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I'm putting my chips on Pritzker. Newsome can go jump in a lake.
I'd vote for Pritzker over Newsome, but I'd rather AoC, or even better Luigi.
Yes well I would personally love to see AOC become president as well. But I live in the real world where there is a definite bias within the Democratic party against strong leftists like her and Bernie Sanders. I mean just look at the mayoral election in New York City. Even if Mamdani wins, it won't change the attitude of the party elites. They will just double down on trying to quash anymore leftist inroads into the party. That particular change needs to happen from the ground up, as in we the people need to push them as hard as possible to the left. And try to get them to drop the neoliberal philosophy that is dominated the Democratic party for the last 40 years. That why the NYC election is important. Him winning will help other leftists to galvanize left leaning people across rhe country to challenge the DNC elites and thats where we can really affect change, by supporting those candidates the way Mamdani was supported by voters in NYC.
I'm pretty certain this is said for shock value. But if i were to directly address it, this is just insane talk. No matter what I think about healthcare executives and what they might or might not deserve. Luigi Mangione is a disturbed individual who needs serious psychiatric help. Murder is not ok.
Brian Thomson, the scumbag CEO of United Healthcare, was probably responsible for thousands, if not tens of thousands, of deaths by the systematic denial of service to paying customers. If one psychopath kills another, how do we determine which is worse? You, my friend, are a boot-licking clown. When you get cancer, I hope Thompson's replacement tells you to go pound sand.
Helathcare CEO's have no problem with murder as long as they can claim their actions are just saving money. Murdering healthcare CEO's literally saves lives.