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If they can elect a felon to the white house, so could we.

Edit: Better image, thanks to @[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 183 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Actually... Shit. That's kind of a good point. His approach was the non-violent solution.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago (12 children)

If we're fighting with the same weapons, then Biden's last act should be a pardon for Luigi...

[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 days ago

Biden is not on our side on this issue, that's part of the problem. He is and was the candidate that the people who didn't want healthcare reform pushed in to block Bernie from putting the issue on the ballot by running on it.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

if we nominate him, lawyers can drag out his case until ...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit yeah it's a get outta jail free card right?!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

not for everyone. one of these felons helped the rich. that's how you get the card.

the other is just an allegation btw. if cops say he did it he probably didn't. but that alone is the worse crime.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 days ago (39 children)

I upvoted, but these kinds of posts make me uncomfortable. Luigi was a wealthy crypto bro working though a mental crisis. Luigi is not lefty batman.

I am very happy about the discussions his actions are creating and the overreaction from the upper class, but I am not sure it is a good idea to glorify Luigi.

[–] [email protected] 153 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Explain how Batman was not a wealthy crypto bro working though a mental crisis ?

[–] jwiggler 53 points 4 days ago (6 children)

lmaooo

tangentially I feel like Batman could never jive with leftist ideology anyhow. His whole thing is beating and scaring the crime out of people, which is in contrast to the leftist idea that crime happens because the needs of individuals (physical, psychological, and social) are not met by their material conditions.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (30 children)

Good point ☝️

Also batman didn't change the systemic issues with Gotham.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If you’re waiting for perfect, you’ll be waiting for ever.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I mean if people are gonna have guns and people with mental crises who go and murder other people, then let's choose the lesser evil:

a) Sandy Hook style shooting up a school, killing many kids and teachers

b) New Orleans style driving a car into a public event, killing many partygoers

c) Luigi style murdering a single person who is arguably themselves guilty of causing the legal death and suffering of thousands

Now what would be the lesser evil in this scenario?

Obviously, I prefer no dead people, which would require regulating guns and providing mental healthcare and a social safety net to people, but alas, that option seems to be impossible.

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Luigi was a wealthy crypto bro working though a mental crisis. Luigi is not lefty batman.

That sounds a lot like Batman.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

That's why I use Saint Luigi. It's a ignore all the things that don't line up with the ideal, and only focus on those that do kind of thing. Just like the churches do with thier saints. Lol

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[–] peteypete420 11 points 2 days ago

Crypto bro working through a mental crisis... not lefty batman...

Batman was a rich bro with severe mental trauma. Any modern reboot would have no problem making Wayne a crypto bro.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't think he's a hero, but his actions are the inevitable outcome of our system.

When justice can no longer be achieved through peaceful demonstration or the legal system, people will increasingly turn to violence as their only option.

While I won't celebrate violence, I do prefer targeted violence upon those causing the damage to mass murders of innocents.

If you're going to murder someone - don't. But if that doesn't stop you, I'd rather the victim be someone who damages the world instead of schoolchildren and churchgoers.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It's not glorifying Luigi. He's a vigilante. The health insurance companies are criminals in the eye of the majority, and the majority can't get it changed through legal peaceful means. The vigilante sees an injustice and takes it upon themselves to enact justice extrajudicially.

As we have seen, the majority appears to to support his actions. His background is unimportant. Humans are very grey. That's one of the things that democracy can account for.

Think of it this way: if he was willing to risk all that he had to enact justice once does that not make him better than many of us? How many of us have smaller amounts of excess, are directly impacted by the health insurance companies, yet have done nothing but take steps that have not helped anyone else? That's the definition of sacrifice rather than compromise.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (6 children)

There will never be the perfect Robin Hood. Engels was wealthy, Bernie is a millionaire.

Really the point is that Luigi is (allegedly) right, and represents a justifiable sentiment of disdain for the system and class solidarity.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 days ago (9 children)

I'd vote for him. Or against his conviction, if I was on his jury.

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[–] loaf 49 points 4 days ago

I love this.

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