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They Could Have Prevented All Of This.
Instead, they chose to violate you.
Who is more guilty of murder: Luigi Mangione or Brian Thompson? Sure, Mangione might be accused of directly pulling the trigger and killing Thompson in cold blood, but as the CEO of United Healthcare, Thompson used dirty tricks to refuse healthcare claims at twice the industry standard, making United Healthcare the most profitable health insurance corporation out there and killing thousands in the process. For some, there is no question who has the most blood on their hands and whose “good intentions” will hold up at the pearly gates. But others struggle to draw such rigid ethical lines. So let’s focus on a more straightforward question — who is guilty of the US’s poverty epidemic, ballooning national debt, and stalling economy: the average American or the 902 billionaires that call the US home? Large swathes of the political class and billionaires like Trump and Musk place the blame firmly on working Americans. That is why DOGE has elected to cut the public funds these working Americans rely on, and once these shackles have been removed, the US economy can soar! Right? No. Not at all. This is a mortal crisis manufactured and driven by billionaires, and we have the receipts to prove it.
These 902 billionaires collectively hold an astonishing $16.1 trillion in wealth. Yet, many of them, like…
