Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate arrested at a McDonald's restaurant Monday in connection with last week's fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, played soccer in high school, according to Sports Illustrated. The bombshell revelation could potentially shed light on how the former valedictorian was radicalized into embracing anticapitalist ideology and allegedly murdering a prominent executive in cold blood.
Mangione, 26, played soccer at the prestigious Gilman School, a private all-boys academy where the annual tuition is nearly $40,000. Gilman soccer coach Jon Seal told Sports Illustrated the school's headmaster had instructed him not to comment. Soccer is widely regarded as a breeding ground for anticapitalist and anti-American sentiment. The so-called sport is notorious for rewarding players who whine like children while pretending to suffer grave injuries every time an opposing player comes near them. France is generally regarded as having one of the best teams. The corporate overlords at FIFA are among the most corrupt individuals on the planet; the fans are some of the most obnoxious people on earth. Not surprisingly, soccer is very popular among the journalists and other liberal elites who reside in our nation's capital.
It is therefore reasonable to conclude that soccer played a major role in Mangione's radicalization. Earlier this year, for example, Mangione praised the anticapitalist manifesto authored by Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, and argued that violence against oil executives was "justified as self-defense" because of climate change. The connection is clear as day.
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