesn't fit, you MUST acquit!
Inspiring others to resist.
Not enough...
Personally I think CEOs who are fine with killing thousands to save money inspire violence more