The man identified as the alleged suspect who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson gave a four-star review of the Unabomber's manifesto, saying others should not immediately write it off.
Luigi Mangione, who was identified by authorities as the man who allegedly killed Thompson in New York City last week, praised Theodore John Kaczynski's "Industrial Society and Its Future" in an online review shared by MeidasTouch on X.
Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the UHC CEO, left a 4-star review of the Unabomber's manifesto, stating: "When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it's not terrorism,… pic.twitter.com/LbP4xkmTYz
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) December 9, 2024
Mangione began the review saying that it was easy to "write off" the Unabomber's manifesto as the work of "a lunatic," but added that "it's simply impossible to ignore how prescient how many of his predictions of modern society turned out."
Mangione goes on to add that while he agrees that the Unabomber was "rightfully imprisoned," he thought Kaczynski's actions were more akin to that of an "extreme political revolutionary."
Mangione appeared to have taken a lot of inspiration for the review from a comment posted at least a year ago in the Reddit channel r/Climate, after one user posted a side-by-side of the two to X.
Luigi Mangione seems to have cribbed much of his review of the Unabomber manifesto book review from a Reddit comment in r/Climate pic.twitter.com/HvO3LBBrQp
— Jacob Shamsian ⚖️ (@JayShams) December 9, 2024
Mangione quoted the post in his review, simply attributing the quote as "a take I found online."
"When all other forms of communication fail, violence is necessary to survive. You may not like his methods, but to see things from his perspective, it's not terrorism, it's war and revolution," the Reddit post stated, which Mangione included in his review.
The Reddit user went on to critique fossil fuel companies before writing, "Peaceful protest is outright ignored, economic protest isn't possible in the current system, so how long until we recognize that violence against those who lead us to such destruction is justified as self-defense."
The Unabomber conducted a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured nearly two dozen. He pleaded guilty to the charges against him in 1998, and committed suicide in prison in 2023, as reported by the Associated Press.
Mangione, 26, was taken into custody Monday in Pennsylvania, sources told the New York Post. He is reportedly a former Ivy League student.
No formal charges have been filed against the man yet. Mangione was reportedly brought in on separate charges.
Originally published on Latin Times.
