The murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged perpetrator Luigi Mangione sharply illustrates how divided our views of justice are. Is Luigi a criminal or a victim fighting injustice? Can we objectively define what a just society looks like—one that's fair both to the disadvantaged and, perhaps surprisingly, the wealthy?

I just published an essay exploring these questions and how we might balance individualism and collectivism to build a world of equal opportunity. Please give it a read and let me know what you think.

Luigi Mangione and the Search for a Just Society

Luigi has an official website managed by his legal team that has updates. In case anyone is interested: https://www.luigimangioneinfo.com/

In 1921, Soghomon Tehlirian shot Talaat Pasha dead in Berlin, openly admitted it in court, and was found not guilty, after using the defense that Pasha (who'd orchestrated the Armenian genocide) deserved it.

To that German jury, the victims were abstract people in another land, and he still convinced the jury he did the right thing. It's going to be a struggle finding 12 people in the US who don't know someone screwed over by insurance companies.

Will this renewed coverage of the dire state of US healthcare system turn into positive action or are we just taking a short ride up and down the roller coaster?

The Chris Cuomo’s and Anderson Cooper’s could care less about reporting news about how broken the system is. They benefit from it. It’s in their interest to talk about anything else. Oh, what’s the latest stupid shit Trump did, let’s talk about that. Just never talk about the bigger picture. Cause and effect or anything like that.

Gabriela MC has released ‘El Corrido de Luigi’ on TikTok with lyrics in Spanish that retell the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which took place on December 4 in Manhattan.