The murder of Brian Thompson — and the public’s reaction to it — shows that frustration with corporations has reached a fever pitch. We seem to have moved from a world of “I don’t trust you” to “I hate you,

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a suspect in the Dec. 4, 2024, shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, used a fake ID to buy food at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, shortly before local police acted on a tip from one of the restaurant's employees and took him into custody.