Is Luigi Mangione a Bernie Bro?

[u/SelectWealth4643]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson#Manifesto

[u/hey-im-alice]

The New Republic reported that "His X account is rife with mostly right-leaning, slightly nihilistic, tech bro-y takes concerning AI, mental health, altruism, ancient history, and society in general."

Mangione's account reposted several messages on X criticizing "wokeism" and as well as secularization and the decline of Christianity in the Western world. In posts, he shared content praising Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.

No, but it'll be fun to watch Redditors go through mental gymnastics to explain how an insane and privileged right-winger is actually a "hero of the working class".

[u/PrincessofAldia → u/hey-im-alice]

If they still defend him it’ll be yet another perfect example of Horseshoe

Also didn’t he also support Tucker Carlson and the fucking Unabomber

[u/SullaFelix78 → u/hey-im-alice]

And ironically Brian Thompson was actually the son of a grain elevator worker from Iowa lol.

[u/RunningNumbers → u/SullaFelix78]

Aristocrats keeping peasants in their station

[u/CaraintheCold → u/RunningNumbers]

This take 🔥🔥🔥

[u/HanSoloSeason → u/RunningNumbers]

Ooof too true

[u/MattTheSmithers → u/hey-im-alice]

No, but it’ll be fun to watch Redditors go through mental gymnastics to explain how an insane and privileged right-winger is actually a “hero of the working class”.

Firstly, hey Alice, I’m Matt.

Second, no mental gymnastics required. Wealthy trust fund baby = hero of the working class? That’s easy!

He’s Batman.

And let’s be real, it’s probably not even in the top ten craziest things that will be said on Reddit in the hour it is posted.

[u/Beman21 → u/MattTheSmithers]

Except what's Batman's one rule? No killing! It's the whole reason he and Joker are still at it nearly nine decades later.

[u/IndianaJoenz → u/Beman21]

Look, I hate comic books and associated media. But I did see a few minutes of Batman vs Superman once.

In it, didn't Batman mow people down like a maniac? Off-canon?

[u/SafeObjective4484 → u/IndianaJoenz]

Batman killing people in that movie is one of the many reasons why fans didn’t like it.

[u/Standsaboxer → u/IndianaJoenz]

It depends on the era. Old-school Batman would kill when the situation called for it (all the way up to the 80s when Michael Keaton's Batman threw people off buildings with reckless abandon). Modern age Batman doesn't like to kill (see the Nolan Batman films).

[u/PrincessofAldia → u/MattTheSmithers]

Iron man also works

[u/dontneedareason94 → u/hey-im-alice]

I’ve already been seeing people try and jump through those hoops, it’s pathetic.

[u/Ryan_Jonathan_Martin → u/hey-im-alice]

Leddit is already saying that despite his obvious leanings he is still part of the working class revolution because he still killed a CEO 🤣

[u/Beman21]

Not sure. But I'm sure some level of horseshoe theory demonization is at play here in how other people have reacted to the killing.

[u/LeftyRambles2413]

Looks to be a right wing populist to me.

[u/PrincessofAldia → u/LeftyRambles2413]

I think it’s safe to say who he probably voted for in November

[u/PM_me_ur_digressions → u/PrincessofAldia]

His voter registration is inactive. He registered unaffiliated in Philly during his time at college, and has not voted in a general or primary since.

ETA: per Lexis public records search of voter registration/Hawaii and PA voter registration lists.

[u/Currymvp2]

No he's a right wing populist. A tech bro. He stanned Musk+Thiel, complained about the CCP, praised Hawley's call for regulating porn more, even in his manifesto he praised non healthcare companies

[u/Eva-Unit-001 → u/Currymvp2]

So pro-corporatism for everything except health insurance? This is all making my head hurt.

[u/Currymvp2 → u/Eva-Unit-001]

Yeah he praised Google and Wal-Mart lmao

[u/Sea-Mood4356 → u/Currymvp2]

"United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart."

Bit of a stretch to call it praise?

[u/CoopsCoffeeAndDonuts → u/Currymvp2]

An absolute working class hero. /s

[u/Upbeat_Confidence739 → u/Currymvp2]

Where in the fucking land of make believe did you find that he praised Google or Wal-Mart?

[u/CoopsCoffeeAndDonuts → u/Eva-Unit-001]

It’s just redditors jumping on the ReVolUTiOn train prematurely before realizing he was just a dangerous loser lunatic like all violent, manifesto writing assassins.

[u/[deleted] → u/Currymvp2]

So regulating porn has become a part of the culture war, i would assume porn addiction is one reason why so many young men like andrew tate. Why whouldent it be good to regulating that? I never understand why you guys dont take the opportunity to talk about the fact that the left is the one who want to change the healthcare system. You always pick these culture war battles that you fail.

[u/Real_Flying_Penguin]

He looks like just a populist to me. His beliefs probably can’t be construed on a left-right axis.

[u/Upbeat_Confidence739 → u/Real_Flying_Penguin]

“His social media expressed concerns over pornography, DEI programs, fertility rates, “wokeism”, secularization, and the decline of Christianity, and promoted traditionalist ideas.”

If you can’t define then that’s a you problem.

[u/One-Confidence-8893 → u/[deleted]]

Well he’s voted in all Republican primaries since he was eligible to vote and he was a Tucker Carlson fan.

[u/teeth_as]

Ultimately even if he was a Bernie bro, it wouldn't be useful to try to draw conclusions from that fact. He is a mentally unwell man willing to kill another human being, not at all representative of the median individual who subscribes to any politician

[u/westsider86 → u/teeth_as]

Totally agree. There are plenty of us in this sub who were big fans of Bernie before the shine wore off.

[u/FormerOven]

The manifesto criticized the U.S. healthcare system, noting America's high healthcare costs despite relatively low life expectancy rankings.

Which is meaningless without controlling for other factors like diet, lifestyle, gun violence, road deaths, etc. Also, we're really "good" at extraordinary medical intervention but that shit is also insanely expensive. My parents received hundreds of thousands in medical care in the final months of their lives -- we have yet to have a serious conversation as a country about how much of this is actually worthwhile from a quality of life standpoint.

[u/Upbeat_Confidence739 → u/FormerOven]

So… you are saying that American healthcare and life expectancy is actually good???

[u/Mobile_Ad8543]

He's definitely all over the place. He's posted a lot of weird, disturbing stuff.  Depending which "news" source, what they choose to divulge, is what shapes the narrative. I heard he was in support of AOC, for example.