While being escorted into the courthouse for an extradition hearing, Mangione broke into an outburst at the assembled journalists.

Luigi Mangione shouts a message to the American people on his way to court:

“This is completely unjust and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.”

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Many revolutions and massive nation changes have happened so quickly that many never saw them coming. The Berlin wall coming down, the Duvalier’s and Assad’s reigns ending are three in relatively recent memory.

    The thing is that the rich and powerful often miss the signs, if for no other reason than they fundamentally believe they are untouchable … because they are, until they aren’t.

    What I find amazing is that the rich and powerful continue to be blind to the history of inequality and how many elites are killed, been overthrown and/or have to beg for asylum in foreign nations.

      • toast@retrolemmy.com
        3·
        11 days ago

        The rich and powerful would also have won if Harris had managed to get elected. You may really care which party wins, but I doubt most of our oligarchs do.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 days ago

          Oh yes, things will be totally the same without Lena Khan being in the U.S. government. You’re so, so right.

          • toast@retrolemmy.com
            2·
            11 days ago

            Oh, things will be different for us. The rich, however, will be just fine. They’ll still gatekeep who can run for president. They’ll still actively co-write legislation. They’ll still buy lobby legislators and cozy up with regulators. We’re living in a second guilded age. We didn’t just vote our way out of the last one

              • toast@retrolemmy.com
                3·
                11 days ago

                OK, let’s just say she’s a hero. I’ll say it for you. Lena Khan is a hero everyone!

                With that out of the way, look at the last, say, five decades. Look at income disparity over that time period. Look at wages. Look at the health of labor unions. Look at how much more money political campaigns cost now. This has all been happening under Republican and Democratic administrations. Both parties have been moving to the economic right.

                You can find heroes like Khan throughout this time period. Point them out if you like. Just don’t ignore the fact that these trends continued despite their best efforts.

                I just think you need to recognize that sometimes civic engagement requires more than just a vote

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  11 days ago

                  I do realize that, which is why I have been working with Jewish Voice for Peace since the war started, trying to pressure U.S. politicians.