The name Luigi Mangione, who gained infamy for killing a UnitedHealthcare CEO, is resurfacing in the wake of devastating California wildfires. Social media users, angered by insurance companies canceling policies in fire-prone areas, are turning to Mangione as a symbol of their frustration.
The name of Luigi Mangione has come up often over the past few days in social media users' discussions of the fires ravaging Southern California.Many, angered by State Farm 's decision last summer to cancel hundreds of homeowners policies in some of the neighborhoods now devastated by the blazes, are looking at the 26-year-old as the type of avenger they wish would punish insurance companies that have cut coverage across the state.
'Some California residents have had trouble getting insurance coverage in recent years, and many of those living in fire prone areas have limited to no options. Users on platforms like X have been commenting on this state of affairs, and the most common theme of these posts have expressed anger against insurance companies and their practices in California,' Kirschner said.'Mangione's image has been a consistent visual form of communicating that message.
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