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Brian Thompson, Not Luigi Mangione, Is the Real Working-Class Hero (archive.ph)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I nominate this NYT opinion piece for shittiest take of 2024!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

But they're not lying. It's pretty reasonable to believe both that his parents were working class, and that him becoming a class traitor on such a level does make him a hero in capitalist eyes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

it is, though.

The implication is that Brian Thompson should be/is a hero to working class people.

he's not.

he's an asshole who made millions fucking over people just trying to get medical care. many of whom have died as a result of his fucking them over, and that is especially true of those who actually work for a living- which he has not in a very long time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

i don't think it's lying, necessarily. i suspect that it's embellishing, and it's inarguably providing an incomplete, intentionally flattering picture.