GoFundMe races to remove fundraising pages supporting Luigi Mangione

https://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/61260/20241209/gofundmes-luigi-mangiones-legal-defense-emerge-after-police-id-him-suspect-united-health-ceo.htm

"We are raising funds to support a critical legal defense in the fight against unchecked corporate power and a system that continues to favor the few over everyone else. This case isn't just about one individual—it's about challenging a status quo that protects the interest of the powerful at the expense of justice and fairness," read one of the fundraising pages that was quickly removed by GoFundMe.

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AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So Trump et al can have GFM pages but this guy can't? Kinda makes me never want to use GFM ever again.

Allonzee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Trump is a billionaire who furthers the cause of the owners and not a turncoat to the owner class like Luigi.

The current system is designed so the owner class can do as they please, including slaughter us for a tidy profit, and so that we cannot do anything that interferes with that.

Kind of the whole point.

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 13 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Why are they removing these?

tehfishman@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

I'm being generous here, but they might not be set up by someone that's actually connected with the guy. They probably should be taking down fake pages that amount to scams. I have no proof of that, just a thought. If they are taking down legit pages from people associated with the legal defense then it's as fucked as it sounds.

DemBoSain@midwest.social · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Because they assume he's guilty.

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Guilty people need legal defense too

Ascend910@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

The captalist system had already decided that he will be punished

merthyr1831@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y

unless they're organised by Luigi or his family I'm convinced these are just opportunistic scammers. better for everyone to keep them off gfm