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That ideological reflex produces what activists now call “social murder” — the claim that privatesector actors are morally responsible for deaths caused by imperfect systems. Under this logic, a CEO operating legally within a flawed health care structure is the moral equivalent of a killer.

Outside Mangione’s proceedings, self-described “Mangionistas” reportedly proclaimed that Thompson’s children were “better off without him” and compared Thompson to Osama bin Laden. One even praised the idea of “heroic violence.”

This is moral psychosis.

Bin Laden orchestrated mass murder. Thompson ran an insurance company. To equate the two is not just wrong — it is the kind of rhetoric that turns political disagreement into justification for assassination.

When a culture begins to rationalize murder as justice, it will get more murder.

If you want more political violence in the United States, keep telling people that political opponents are not merely mistaken but murderous — and that killing them is “heroic.”

Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and cofounder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2026 CREATORS. COM