The Dehumanization Boomerang: When Healthcare’s Cold Efficiency Strikes Back
Imagine a healthcare system so mechanical that it treats your well-being like a series of billing codes and pre-authorization forms—a place where empathy goes to die faster than your favorite plant in an over-air-conditioned waiting room. Now, picture that same system turning its icy glare back on itself. That’s the bitter irony following the tragic death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson—a man who, in life, became the unwitting poster child for an industry steeped in dehumanization. In a perfect world, Thompson’s passing might have united us in shared grief. Instead, it unleashed a fractured public psyche. Social media exploded into a surreal courtroom where outrage met, quite bizarrely, celebrity cult worship. Alleged killer Luigi Mangione became a lightning rod for this insanity—not only condemned by many but, in a twist that only the digital age could spawn, oddly admired for his supposed “hotness.” Yes, nothing screams justice like a killer’s dossier doubling as a dubio...