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Luigi Mangione, with his head tilted to the side, compressed lips, and a furrowed brow, looking away from text which reads: “Killing innocent people for the sake of breaking the law.”
Luigi Mangione, with raised brows and an approving frown (like the Obama “not bad” expression), looking at text which reads: “killing certified badguys in blatant disregard for the law.”


This distinction is a lil frustrating for me because I just so happen to also be an amoralist, but it’s not inherent to illegalism

I loved this comment by @FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com

We can think breaking laws in general is good because it makes these useless laws harder to enforce if a lot of people break them. Ie. its a form of resistance against the state.

But [we can] also be staunchly against terrible things like random killings and sexual assault.

One doesn’t entail the other.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    How many guys with Punisher tattoos and stickers on their cars make a big deal about hating Luigi Mangione, I wonder.

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    I’m a moralist, but I firmly believe that laws != morals. In fact, what little I know about history has shown that laws often lean toward the immoral.

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      Laws do not reflect the moral principles of a civilization. Laws are made by the state, and reflect the state’s (ruling class’s) view of how people should behave.

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    Aye yo, why my man Luigi in the post? We were kicking it in a McDonald’s in Detroit for the last 2 years.

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      i hadn’t had fries in like five years and remember how luigi bought me some? those were the best fries dude. didn’t you get a quarter pounder?