I chose to go with a simple explanation as
immaturity being the reason for this alleged murderer's fan club. moo
“Handsome outlaws are an act of magic,” author John Richardson told The Post of Luigi Mangione.
nypost.com
The author forgets about a certain difference.
Ted Kaczynski’s victims were average people who opened the packages. The secretaries, the office clerks, the security guys. 23 were maimed. 3 died. It is quite possible to imagine yourself on the receiving end. CEOs don’t open packages, and Kaczynski did not care who’d be killed.
Mangione chose his victim. The victim was a CEO, and an insider trader. No one else was killed. Paradoxically, the inhabitants of NYC felt safe that day because they were not in the CEO group, and because Mangione took care not to harm anyone else.
Does it justify a murder? No.
However: the difference between Ted Kaczynski and Mangione is obvious.
And, Mangione probably is a “demented Robin Hood”, but remember the historical city-dwellers’ response: “ah, it is Robin Hood chasing the Sheriff of Nottingham again. Not us the regular folks”.
(The article is weak because the people who understand why this murder is a bad sign, can’t change anything. Today, some people support Mangione. Most don’t care either way. Very few will protect the CEOs - but only for very large money. One day, they won’t bother even for the money. It has happened in many countries. I don’t want to ever see it here).