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Luigi Mangione reveals motive for CEO's killing after pleading guilty in federal case (www.pbs.org)
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He detailed some of his planning leading up to the murder. He said that he was motivated by years of back pain and what he believed was a health insurance system working against him. He said that, once he learned that the UnitedHealthcare Company was holding an investor summit in Manhattan, he e-mailed company leadership posing as an investor to get information about where and when this meeting was taking place.

And that's how he was able to confront Brian Thompson. Mangione also shared an observation with the judge that had clearly made an impression on him. He talked about how, while he was posing as a wealthy investor, leadership e-mailed him back within an hour, and he said that was in stark contrast to his interactions with insurers as a patient.

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[-] Pandantic@midwest.social 97 points 3 days ago

Whole quote re: his reasoningHe detailed some of his planning leading up to the murder. He said that he was motivated by years of back pain and what he believed was a health insurance system working against him. He said that, once he learned that the UnitedHealthcare Company was holding an investor summit in Manhattan, he e-mailed company leadership posing as an investor to get information about where and when this meeting was taking place.

And that's how he was able to confront Brian Thompson. Mangione also shared an observation with the judge that had clearly made an impression on him.

He talked about how, while he was posing as a wealthy investor, leadership e-mailed him back within an hour, and he said that was in stark contrast to his interactions with insurers as a patient.

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[-] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was just reading about the Wendys president having his position eliminated.

He's going back to his old position as the head of the supply chain company.

And the company is vesting some of his stock early to reward him for his one year of hard work.

And I wondered how many people have busted their ass for Wendy's for years, worked their bodies past their breaking point, and all they got was probably shitcanned.

Not directly related to this, of course, but there's two different worlds, and I would prefer the privileged one be torn asunder and the pieces burned.

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