• IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Here’s the article summary:

    “One time, Brian worked in a field. Luigi on the other hand, had rich parents, just like Osama Bin Laden.”

    I fucking wish I was joking.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      I laughed out loud at this.

      An alternate opinion column could be: “One time, Adolf was an aspiring artist. Winston on the other hand, had rich parents, just like Osama Bin Laden.”

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      4 months ago

      You do realize this is an opinion column? You can tell by the big letters at the top that spell out OPINION

      EDIT: here’s my “both sides” take on this, you all are as dumb as Fox News viewers. IMO (notice the O stands for opinion, please do not hold Lemmy accountable for what I say) schools need to implement a class on the media. Kids need to learn the difference between news and opinion. Also learn how to identify the source of the news. Also don’t post your nudes on the internet. Things are about to get a lot worse with AI and deep fakes

        • hraegsvelmir@lemm.ee
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          4 months ago

          That, and the author is a regular writer for the opinion section there, with consistently terrible takes.

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    4 months ago

    Just cancelled my subscription, absolutely disgusting seeing this on the front page. Is there any publication left not bought and paid for by our corporate overlords?

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    4 months ago

    Here’s the article, for anyone interested.

    It basically boils down to: Brian Thompson grew up in a working class family in Iowa, while Luigi Mangione came from wealth and went to private schools. He compares Mangione to Osama bin Laden, and other “Angry rich kids jacked up on radical, nihilistic philosophies,” who “cause a lot of harm, not least to the working-class folks whose interests they pretend to champion.”

    The author then mentions some polling that says people like their health insurance provider, actually. And then finally he says this:

    Thompson’s life may have been cut brutally short, but it will remain a model for how a talented and determined man from humble roots can still rise to the top of corporate life without the benefit of rich parents and an Ivy League degree.

    Without a stitch of irony. Thompson may have come from working class roots, but that ain’t where he ended up. So if it’s ok to become rich, but it’s not ok to be born rich, then I guess this author supports a 100% inherence tax? Yeah, somehow I doubt it.

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      4 months ago

      The fact that he came from working class roots and chose to become a massive piece of shit makes him even worse than someone who was born into privilege.

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        4 months ago

        Likewise, Luigi Mangione came from a background of privilege, yet gave it all up in the fight for the rights of all Americans.

        Turns out you can be born into the working class and still be a piece of shit, and you can be born well off and still be a decent person.

        The people writing these opinion pieces should be thrilled to hear that there is still hope for their children.