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Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder as 'An Act of Terrorism' for Killing of Insurance CEO
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2024
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OK, actually this quite fits the definition of terrorism by the FBI:
Personally I think that this definition sucks. If I steal an egg to make a statement against capitalism this might as well be considered terrorism. For reference I looked up the German definition of terrorism and I think that this definition is much better(translated with deeply since I'm lazy):
The main difference is, that this definition only includes high level crimes and it also states that there has to be an active fight against some form of political system. I wouldn't be to sure if the murder of the UHC CEO would be considered terrorism under the German definition. The reason I'm not so sure is, because I wouldn't count one assassination an active prolonged fight(take this with a grain of salt, I'm not a lawyer or have any serious knowledge on the law).
Don't understand me wrong, I also think that calling this is bullshit, I just want to inform you, that this isn't anything they made out of thin air.
Ever notice how anyone fighting the status quo (even actual rebels in a state of war) are always called terrorists?
It's a way to condemn by association (and dehumanise), as well as use all the anti-terror legal loopholes against you.
Pirates and emperors
The emperor imprisons thr pirate and berates him for thr violent chaos he was perpetuating against his empire . Calling him a pirate and a terrorist
Thr pirate replies "you do the same things to your own people and foreigners. When I burn down a house you call it terrorism. When you do it. You call it thr cost of war.
My actions are vilified because I'm a pirate. Your actions are excused because you're an emperor
... or something like that
Would this make the police a terrorist organisation?