Luigi Mangione's lawyers previously told the court their client, who is charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's Brian Thompson, is not a terrorist.
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    If that’s terrorism then what do we call the death and pain caused by pursuit of profits?

    If they want to have a discussion about labels, it’s not gonna go well in front of a jury.

    At every step defense should be asking the jury:

    If you had been killed, would this be happening? Why are lives valued differently

    • mad_lentil@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      7 days ago

      … what do we call the death and pain caused by pursuit of profits?

      The term I’ve heard for this is social murder:

      … an unnatural death that is believed to occur due to social, political, or economic oppression, instead of direct violence.