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Is Ronnie Wiggs The Ultimate Example Of Inflation-Burdened America’s Collapse?
If you’re unfamiliar with this story, here’s one summary:
And here’s a video:
Basically, a 75 year-old man killed his wife via strangulation in her hospital bed, in part because her bills were becoming too high.
From that first link:
He said he also attempted to kill his wife while she was at a rehabilitation facility, but she woke up and told him not do that again, the statement said. He said he was going to try to kill his wife another time while she was hospitalized, but he didn’t get the chance because she was hooked up to several monitors.
Obviously, very easy to dismiss this case. Lots of old people arrive at the Twilight Years and are strapped for cash, and yet those people don’t kill their significant other / long-term partner. This is not normal, and I am sure something is fundamentally wrong with Mr. Wiggs.
Beyond the obvious fundamental wrong with him stuff, it does point to a bigger picture about the exhaustion and terrible decision-making associated with inflation and everyone feeling broke:
It also kinda speaks to the downward pressure that late-stage capitalism can put on your neck:
Again, look, I’m crazy in my own right — but I’d never condone killing anyone, much less your own romantic partner. All that said, I do see people make insane decisions every day at the micro level because a one-bag Walmart trip is now $65, and people have no clue how to make that work at a time when layoffs are also increasingly normative.
Do you feel bad for this guy at all, or just dismiss him out of hand?
