"Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming." Note the plural. He already knows there will be imitators. That was part of the point. The fact he did it, lived, got his words out, and will have a huge public platform at trial, pretty much guarantee there will be more.
I don't think it will have many imitators. The billionaires will lock down, meet by zoom, travel with a ring of bodyguards, not ever be in public without body armor, etc.
Thompson wasn't a billionaire. For every billionaire there are dozens of dead-eyed millionaire toadies doing their bidding without whom they could not accomplish anything.
I know a few people who work in exec security details and they’ve got a ton of calls already, but straight up says that most of their work is going to be smoke and mirrors to throw off prepared parties.
They also indicated that it’ll likely fall off after a year when they realize how expensive c-suite protection services actually are.
I dunno, they seem to have quite a hubris problem as a group. They'll run scared in the short term but they seem to reject the notion that there should be any restrictions placed on them in any regard.
What about those close to them? Obviously you target not only the execs, but make them feel like not even their families or homes are safe. You don't have to put a physical bullet in the back of someone's head to enact change. Not every exec will have enough pull to have bodyguards 24/7 - not even the president elect with the secret service surrounding him could keep a shot from grazing his ear. Whether you believe that was a hoax or not, it was enough to muddy the waters in people's belief in absolute security at any level for anybody. Eventually the other shoe would drop and change in policy would be the only solution out.
It's a shame Mangione let himself get caught so early. If he was wiser, he could have done some real terror like Kaczynski did. With his bright mind, he may have actually gotten the ball rolling on policy change through violence. If he is expecting to inspire some copycat to pick up the mantle, he is sadly naive. People who have the resources, who are motivated enough to do what he did; revolutionaries; they don't come along very often. By allowing himself to be caught, he has already given up the fight.
I hope this is some elaborate scheme, where the the real gunman is still out there, off to shoot the next CEO. And Mangione is just the fall guy - hoping his lawyer can get him off, but willing to sit the rest of his life in prison for the cause. This isn't Hollywood, so I have serious doubts. Chances are he already played his hand and that one bullet was all he had. Smhuck.
good god, unless you're auditioning for your community theater to play Robespierre this is some pretty unhinged shit. Revolutions are not won through terror. Successful revolutions are rare as it goes and not a single one of them was started by acts of isolated terror against the oppressing class. That's just what intelligenzia lunatics like you like to tell each other over their lattes, because it elevates your feelings from helpless to noble.
If this guy had continued, hid from the cops, shot five more CEOs -then what? Global capitalism falls, the Glorious Revolution comes? Unhinged nonsense.
I see you have never known true hopelessness in life. I have, as have many people in my life, as probably many people probably walking beside you on the street everyday. Ever heard of going postal? Sure you have! It's an American tradition. When you find yourself at the end of rope, at your wits end, you decide you can't take any more of this rotten world - but you also want to take some other people out with you that you blame. What is it in what I have written above that is so unlike that national sport?
People in this country are fed up all the time, with what they feel is less and less to look forward to. At least in the lean times, during other great economic downturns, people at least felt like their country had their back, they could rely on (trust in) big institutional establishments like police/doctors/scientists, and for the most part, feel safe in their communities. Now you can't even feel safe sending your kids to school without getting a goodbye text mid-day in the afternoon as your kid gets gun-downed by enemies from within and without. So idk.
I know I'm not about to go out and do what this kid did. Most people aren't. There is a reason most Americans are kept fat, complacent - and weed is being legalized pronto. Newsflash! It's not because big brother is worried about filling the tax coffiers. The slower, dumber, and more complacent the American people... the less likely they will rise up. We will see more Mangiones and Bushnells. Lone losers who had nothing else to lose, ao they took their shot at what they hoped would be a message. As far as organized, violent rebellions? Sorry if I misled you. I could only dream my fellow compatriots could be counted on in our nations time of need.
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u/zbracisz 16d ago
"Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming." Note the plural. He already knows there will be imitators. That was part of the point. The fact he did it, lived, got his words out, and will have a huge public platform at trial, pretty much guarantee there will be more.