Manifesto of Luigi Mangione

We publish below the short, 262-word, hand-written manifesto which was allegedly in Luigi Mangione’s possession at the time of his arrest. We publish it in full here on account of the fact that the capitalist press has refused to do so, although they sparingly quote from it.

The reason for this is simple. They do not want to discuss the motives that led to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. This is because the sentiments expressed by Mangione – of burning class hatred and anger towards the “parasites” of the healthcare industry, of those who “abuse our country for immense profit” – are sentiments shared by millions of Americans across the political spectrum.

The outpouring of sympathy for the shooter in contrast to the little for his CEO victim, who himself would have been responsible for thousands of deaths through denial of appropriate healthcare, has sent a shiver down the spines of the American ruling class.

Mangione’s alleged manifesto was first published in full on the blog of independent journalist Ken Klippenstein. Although we cannot verify the source, we have no reason to doubt its veracity.

“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.”