Manifesto Destiny
"The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall."
-- Jim Morrison, The End
Luigi Mangione was reportedly caught when someone at a McDonald's recognized him. This is surely evidence that he is the anti-hero of a modern Jean-Baptiste Racine play. The alignment of anti-hero character traits are all found ..... he had zero chance of "winning" in the long run, but was intent upon making a statement on society and its values. Most important, the audience is sharply divided on if he is a hero or a vicious criminal.
Like Morrison, there appears to be a rejection of his father's values. A few of the forum's readers may recall this being common in the 1960s and '70s, and was known as the "generation gap." Although relatively few of us resorted to violence -- "make love, not war" seemed the better alternative -- there were anti-heroes back in the day.
Every so often, early reports are accurate. There is no evidence that his father, unlike Jim's, was involved in the Gulf of Tonking incident, Luigi's parents owned a country club, something often associated with golf. His family was well-to-do, and Luigi had a good education. While he had the potential to be the CEO of an insurance company, he rejected the chance to be a cog in the wheel that is grinding our society Durkheim's "disorganized dust of individuals ."
Almost immediately after the murder, young men were having "look-alike" contests. The type of coat Luigi wore has reportedly sold out. And people are getting tatoos of him. This suggests that he will play a different role in American history than Ted Kaczynski, despite the fact that he is said to have liked Ted's manifesto.
There are reports that Luigi's family was "concerned" about him in recent times. In a reflex action, some immediately proposed that he could be mentally ill. For mental illnesses do tend to show up in young men around his age. Far more importantly, he is white, and young white killers have greater access to being considered mentally ill than non-white young male killers. From this, the one thing we can be certain of is that a lot of projection from the public will rise to the surface. The in-coming president also likes McDonald's food. Just saying.
The American public has become an audience of spectators. At a time when emotions are rising at the exact rate that rational thought sinks, spectators are more prone to act out. One can find this in events from high school sports to those following the Karen Reid trial. Those who inhabit the upper levels of corporate America are clearly concerned that the murder of CEOs will spread like school shootings.
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Love your well-thought posts that make me think and reflect 
not just over the head
over and OUT 
when I found it frustrating. In my opinion, the tide of emotions began to rise during the Obama era. It has led, on the national stage, to a sociopathic felon being elected twice now.
It rarely ever leads to a positive outcome. Maybe after there is a hurricane or something similar, and good people join in to assist those in need. But more often, we witness the negative potential. On a small scale, I remember my daughters' school having to call the State Police to remove a mother who disagreed with a ref's call in a girls JV basketball game. (I was on the school board at the time. Girls JV basketball had passed football for the school sport with the most injuries. I remember thinking, "This is not good."
I've noted before the harsh divide between opposing sides of citizens on the Karen Reid case. This includes some pushing, but is not limited to that -- foolish as it is. A few months back, it was reported that people in a car threw acid on a crowd of her supporters. Again, I found myself thinking this was not a good sign.
There are, of course, numerous other "not good" cases in our country. In my opinion, they go hand-in-hand with the threats to our democracy by a group that appears less and less capable of rational thought.
Says it all.
I am going to have "When The Music's Over" and "The End" played at my party after I die. It is in my "final instructions". I plan on having everyone happily drinking a toast or five to Jim. Also, they have to play Apocalypse Now on the TV during the party.
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