Meet Luigi Mangione: The Typical Face of Racial and Social Privilege
The Pop Cult of Fame has inducted the Ivy League assassin.
On Tuesday, authorities arrested Luigi Nicholas Mangione, 26, and charged him with second-degree murder. He’d been wanted by the feds five days before being apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
The suspect allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Hilton Hotel in NYC on December 4. The target did not survive the shooting.
The suspected assassin, aka the internet's current "Babygirl," faces 15 to 25 years to life in prison if found guilty of murder. The courts denied his bail due to concerns about public safety and his potential to flee the U.S.
Bloomberg reports that they reviewed law enforcement documents stating the New York Police Department is on alert for “a risk that a wide range of extremists may view Mangione as a martyr and an example to follow.” The outlet wrote, "Rhetoric may signal an elevated threat facing executives in the near-term.”
Public opinion had zero sympathy for the deceased. A torrent of comments flooded social media, expressing indifference and labelling Thompson a serial killer for leading a company notorious for rejecting insurance claims.
The empty bullet casing at the crime scene had the words "delay" and "deny." These words refer to what appears to be the industry standard in handling insurance claims.
Newsweek reports the slain CEO's base salary was USD 1 million, but stock options and "other compensation” increased his yearly income to $10,221,898. What could “other compensation” be? We haven't gathered concrete data on this, but our initial guess is that he benefitted from a pyramid model. He banked bonuses when people signed up for coverage—he may have gotten extra when people were denied claims, too.
The medical industry is brutal. Expensive health insurance companies must coexist with the unstaffed, overworked medical industry, demonstrating how disposable human lives can be. We don’t support or condone Mangione's heinous actions, but evil exists on both sides.
Several findings reveal Mangione as a promising young man with a bright future. The Ivy League grad came from a prominent family that gained wealth in real estate. The Toronto Star (via The Associated Press) reports the Mangione family “donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges, and the arts.” Mangione went to one of Maryland’s most elite prep schools, was valedictorian, received degrees in computer science, and belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. He also travelled to Hawaii, San Diego, and Puerto Rico, among other locations.
News outlets report on Mangione’s ongoing back pain, which led to surgery. Was he denied an insurance claim? Probably not, but the path to physical recovery likely led to a dark awakening. Days in bed led to books—we suspect YouTube—exposés and chat forums revealing "parasitic" health insurance companies and corporate greed, which he was shielded from throughout his privileged, wealthy life and indirectly shattered his world.
We feel no empathy over here for Mangione. Dude ain’t no hero nor a Robin Hood. However, the Red Pill and Incel community will hail him as the Second Coming of Jesus (one does not need to be sex-starved to be an incel). He didn't carry out his targeted act of violence on a whim. And while it’s human nature to have toxic thoughts, his privilege saw him carry out a murder and treat it as a public spectacle—a twisted joke. Then, upon his arrest, he had the nerve to be angry, yelling about something (or someone) being an “insult to the intelligence of the American people.”
No, the insult is fake deep, just like our obsession with fake prophets. Thompson’s death doesn’t stop the rising costs of health coverage, inadequate access to standard health care, and the inaccessible cost of living.
I came across Eddie Huang's substack, emphasizing the Ivy League assassin’s hotness. C'mon Huang, you know the deal. Ted Bundy was hot. Paul Bernardo was hot. For those who liked scruff, so was Charles Manson. Mangione's spray-painted abs, full head of dark curls, tanned olive skin, and expensive teeth are why he's breaking news. The wealthy family background only adds to the allure. What will happen next are prime-time interviews, movie scripts, and documentaries with Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, and Hulu. Once released from jail, assuming he gets the maximum sentence, he’ll be around the same age Thompson was. Mangione will then get a chance again to tell his story from the perspective of a wiser, reformed man who made a stupid mistake.
We don't believe Luigi Mangione murdered Thompson to immortalize himself; we have witnessed the removal of rose-coloured glasses from privileged eyes. When forced to explain his actions, he will again speak from a place of naiveté, reflecting with remorse on when he disposed of human life.
Before entering a jail cell, he's about to stack racks.
That’s how these stories go.