20s Manjoni Praises Kazinsky's Book
Infamous US Anti-Technology Terrorist Known as 'Unabomber'
Luigi Manzoni (26), who murdered the CEO of the largest private health insurance company in the United States, United Healthcare, has been arrested by local police. After his identity was revealed, there has been growing interest online in Manzoni's "reading records." It was discovered that he praised the works of Theodore Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber," an anti-technology revolutionary and terrorist who was arrested about 30 years ago in the U.S.
After the New York Police announced on the 9th (local time) that they had arrested Manzoni, the murderer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, at a McDonald's store, local netizens have been digging into the numerous records Manzoni left online.
Manzoni was a prodigy who majored in computer engineering at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania and was known to have a deep interest in computer science and mathematics. He was also an avid reader, having left over 200 book reviews on the American book review site Goodreads.
On the surface, Manzoni seemed to be living an enviable elite life, but recently, he appears to have become engrossed in "dangerous ideas." In January, he left a positive review on Goodreads for the book Industrial Society and Its Future. This book is the work of Theodore Kaczynski, a serial killer and terrorist who carried out indiscriminate bomb attacks from 1978 to 1995, terrorizing American society.
A Mathematical Genius Who Failed to Adapt to Society Turns into the Worst Terrorist
Kaczynski was a mathematician who graduated from Harvard University and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He was a mathematical prodigy appointed as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley in 1967. However, he resigned from his assistant professorship after two years due to his inability to get along with those around him. Later, he worked at a rubber factory but was fired because he could not integrate with other workers there either.
Theodore Kaczynski. Among his family, he was called Ted Kaczynski, and during his terrorist activities in the 1980s in the United States, he was also known by the nickname "Unabomber." Yonhap News Agency
Afterward, Kaczynski built a cabin near a river and began living as a recluse. It was during this time that he developed the extreme belief that "to stop the destruction of humanity, industrial civilization must be ended and people must return to the wild."
From 1978 to 1995, he began "indiscriminate terrorism" by sending bombs in packages to entrepreneurs, scientists, and others responsible for industrial development. He even managed to evade the police's intense investigation, plunging the entire nation into fear. It was during this period that he earned the nickname "Unabomber."
Eventually, he was arrested in April 1996 after being reported by his brother and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1998. Until his death in prison last year, Kaczynski focused on writing and tried to widely spread his ideology. One of his books is the 1995 publication Industrial Society and Its Future. In this book, Kaczynski defines the Industrial Revolution as a "disaster for humanity" and argues without hesitation that extreme violence such as bomb terrorism is necessary to overthrow modern society.
"Clear Mathematical Genius... Not Terrorism but Revolution" Manzoni Seems Fascinated
A review of Kazinsky's book left by the murderer Manjone in January on a book review website. Captured from an online community.
In January, Manzoni praised Industrial Society and Its Future as "a book written with clear mathematical genius." While acknowledging that Kaczynski's actions "deserved imprisonment," he argued that "(Kaczynski's) predictions about modern society cannot be ignored."
Manzoni also recently shared an interesting post he saw online, stating, "When all kinds of communication fail, violence is the only way to survive," and added, "You may not like his (Kaczynski's) methods, but you have to see his perspective. This was not terrorism but a war and a revolution."
Some local netizens speculate that Manzoni's immersion in the Unabomber's books may have led him to commit the crime. They suggest that, inspired by how the Unabomber sent bomb packages only to entrepreneurs and scientists, Manzoni targeted the CEO of a large private corporation.
Manzoni's criminal acts have already caused a huge stir in American society. Especially as some citizens who resent the excessive profits of health insurance companies have begun to treat Manzoni as a hero, the conflict seems to be deepening. According to reports from local media such as the New York Times (NYT), Manzoni was also carrying a statement criticizing the profit-seeking behavior of health insurance companies.
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