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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m seeing a lot of idolizing of the shooter as well among Gen Z and Gen Alpha, especially online. I don’t see how this is measurably different than the kids in the 1990s who adored Che Guavara (who executed far more innocents than Mangione did) and made him into a cultural hero.

Of course the reality is repellent, but there has always been a subset of young political idiots who ignore the real-life brutality and crime in favor of creating a myth. It’s shocking to many of us but it is not uncommon. [/quote]

FWIW I don't think they are idiots, nor are they particularly political. [/quote]

You are right. Idiots was too strongly worded. What I am trying to get at is that there have always been young people who latch onto various violent figures and look away or ignore the actual brutality perpetrated by those figures in favor of idealizing a message. It happens in every generation.

The Unabomber still has a hold on a certain subset of kids in this generation, and Luigi Mangione is essentially this generation’s Unabomber. They see him as striking a blow against a system they hate and feel disaffected from.

I am not defending this, but trying to explain the popularity of Mangione. [/quote]

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