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Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect, is a tech worker (www.bbc.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Conspiracy time:

What if it's a duo / group and they intentionally got someone caught who will have a rock solid alibi after letting investigators waste days on him, but also getting other bits and pieces of message out the entire time?

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I think this is about as likely as other conspiracy theories: not at all.

    We're going to find out that he's just a guy. Which is disheartening when we imagine someone coming along and saving us and setting right all the wrongs.

    But also he's just a guy. I'm not saying killing is the way forward, but he inspires the belief that we can change the world ourselves. We don't just live in a world controlled by the rich or shadowy conspiracies; we live in a world where we can have an impact.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We will see if this will have in impact at all, or can you name something that has (or will likely) changed for the better because if this?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    You mean like we've suddenly achieved lower denial rates or single-payer healthcare? Nothing so grand, but people are talking and both sides of the political spectrum have found a semblance of unity over this—which is probably the biggest thing they don't want to see, is people taking their eyes off the culture war and noticing the class war.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I personally like the theory that they caught him using five eyes data, and skip the step where they write “US citizen” in the transcripts

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    No need to skip anything; they aren't themselves allowed to spy on their own citizens, but if any of the other eyes does, then they can share the info. It's been like that from the beginning.

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