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For me, it does beg the question of why Luigi Mangione has so much support in online communities. Is this just another facet of the oft-observed tendency for people to break taboos (in this case openly supporting murder) when they feel they are anonymous?

I really respect YouGov, but I'll play devil's advocate: maybe there is a bias in which members of society are willing to break the taboo. Perhaps older Americans are not less likely to support Mangione, but are just less likely to admit it. On the other hand, it is also consistent with younger people making up a larger proportion of social media users.




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