A: "The house is on fire!"
B: "Okay, let's put on flame-resistant cooling suits and wear smoke filters over our faces for the rest of our lives."
A: "Shouldn't we put out the fire?"
B: "No."
A: "I can't afford a suit and filter."
B: "Haha, I can. Sucks to be you."
A: "What happens when the fire gets worse and suits and filters don't work any more?"
B: "Actually there is no fire, the house is going through a natural cycle of being temporarily hotter and smokier."
A: "There are flames all around us!"
B: "That's your interpretation. You don't have the monopoly on truth, stop preaching at me. You should be more nuanced and pragmatic."
Kinda surprised there haven’t been more Luigi Mangiones, tbqh
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/police-luigi-mangione-wealthy-ceos-threat/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.