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Without rejoicing in Luigi Mangione's gesture, Nathalie Arthaud highlighted the “criminal policy of American insurance companies”, which would have pushed the young man to take action.
INTERNATIONAL – Nathalie Arthaud cultivates her difference. Luigi Mangione, arrested Monday in the United States after several days of tracking for the murder in New York of Brian Thompson, CEO of the first American private health insurer, found a form of support in France on Wednesday December 11.
In a nuanced but relatively unexpected message, the spokesperson for Lutte Ouvrière, Nathalie Arthaud, spoke about it. On
“The assassination of this CEO highlighted the criminal policy of insurance companies which, for profit, condemn thousands of sick people in the USA to death by refusing to cover their care”she reacted, sharing an article from Humanity retracing the life story of the main suspect in the murder investigation opened on Wednesday December 4.
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Manifesto against the health system
According to Nathalie Arthaud, “ to bring down this system, it will take more than the action of an individual vigilante “. A way of describing the enigmatic Luigi Mangione which directly refers to the young man's motive.
Indeed, the arrest of the suspect on Monday, 500 kilometers from New York, allowed the police to discover some of his writings, in which he clearly points to the responsibility of the American health system. “The most expensive in the world, while the life expectancy of an American is ranked 42nd in the world”quoted Joseph Kenny, of the New York police, based on extracts from this manifesto.
“He has written extensively about his disdain for corporate America and particularly the healthcare industry”also explained the police officer about Luigi Mangione, who suffers from back problems. “Frankly, these parasites deserved it”we can also read in this text, according to other extracts reported by several police sources.
A social cause which seems to speak to Nathalie Arthaud, who nevertheless keeps her distance from the suspect and certain Internet users who did not hesitate to make him a “ martyr » or a “ vigilante “. His gesture is seen by a certain number of Americans as a glaring illustration of anger towards a lucrative system accused of enriching itself at the expense of patients.
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