This Explains Everything
Luigi Mangione, a prep school valedictorian and Penn grad, has been charged for the murder of Brian Thompson.
There’s been a lot of discussion about the incoherent ideology revealed by his social media follows in posts, but I actually think it’s pretty recognizable:
What strikes me about the CEO killer is not his specific beliefs but the fact that he was a very recognizable type of young male ideology tourist. He was a This Explains Everything addict, whether the "this" was as benign as Michael Pollan or as malignant as Peter Thiel and the Unabomber. >— Mark Harris (@markharris.bsky.social) December 9, 2024 at 4:23 PM
It’s not really clear if his ideology had any role in the shooting, but it seems to be a pretty common worldview among young men.