• samus12345@lemm.ee
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    The fact that he came from working class roots and chose to become a massive piece of shit makes him even worse than someone who was born into privilege.

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      Likewise, Luigi Mangione came from a background of privilege, yet gave it all up in the fight for the rights of all Americans.

      Turns out you can be born into the working class and still be a piece of shit, and you can be born well off and still be a decent person.

      The people writing these opinion pieces should be thrilled to hear that there is still hope for their children.

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        Likewise, Luigi Mangione came from a background of privilege, yet gave it all up in the fight for the rights of all Americans.

        That’s very true. Mangione sacrificed his upper class life to fight back against the system, whereas Thompson used the opportunities afforded him by the system to enrich himself at the expense of others.

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          to enrich himself at the expense of others.

          You didn’t finish your sentence properly.

          to enrich himself at the expense of others lives.

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        And THIS is one of the many reasons we love him.

        I don’t remember the dead class traitor’s name and I don’t care to.

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      Yes! Brian Thompson and Luigi were both class traitors for completely different reasons. Thompson betrayed the working class for his own selfishess while Luigi was like Engels in that he walked away from extreme privilege because he was disgusted by what his class was doing to us.