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Actually it's the opposite. If he were "ugly" by society's standards, the difference is that Corpgov would have an easier time burying this because they could rely on programming people through generational propaganda that ugly people are less deserving of compassion or are more likely to be crazy or creepy. Instead, they're having trouble tarnishing his public perception and it scares them.

Look no further than what Christians did to Jesus' image to see the effect in reverse. Now we're allowing the murder of babies and children in Jesus' hometown, because they don't look like the common Western perception of beauty, an effeminate white guy.

Let's leave physical appearance or other trite observations out of it and have a real conversation about the issue at hand.



> Actually it's the opposite [...], they're having trouble tarnishing his public perception and it scares them.

Isn't this basically the same thing I wrote?


Your claim was that him being handsome absolves him of his crime to the public.

My claim is that him being handsome only prevents Corpgov from successfully employing their typical associative propaganda. It's still up to the public to judge him as they see fit.


And the public treats Luigi like he's a new Jesus. That's why Corpgov has a tougher time burying the case. Because he's handsome.


Is the public treating him like Jesus? Regardless, yes, that's what I'm saying, it's inverted.




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