• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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          43 minutes ago

          A hero who kills one random guy, changes nothing, gives 10k to the police, and lives in prison?

          Why would we want that?

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                13 minutes ago

                First it wasn’t a random guy, he went after Brian Thomson specifically.

                The message is that people support what Luigi did, or perhaps they don’t condone murder but they support that the industry is fucked and they want change.

                I am interested in the trial and whether any meaningful change comes from this act. Either way I think it’s pretty heroic to throw your live, a rather privileged life at that, away for what you believe in. Misguided or not.

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                  8 minutes ago

                  Brian Thompson is a random guy who worked as a suit for an unethicaly company. He was immediately replaced by another suit and the company has openly denied doing anything wrong, refusing to change how unethical it still is to this day.

                  Polls show Luigi’s actions are not condoned by a majority of any demographic. Change in the industry won’t come from this.

                  Heroic is selflessly doing what is right, not selfishly doing what is emotionally pleasing.