Frankly, it would be an objectively good thing if there were a trend of Luigi-esque incidents, because the only thing entrenched power structures will respond to is violence, and Luigi’s methods did not leave much room for collateral damage.
We need some kind of large scale morally righteous social struggle. Perhaps, to use a turn of phrase, a jihad on health insurance.
Cool, go assassinate another CEO if you actually care.
Posting on the internet does nothing.
Yeah, there might be some copycats, but I’m dubious. This reignited the healthcare and wealth gap conversation, but that’s about it. Nothing meaningful will come from this in regards to our legislature taking action to help the lower and middle classes out.
This guy is likely to go to jail for a long time. Law enforcement spared no expense tracking him down, catching him within days even after making a relatively clean getaway after a fairly well executed plan. Not many people have nothing to lose and/or have no fear of those kinds of consequences.
In my opinion, until around 30% of our country is on the verge of starvation, unemployment, and/or homelessness, there won’t be a mass movement that chooses to take forceful action. And even if that occurs, you can guarantee all the fancy police state surveillance they’ve put in place over the last 20-some-odd years will get dialed up to 11.
Fairly well-executed plan? Dude was eating in public in the same jacket he wore that day.
Not to mention going without the mask at Starbucks and keeping the manifesto and weapon.
He wasn’t trying to seriously evade capture. But I think he was close to having a chance.
And yet the only reason he was caught as soon as he was, was because a McDonald’s employee wanted $50,000 (and didn’t even end up getting the money anyway).
I didn’t say it was a flawless plan or even great, just that he did evade authorities for days despite the insane amount of resources NYPD poured into finding him.
He was 100% getting caught regardless of who reported seeing him. The only chance he had was ditching everything and running forever.
It’s very strange. He had a ghost gun and all those IDs, and then went to get a McChicken.
I think he got cold feet when he realized he might have to stay on the run for the rest of his life.
Posting on the internet is effectively just leafleting, but on a mass scale.
That’s not nothing, but it’s certainly not enough.
The fundamental difference between Luigi and the average American is that Luigi truly felt he was entitled to health care. He was so affronted by the injustice that he went postal over it.
Most Americans are either too demoralized or too cynical to believe they can do more than yell at a call center worker when claims are denied.
Dude had the means, resources, and time to do that stuff. Really desperate people are too busy trying to survive and don’t have time for all this internet fetitization.
Mmm I wouldn’t count them out.
Revolutions start from the top down. Not the bottom up
He also had a sense of entitlement. Marginalized folks expect to be fucked over, so they’re less likely to flip out and kill somebody when it happens to them.
Can you burn a Luigi board?
Why does he always have a mouse cursor in his ear ? Is this a new US trend ?
Whoever took the original picture likely used a phone or camera to actually take a picture of a computer screen. I think I can see screen refresh artifacts in the image, too. It’s mostly an illiterate computer user trend, or maybe someone in a hurry to capture a picture of someone else’s screen.
It’s ok if you like wearing a mouse cursor in your ear, we won’t judge you.
They promised him the world, then he got out and found out.
I understand why the French were fed up and went agro on the wealthy in 1789. Most Americans view the wealthy as heroes and will continue to take it up the ass without lube.
The French were starving to death in the streets in 1789. In the US, the average poor person is exponentially more likely to suffer from obesity, than to die from lack of food.
I wouldn’t hold my breath for the American people to revolt like that–things are simply not nearly as bad in the US now as they were in France then, and it’s ignorant to equivocate them like this.
If I may suggest. Work and live in a 1st World EU country and one will quickly realize how far behind the USA is and what should be fixed. Crime and violence will decrease too.
have you ever seen commonly malnourished people groups? rapidly putting on weight is basically the norm for them
The wealth distribution right now in the US is almost the same as it was in France at that time
Define “effective”.
What changed for the better as a result of his actions, for either him or anyone else?
The night is yet young.
we’ve seen how wildly effective it is
No, we haven’t.
Wealthy, white girls, Sophia? Who is “WE”??
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Sounds like a slippery slope. That could lead to working with moderates and winning elections.
