cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/mop/p/655599/bussism
Wait, it's all a trolley problem?
Always has been.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
268 points (99.6% liked)
Luigi Mangione
2644 readers
251 users here now
A community to post anything related to Luigi Mangione.
Please respect Lemmy.world ToS. Don't plot who should be murdered next in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Well, did killing this one healthcare CEO dismantle the entire US healthcare scamdustry or did it just feel vindictive and traumatise his children? If it didn't, it's not really a good trolley problem. Don't get me wrong, I wish destroying this harmful system was that simple - I wish it could be done without killing anyone - but it seems even killing people doesn't have made much of a fent in it.
did killing this one healthcare CEO dismantle the entire US healthcare scamdustry
For some added context, while it didn't dismantle the entire US healthcare scamindustry, I recall it causing insurance approvals to significantly increase for the next few weeks (like to the level of everything was approved / no rejections).
I don't know if or how many lives were saved by that increase in approvals, but if I had to guess, I'd guess that more people lived than died, due to the killing of one healthcare CEO.
I'd guess at least 5 (the ISO-standard amount of people on the trolley problem default track)
Utilitarianism in action!
Now you're getting it!