$300,000 for a Killer! The Dark Psychology of Luigi Mangione’s Public Support
What drives people to open their wallets for an alleged murderer? Sure, we all love a good anti-hero, but there’s a difference between rooting for Batman and donating nearly $300,000 to the legal defense of Luigi Mangioni, the Ivy League grad accused of assassinating United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson—especially when the whole thing was caught on camera. So why is the internet rallying behind him?
Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins the discussion, breaking down the psychological motivations behind this kind of mass support. Is it his Robin Hood-esque appeal? A shared hatred of the healthcare system? Or are we just suckers for a good-looking outlaw? And if Luigi had looked more like the Unabomber, would we even be having this conversation?
As the conversation deepens, we explore the rising trend of revenge fantasies, the impact of social media outrage, and why people seem more consumed by collective anger than ever before. Is our obsession with taking down “the system” clouding our judgment of who the real villains are?
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