Luigi Mangione’s last words
The Second Amendment means I am my own chief executive and commander in chief of my own military. I authorize my own act of self-defense against a hostile entity making war on me and my family.”
Nelson Mandela says no form of violence can be excused. Camus says it’s all the same, whether you live or die or have a cup of coffee. MLK says violence never brings permanent peace. Gandhi says that non-violence is the mightiest power available to mankind. That’s who they tell you are heroes. That’s who our revolutionaries are.
Yet is that not capitalistic? Non-violence keeps the system working at full speed ahead. What did it get us? Look in the mirror. They want us to be non-violent so that they can grow fat off the blood they take from us. The only way out is through. Not all of us will make it. Each of us is our own chief executive. You have to decide what you will tolerate.
In Gladiator, Maximus cuts into the military tattoo that identifies him as part of the Roman legion. His friend asks, “Is that the sign of your god?” As Maximus carves deeper into his own flesh, as his blood drips down his skin, he smiles and nods yes. The tattoo represents the emperor, who is god. The god-emperor has made himself part of Maximus’s flesh. The only way to destroy the emperor is to destroy himself. Maximus smiles through the pain because he knows it is worth it.
