Luigi Mangione’s Good friend Remembers Studying Unabomber Manifesto Collectively

Luigi Mangione, who’s suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could have been a giant fan of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski‘s manifesto … however did not let on to his buddies about this.

We caught up with RJ Martin, a pal of Mangione’s, on “TMZ Stay” Tuesday … the place he recounted studying Kaczynski’s manifesto, also referred to as ‘Industrial Society and Its Future,’ of their e-book membership a pair years in the past.

As RJ put it … he and one other member “half-jokingly” steered they offer the controversial work a go for one among their reads — however famous most members of the membership struggled to get by the primary couple chapters.

Whereas RJ stated the group had “a full of life dialog” in regards to the manifesto, he didn’t keep in mind Mangione being significantly moved by the fabric.

He added … “I did not detect any particular ardour concerning the manifesto. We learn all kinds of various books. In our group textual content chat, we had a whole lot of nice conversations — and there have been all kinds of issues we discovered fascinating.”

RJ emphasised that “nothing stood out about studying that e-book” when it got here to Mangione.

Nonetheless, the fabric did appear to resonate with Mangione … later giving the manifesto a 4-star evaluate on Goodreads, praising it as an “fascinating” learn.

Nonetheless, RJ is unconvinced his pal may very well be able to the violence he is accused of, including … “The Luigi I do know may’ve by no means murdered somebody. It is simply inconceivable.”