The 26-year-old suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case has a history of posting bizarre and extremist views on social media. On X, Luigi Mangione’s posts ranged from banning sex toys in Japan to comparisons between modern America and the fall of the Roman Empire.
In April, he made headlines by making controversial statements on Japan’s declining population. He argued that the real issue is not immigration, but over-reliance on sex toys and pornography. Mangione suggested Japan ban products such as Tenga Fleshlights and promote “natural human interaction, sex, physical fitness, and spirituality” to combat this trend.
He also criticized the “modern Japanese urban environment”, recommending a move from automated services such as conveyor belt sushi and vending machines to human interactions, including “real human waiters”.
The modern Japanese urban environment is an evolutionary mismatch for the human animal.
The solution to falling birthrates is not immigration. It is cultural.
Encourage natural human interaction, sex, physical fitness and spirituality:
* Ban Tenga Fleshlights and “Japan Real Hole”…
– Luigi Mangione (@PepMangione) 18 April 2024
His social media also reveals his admiration for controversial figures such as Aldous Huxley, Ted Kaczynski (The Unabomber) and Jonathan Haidt. Mangione often quoted Huxley new worldExpressing disdain for comfort and conformity: “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 also shared on his Goodreads account a quote from Ted Kaczynski, the notorious “Unabomber,” who terrorized America for nearly two decades with deadly bombings before his arrest in 1996. The quote, which Mangione liked, reads: “Imagine a society that subjects people to situations that make them extremely sad, then gives them drugs to relieve their sadness.
The 26-year-old is also frequently linked to the work of blogger Tim Urban, known for his website Wait but why, Which explores artificial intelligence, space exploration, and human productivity.
In a post re-posted by Mangione, Urban advocated restricting cell phone use in children under 16, citing research on the negative effects of screen time on mental health.
Banning children under 16 from using social media will soon become ubiquitous in upper-class families. Hopefully this trend will spread to all families before long. It’s a hundred times easier to enforce rules when all parents are doing it. @JonHaidt
– Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) 26 March 2024
His social media posts frequently talk about masculinity, often romanticizing male resilience and exploring “daring exploits”. He reposted a tweet that read, “Men are made for impossible situations and daring feats… This is the heart that society is trying so hard to crush.”
If you want to understand men better, just look at all the movies they’ve made, books they’ve written, and games they’ve invented when they were young.
Almost every one is about a young person being thrust into a situation or situation that he doesn’t know if he can recover from. Many times…
– Daughter of the Wolves (@Alicia_Bittle_) 17 April 2024
He was also a proponent of weightlifting, calling it a better alternative to antidepressants and reaching out to fitness influencers for tips.
