But is it politically motivated?
He was pissed his claim was denied.
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lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoIf it’s politically motivated I’m pretty sure it’s terrorism.
mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Deme@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
I’d say that yes it was definitely politically motivated, since it was just as much an attack against the system as it was against the person, but hardly terrorism since there was no intent to scare the general public.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
He probably did intend to scare insurance company executives. I can see calling it terrorism, even if I think he should get off.
I’ve dealt with back pain, and during the height of my battle with the insurer I absolutely would’ve been tempted to kill the fuckers given the chance.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
So, I’ve heard he didn’t actually have UHC. There’s also no confirmation of a denied claim, just the fact that he had back pain. Luigi targeted Brian because UHC was the largest insurance provider in the country, not because he was personally denied a particular claim. The guy was doing long distance hiking and running months before the slaying.
TrueAnon podcast has a great deep dive into who Luigi was and what his potential motives were.
He’s got a background in Effective Altruism and was involved with a number of Silicon Valley gurus with particularly extremist ideology.
Far from simply being an unhappy customer, it’s likely he’s a real life “Radical Centrist” who got pilled on far center neoliberal ideology.
Lyricism6055@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wtf is far center?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s a bit like far-left or far-right, except it manages to get bipartisan approval.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
z axis moment
lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I mean he wrote words on bullets (or casings, I dunno) and a manifesto…
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
[deleted]Jyek@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The military is political. It is literally policy when the military moves. Anything any military does is dictionary terrorism. But terrorism is a nasty word for it so we don’t call it that.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I mean, yes. But folks here aren’t ready for that conversation
TheFriar@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
….so? How many killers before him have written a manifesto? Are all these school shooters, attacking actual public schools, being charged with terrorism? They’re actually striking out at “the system.”
lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
It happens occasionally:
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Are all these school shooters, attacking actual public schools, being charged with terrorism?
There’s little need to up-charge school shooters. Many of them are killed on sight. Those that are captured (Dylan Roof, for instance) get life without parole or the death sentence.
But in NYC, a single murder without a terrorist motive only gets you to 2nd Degree Murder. That means you’ll be out in 15 years. The “terrorism” addendum is necessary for life without parole sentencing.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
‘Terrorism’ is just a word for anything the state doesn’t like.
Kalysta@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Is the second guy who tried to shoot trump being charged with terrorism? Because that was politically motivated.
If he’s not, Luigi also does not deserve the charge.
lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Was the first guy charged?
Kalysta@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
No he’s dead.
lud@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah right, forgot about that.
NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The NY charge calls for a specific action taken against a government entity.
Unless UHC is part of the government, but corporations as government is Musolini style fascism, and the US isn’t a fascist country, right?