The story at that link is about 1 month old, but someone posted about this mural on Reddit yesterday.
Thoughts?
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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Honestly, aside from what Mangione did and whether it can be justified, I just think this shows how America-brained so much of the UK is. The guy lives and committed his crime on the other side of the ocean in a context which does not exist in this country. I would personally prefer for him not to be executed but I don't understand what anyone's thinking when they use him as an icon over here.
You don't understand why a country full of oppressed people enslaved to billionaires would empathise with citizens of another country experiencing similar oppression? Why not?
I think you probably understand why it's ridiculous when right wingers say that socialised healthcare = Stalinism, and so on an identical basis you should see it's ridiculous to describe the people of the UK as oppressed slaves.
Who is most of the income you generate going to, if not a billionaire, or multi billionaires?
Me. But I should add that a system of wages and salaries is not slavery, and that part of the reason I know this is that actual slaves really, really want instead to be paid a wage or a salary.