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Luigi Mangione Named Michael Moore In His Manifesto -- And The Filmmaker Has A POWERFUL Response!

Luigi Mangione Michael Moore Response

The man accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had a lot to say, but not a lot of time to do it.

If you haven’t read it, Luigi Mangione‘s manifesto — if you can call it that — is really just a quickly written explanation of where he was coming from in committing this act of violence. He actually notes two more comprehensive looks at “the corruption and greed” driving the for-profit US healthcare industry where readers can get more information: Elizabeth Rosenthal‘s book An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back and Michael Moore‘s 2007 documentary Sicko.

Michael Moore stood up and took notice. The first thing he did? He put his complete heartbreaking, Oscar-nominated film online to view for free on YouTube.

Remember, this thing is from over 17 years ago… and things have only gotten worse thanks to the men behind the insurance companies. There’s still a lot to say. And unlike Luigi, Michael Moore does have time to write a real manifesto. So that’s exactly what he did.

Related: Luigi Wouldn’t Use A Bomb On CEO Because He Didn’t Want To Hurt Innocent People

In response to Luigi’s actions, he decried not the 26-year-old’s act of violence but the many committed by the health insurance machine. He began:

“In Mangione’s manifesto, he said that he was not the “most qualified person to lay out the full argument” against our for-profit healthcare industry. Apparently, to Mangione, one of those qualified people — is me. In his manifesto, he references how I’ve “illuminated the corruption and greed,” implying folks should go to my work to understand the complexity — and the power-hungry abuse — within our current system. It’s not often that my work gets a killer five-star review from an actual killer.”

He explained how his phone and email have been blowing up with requests from media outlets that essentially ask:

“‘Luigi mentioned you in his manifesto. That people should listen to you. Will you come on our show, or talk to our reporter and tell them that you condemn murder!?'”

He went on to muse how strange it was that anyone would think he condones murder but then gave the question more thought. And he said:

“Here’s a sad statistic for you: In the United States, we have a whopping 1.4 million people employed with the job of DENYING HEALTH CARE, vs only 1 million doctors in the entire country! That’s all you need to know about America. We pay more people to deny care than to give it. 1 million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care. If the purpose of ‘health care’ is to keep people alive, then what is the purpose of DENYING PEOPLE HEALTH CARE? Other than to kill them? I definitely condemn that kind of murder.”

Damn. Now that’s a response. Jumping to the killing of Thompson, he pointed out how many in the media were attacking those who are, like Luigi, mad as hell and not willing to take it anymore:

“After the killing of the CEO of United HealthCare, the largest of these billion dollar insurance companies, there was an immediate OUTPOURING of anger toward the health insurance industry. Some people have stepped forward to condemn this anger. I am not one of them. The anger is 1000% justified. It is long overdue for the media to cover it. It is not new. It has been boiling. And I’m not going to tamp it down or ask people to shut up. I want to pour gasoline on that anger.”

Seriously, who did they think they were talking to? He continued:

“Because this anger is not about the killing of a CEO. If everyone who was angry was ready to kill the CEOs, the CEOs would already be dead. That is not what this reaction is about. It is about the mass death and misery — the physical pain, the mental abuse, the medical debt, the bankruptcies in the face of denied claims and denied care and bottomless deductibles on top of ballooning premiums — that this ‘health care’ industry has levied against the American people for decades. With no one standing in their way! Just a government — two broken parties — enabling this INDUSTRY’s theft and, yes, murder.”

There it is again. The answer to the question he’s getting about condemning murder:

“Yes, I condemn murder, and that’s why I condemn America’s broken, vile, rapacious, bloodthirsty, unethical, immoral health care industry and I condemn every one of the CEOs who are in charge of it and I condemn every politician who takes their money and keeps this system going instead of tearing it up, ripping it apart, and throwing it all away. We need to replace this system with something sane, something caring and loving — something that keeps people alive.”

POWERFUL!

There’s a LOT more, and we highly recommend reading the entire thing on Moore’s Substack HERE!

[Image via Altoona PD/Michael Moore/YouTube.]

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Dec 16, 2024 14:20pm PDT