Ivy League professor’s shocking new theory on why ‘CEO shooter’ Luigi Mangione went off the rails

An Ivy League professor has revealed what he believes might have led Luigi Mangione to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Mangione, 26, grew up in a prominent, wealthy family in Maryland and spent his life attending prestigious private schools, earning his college degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Cornell law professor William Jacobson told it Fox News that Mangione’s educational background may have radicalized him and may have inspired him to kill Thompson.

“It’s pretty uniform that the Ivy League and other so-called elite educational institutions lean extremely leftward within the faculty,” Jacobson explains.

“The modern Democratic Party… leans very heavily to the left, has a very strong anti-American, anti-capitalist wing… so I wouldn’t be surprised if someone who grows up and is educated in that atmosphere becomes radicalized. .’

The law professor claimed that Ivy League faculty have spent the past two to three decades promoting their personal worth and trying to instill it in students.

“They don’t distinguish between their education and their activism,” he told Fox News.

‘That is most clearly expressed. But it’s also true elsewhere, on the anti-capitalist front… if you educate yourself in that realm, I could certainly understand why someone would have hostile views toward a health insurance company.”

Jacobson shared his theory after reports of a UPenn educator celebrating Thompson’s murder sparked outrage.

Assistant Professor of English Julia Alekseyeva shared a TikTok video praising the suspect and the fact that Mangione is an alumni of her university.

In response to Alekseyeva’s message, Jeffrey Kallberg, deputy dean of the UPenn School of Arts and Sciences, told Fox News that “a lot of concern had been expressed.”

“Her comments regarding the shooting of Brian Thompson in New York City were inconsistent with the values ​​of both the School of Arts and Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania,” Kallberg said in a statement.

‘They were not tolerated by the school or university. On reflection, Assistant Professor Alekseyeva agrees that the comments were insensitive and inappropriate and has retracted them.”

Mangione reportedly aligns himself with anti-capitalist ideologies. He was also found with a handwritten manifesto when he was arrested at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

The manifesto reportedly read: ‘To spare you a lengthy investigation, I state clearly that I did not collaborate with anyone.

‘These parasites had it coming. I apologize for any conflict or trauma, but it had to be done.”

One of the alleged shooter’s friends told DailyMail.com that Mangione was actually “anti-woke,” leaning left in some ways and right in others.

“For example, he was pro-equal opportunity, but anti-woke: for example, anti-DEI (and) anti-identity politics,” explains Gurwinder Bhogal, a British writer who met Mangione online.

“He was against wokeism because he didn’t believe it was an effective way to help minorities.

“He showed an interest in more rational, evidence-based forms of compassion, such as effective altruism.”

Bhogal said he and Mangione discussed the differences between the British and American health care systems.

“Luigi complained about how expensive healthcare was in the US, and expressed envy at Britain’s nationalized healthcare system,” he revealed.

Bhogal, who runs a political blog called The Prism, said they discussed the actions of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, who used terrorism to campaign against modern technology.

Mangione previously appeared to praise Kaczynski in a Goodreads review.

“Luigi disapproved of the Unabomber’s actions, but was fascinated by his ideology and shared his concerns about rampant consumerism that is gradually eroding our agency and alienating us from ourselves,” Bhogal said.

The blogger speculated that material Mangione read on social media could have prompted his alleged crime.

Another theory surrounding Mangione’s alleged actions is that he suffered from chronic and severe back pain, which turned into an obsession with the healthcare industry.

Mangione’s college roommate, RJ Martin, said the suspect was in so much pain that he could not be physically intimate with anyone.

Martin also recalled how he, Mangione and other students discussed health care and capitalism.

But he insisted the suspected killer never gave the impression of being angry or radicalized.

He added that Mangione did not complain of his back pain and that he did not appear to be taking any painkillers.

Mangione was arrested on December 9 after a five-day manhunt. He has been charged with second-degree murder.

He is also charged with second- and third-degree possession of a weapon, and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument in Thompson’s murder.

As he entered a Pennsylvania courthouse on December 10 to fight extradition to New York, an agitated Mangione shouted, “This is completely unjust and an insult to the American people.”

He also yelled at reporters for being “completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their experiences!”

Jacobson reiterated his belief that Thompson’s death was not a random act and that Mangione’s life experiences could have led him to shoot and kill the CEO.

“I think people need to focus on what the evidence is, what in his background might have radicalized him… what in his background might have led him to become involved in such an elaborate plot,” he told Fox News.

‘This is not a spontaneous act of violence. This was obviously clearly planned.”