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UnitedHealthcare murder suspect Luigi Mangione espoused a hodgepodge of hairbrained political views on social media — with posts ranging from calls to ban sex toys in Japan, comparisons of modern America to the fall of Rome, and denouncements of wokeism and DEI practices.
The tech savvy 26-year-old seemed to have an opinion from every corner of the political spectrum, according to his activity on Twitter, which included links to philosophical books discussing the ails of contemporary society, along with posts about the values of males in society.
Mangione — who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 with a computer science degree — also appeared consumed by the effects of technology on young adults and obsessed with categorizing and theorizing what he saw as the decline of human virtue.
Hatred for Japanese sex toys and the “modern Japanese urban environment”
In April, Mangione replied to a comment about falling population rates in Japan, musing that the real problem wasn’t immigration, but actually obsessions with Japanese sex toys and pornography.
The solutions he offered included “encouraging natural human interaction, sex, physical fitness, and spirituality,” by banning Tenga fleshlights, among other sex toys, and replacing “conveyor belt sushi and vending machines” with “real human waiters.”
A love for Aldous Huxley, Ted Kacynski, Jonathan Haidt, and X rambles to author Tim Urban
Mangione has expressed his love for a slew of authors, bloggers, thinkers, and revolutionists including Aldous Huxley, Tim Urban, Jonathan Haidt, and Ted Kzacinski.
In April, he replied to a tweet about the matrix, quoting Huxley’s book, “Brave New World.”
“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin,” Mangione wrote.
Huxley’s “Brave New World” is a critique of capitalism, the bourgeoise, and how groupings of class are indoctrinated in society, according to its description.
Mangione also posted a quote on his Goodreads account from wacky anti-establishment Ted Kaczynski, the infamous “Unabomber’’ who terrorized the country for nearly two decades by mailing deadly bombs before he was nabbed in 1996, sources said.
“Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness,’’ Kaczynski wrote at one point in a quote liked by Mangione.
He also frequently reposted, liked, and replied to blogger Tim Urban, known for his website “Wait but Why,” who frequently dives into artificial intelligence, space exploration, and the realms of human productivity.
Mangione has reposted specific posts of Urban’s, which quote Haidt, discussing the need to restrict cell phone use in kids under the age of 16.
He also praised Urban’s 2023 book, “What’s Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies,” which analyzes the human condition outside of the “political axis,” according to its description.
Urban recently posted the words “um,” and “that’s not the point of the book,” in an apparent reaction to Mangione’s lengthy X history.
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Mangione also retweeted Haidt, self-described centrist and author of the book, “The Anxious Generation” about why mental health has collapsed among children and young adults.
Men are made for “impossible situations and daring feats,” and should consider picking up weightlifting
Mangione made several posts and reposts musing on the values and nature of men, including reposting one post on X about how “Men are made for impossible situations and daring feats.”
“If you want to understand men better, just look at all the movies they’ve made, books they’ve written, and games they invent when they’re young. Almost every single one is about a young man being thrust into a position or situation he doesn’t know if he can overcome. Many times he actually believes he can’t, so he initially refuses the challenge,” the post states.
“Reluctantly, he is forced out of the comfort of his home by an unlikely group of future friends or an imposing threat on his life or the life of the woman he loves… This is the heart that society is trying so hard to quash. And women are the ones who can help protect it, ” it continued.
He also replied graciously to fitness influencers about weightlifting tips that touted the gym as a cheaper and better replacement for antidepressants.
Mangione however slammed Jordan Peterson, psychologist and author often described as a “manosphere” influencer, for not being concise enough with his language.
He also posted about how the state of modern America is mimicking the fall of Rome, and it may have something to do with a decline in religiousness.