Post #2004127

2026-04-10 06:32 UTC

“The Hill” asks “Why are so many Americans starting to sympathize with villains?” What they don’t understand is that we’re finally starting to see Americans *not* sympathize with villains, when those villains are economically exploitative! Why are so many Americans supporting Luigi Mangione? Because the man he’s accused of killing was CEO of a company that murders 60,000 or more people **per year** in the name of increased profit. Claim denial that leads to death is murder. Period.

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@craignicol@glasgow.social 2026-04-10 10:02

@eschaton@mastodon.social @rysiek@mstdn.social "those who make peaceful protest impossible make violent revolution inevitable"

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@Rycochet@furs.social 2026-04-10 10:24

@eschaton@mastodon.social 'Why are Americans starting to sympathise with the villains?' says someone paid to defend the class of people killing thousands by the month, who, when faced with the barrel of a fun only killed slightly fewer people for a few weeks, then got straight back to it. Americans have finally started to realise they're ruled by a class of people whose response to the idea of facing some sort of consequences, is to start travelling with their children for use as human shields, and that those people may not, in fact, be the good guys.

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@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social 2026-04-10 10:47

@eschaton@mastodon.social Define « villains ». Sounds like The Hill is living in a narrative bubble of it’s own making. Maybe a remedial literacy course where they have to read Robin Hood would help?

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