On Tyrannicide: Five Lessons for Luigi’s Critics

In this excerpt from their forthcoming book, the organizers of Luigi's legal fund position the CEO shooting within the classical tradition of political tyrannicide.

There is a possible future where the myth of Luigi becomes just one more episode in an ongoing docu-drama of human misery. In this future, oligarchs keep churning out new boots with which to press down on human faces – now with screens in the soles and chatbot therapy for the ever-intrusive thought that things could be otherwise. In this book, we offer our best idea of what it would take for this man – or this myth – to become something else, and for December 4 to be remembered as the day of a decisive act that initiated a movement to repair the health, intelligence, and lived experience of the people in America.

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Depose: Luigi Mangione and the Right to Health is available for pre-sale at illwilleditions.com