Months before Luigi Mangione was charged with fatally shooting health insurance CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan, he feared the dangers of social media, video games and pornography and became a US citizen. A writer friend of mine revealed that he was railing against the medical system.
The 26-year-old said he began to feel worried that he was losing control of his life during a series of online and video chats asking for help shortly before he lost contact with his family. Substack writer Gurwinder Bhogal told CNN.
“He was very interested in things like online pornography. He believed that many men are addicted to porn and therefore don’t go out and meet women,” Bhogal claimed. .
“He was very worried about video games. People believe that because they get so much dopamine from video games, they aren’t accomplishing or accomplishing things in the real world. I did.”
Bogar said Mangione also fears that social media is taking away people’s “independence” and worries that he, too, is losing control of his life due to social media addiction. It is said that he was doing so. That fear right before his disappearance earlier this year.
“He feared that technology would take away people’s agency. He actually believed that this was already happening,” Bhogal argued.
According to Bogal, this belief is what made Mangione interested in Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.
“He was interested in Kaczynski’s work for this reason, because Kaczynski also believed in this,” Bogal explained.
Mr. Mangione shared his views online about Mr. Kaczynski, who killed three people and injured 23 more between 1978 and 1995, liking one of his quotes and saying, I wrote a review of Manifesto.
During the call, Mangione also mentioned his “dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system,” Bogal claimed.
“He said that the healthcare system in the US is really expensive, and I told him about the NHS (National Health Service), because here in the UK we have free healthcare. , he seemed to worship the British healthcare system,” Bhogal claimed.
Mangione is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside a Midtown hotel on December 4.
He was later arrested after being spotted eating inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mangione was charged in Pennsylvania with forgery and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
He has not waived his right to an extradition hearing in New York to face murder charges.
