The singer-songwriter used the hashtag while sharing a post about the role of money in politics
Ethel Cain appeared to share her thoughts about the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last month. In a series of Instagram Story posts on Friday, the musician used the hashtag “#KillMoreCEOs” in response to a post about money in politics being “the root of our dysfunction.”
The original post, from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, described how powerful collectives like the NRA, Big Oil, and insurance companies “buy off Congress.” In a follow-up Instagram Story, Cain added that she was “not trying to be reactionary,” but sharing her own opinion.
“I genuinely mean what I say. Corporations giggle at protesting,” Cain wrote on Instagram. “Why would anyone ever willingly come down off their throne that they’ve spent years building off the suffering of their fellow man?”
“Nobody is getting visited by the ghost of Christmas future, no one is having a change of heart,” she continued. “It’s simple, you make them fear for their lives and hit them in the only place they hurt or nothing will ever get done.”
Cain concluded her note: “I don’t even see how that’s an incredibly radical idea. It seems quite straightforward to me. ‘Violence is never the answer’ [is] wrong. Sometimes it is.”
The singer-songwriter, who released her album Perverts earlier this week, has alluded to her thoughts about the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing before. Around the time of suspected killer Luigi Mangione‘s arrest, Cain wrote on social media, “Violence begets violence.”
Since the arrest, many people online have shared their support for (and thirst over) Mangione, who seemingly came to his decision to kill because of self-isolation following a spinal surgery that left him in chronic pain. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said in early December that his manifesto suggests Mangione “has some ill will toward corporate America.”
Mangione pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges on Dec. 23. He’s also facing two second-degree murder charges, as well as several weapons charges. If convicted, he could face life in prison without parole.