Mangione: Man from Japan

Was Luigi inspired by Japan's most recent folk hero assassin? (Or was it the public healthcare system?)

In Japan, as I watched the events unfold after the assassination of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, I had a very strange sense of déjà vu–it was like reliving the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The events have unfolded in much the same way. The story shifts from the victim being the subject of empathy an…