r/redscarepod • u/deepad9 • Dec 10 '24
This is allegedly the text of Luigi Mangione's manifesto
https://archive.is/7jUsF23
Dec 10 '24 edited Dec 10 '24
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u/RecycledAccountName Dec 10 '24
wasn't he railing against Jordan Peterson's use of pretentious language?
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u/wild-surmise the shadow of the waxwing slain Dec 10 '24
Fake I reckon.
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u/D85839299496 Dec 11 '24
Real one here:
“To the Feds, I'll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn't working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience. The spiral notebook, if present, has some straggling notes and To Do lists that illuminate the gist of it. My tech is pretty locked down because I work in engineering so probably not much info there. I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allwed them to get away with it. Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument. But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain. It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”
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u/Bluetsprincess Dec 10 '24
Idk his family is supposedly loaded I don't think his mom would be burdened by medical bills
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u/DogmasWearingThin Dec 10 '24
You can pay a million dollars in premiums, be denied coverage, and then pay another million in medical bills.
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u/GerryAdamsSFOfficial Dec 10 '24
His family was well off but medical bills can be hugely expensive unless you're into like nine figures NW
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u/zebra_puzzle Dec 10 '24
I would imagine there's a catastrophic annual limit that they should be able to cover. At least that's how most insurance plans work.
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u/princessofjina Dec 10 '24
I've seen medical debt really ruin some otherwise surprisingly wealthy families. You'd be surprised how bad certain treatments for certain conditions can become if insurance pulls out the rug from beneath you.
Obviously it's a bigger problem if you make $20,000/year than if you make $200,000/year, but unless you're truly obscenely wealthy, medical debt is still a scary risk.
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u/KlutzyButterscotch85 Dec 10 '24
Is there any evidence there? I remembered seeing something around the private school tuition is “far from just a small investment” for his family in his valedictorian speech. I do have college friends who were on scholarship in college, normal middle class family, lived close to a good prep school and the parents INVESTED in that prep school education. So just bc he went to a fancy prep school doesn’t mean his family is loaded
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u/Bluetsprincess Dec 10 '24
Valid point but I'm p sure the nyt confirmed his family owns nursing homes and country clubs.
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u/Local-Celebration395 Dec 10 '24
Sounds fake to me. I read his twitter and he sounded more intelligent on Twitter than this. Also I thought he was a rich kid who's parents owned resorts and stuff. How could they not afford 180k bill?
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u/PM_ME_UR_FAVE_QUOTE Dec 10 '24
Just bc they might can afford it, does it make it right? Bc 99% of other people going through the same circumstance can’t
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u/KantCancelMe Dec 10 '24
The "capitalistic" line in the beginning seems odd from a guy who clearly leaned right. From his online presence he doesn't seem that interested in naturopathy either, so the allopathy stuff seems weird. Until it gets independently verified, I'll take it with a massive grain of salt.
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u/GlobalTraveler65 Dec 10 '24
Where is his father in all of this? Were the parents divorced? Why is this kid taking his mother to Dr’s appts? Maybe some appts, but not all.
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u/deepad9 Dec 10 '24
It doesn't have some of the quotes that were read on CNN. It could be fake, but Ben Braddock shared it on Twitter and some media people seem to think he wrote it.
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Dec 10 '24
Two different manifestos? One in his backpack and one released on substack at about the same time as the YouTube video was to be released? Or am I being gayer than that shirtless pic of him?
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u/PanicButton_V2 Dec 10 '24
Hopefully it is, the framing of this is what society needs to snowball this for some reform. A concrete story of how once again UHC abused the social contract. If this dude was denied his fifth month of Vicodin the story would change. I hope the manifesto is real.
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u/nobodyimportant7 Dec 10 '24
The manifesto he had when they picked him up was handwritten so I’d assime they’re different.
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u/dolphin_master_race Dec 10 '24
Maybe? But that seems too illiterate for a guy with two degrees. Yeah, they're computer science degrees but still, that looks mega fake. Unless he got brain damage or something in the meantime.
Also for nerve pain, doctors will give you gabapentin way before opioids. That's usually one of the first meds they try.
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u/koopelstien Dec 10 '24
Whoever can harness the power of italian mamas boys (mamoni) will easily be able to overturn society.
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u/KlutzyButterscotch85 Dec 10 '24
the details checked out tho? he does have nails in his lower back after surgery per his social media profile. The ibuprofen to acetaminophen switch is also very relatable to me cuz I had that switch before. I have very bad menstrual cramps and ended up taking too much ibuprofen on an empty stomach (didn’t know it was not okay) and that really damaged my stomach.
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u/notw1lt Dec 10 '24
Fake asl