An attempted murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by a recent Ivy League graduate has sparked debate about class-wealth contradictions and the revolutionary ideology fueling support for the crime.
Following the attempted murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a few weeks ago, observers on the Left and Right were quick to point out the tension between the young man’s background and the crime. The alleged perpetrator: A dashing, well-educated, recent Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family. The crime: Thompson, head of the nation’s largest health insurance company, was shot in the back as he entered a shareholder meeting.
While many rightly have expressed moral outrage in support for the homicide, they should understand and call out in moral terms what the crime truly represents. It is tempting to dwell on class-wealth contradictions, but they represent an ideological booby trap. A flurry of reports has “revealed” that Mangione was employed by UnitedHealthcare, as if that fact has any relevance to the legitimacy of his motive. It seems unlikely that Mangione has ever wanted for healthcare or any other material necessity. Those whose outrage is based on the purported irony of the fact pattern, who are galled by the “hypocrisy,” fail to understand the revolutionary ideology held by those who would turn Mangione into a folk hero. The neo-Marxists supporting Mangione both empathize with and disdain the American proletariat: a faceless and inert blob, powerless victims of conniving capitalists such as Thompson. While Mangione did not cite Marx in his short “manifesto,” we do know his ideology aligns with the neo-Marxist view. The masses are depicted as mere NPCs (non-player characters). In this account, the masses are under the sway of a false consciousness whose silly and antiquated beliefs include the wrongfulness of murder and the rule of law. Such nursery tales about ethics and human relationships inhibit the oppressed from fighting their oppressors and even occasionally rally them to defend the power structure. This misguided narrative is even directed at the unenlightened McDonald’s employee who reported Mangione to the police
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