Luigi Mangione.Photo:Luigi Mangione/X.com
Luigi Mangione/X.com
A Goodreads account seemingly belonging toLuigi Mangione, the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompson, has surfaced.
The account has come to light amid Mangione’sdetainment at an Altoona, Pa., McDonalds, where he was found in possession of a 9mm “ghost gun,” multiple fake IDs, anda 3-page manifestocritical of the health insurance industry, followingThompson’s Wednesday, Dec. 4 death.
Luigi Mangione.NYPDnews/X; Luigi Mangione/Facebook
NYPDnews/X; Luigi Mangione/Facebook
While a motive remains unclear, Mangione’s Goodreads account shows that he read and gave a four-star review to Theodore (Ted) John Kaczynski’sIndustrial Society and Its Future, also known as the Unabomber Manifesto.
Although Mangione wrote on Goodreads that Kaczynski was a “violent individual” who was “rightfully imprisoned,” he described his actions “as those of an extreme political revolutionary.”
He also liked a quote from Kurt Vonnegut’s anti-war novelSlaughterhouse-Five, and John Stuart Mill’s economic textbookPrinciples of Political Economyand a quote fromTim Urbancomparing knowledge to a tree.
Luigi Mangione.Luigi Mangione/X.com
The account shows that he had been reading books such as Michael Pollan’sHow to Change Your Mind, which examines the history of psychedelic drugs, and Pollan’sThe Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, which explores the food industry.
Another book Manigone appeared to be reading was Markus Zusak’s historical fictionThe Book Thief, set in Nazi Germany during World War II.
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source: people.com
