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In reply to the discussion: CEO shooter Luigi Mangione laid out his motive on Good Reads [View all]ck4829
(36,556 posts)6. He also posted a review of Brave New World
A gramme is always better than a damn
I'd rather be myself," he said. "Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly.
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3030721719
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Prison rape jokes and hopes are not permitted on this Board, last time I checked
Prairie Gates
Dec 9
#2
Our "justice system" protects the one percent. That's become more apparent with every high profile
BComplex
Dec 9
#29
He supposedly killed a member of the ownership class of this country. He will be suicided.
AZLD4Candidate
Dec 10
#70
If I were a juror and he had personally witnessed the death of family/friend because of denials, I might have had
Silent Type
Dec 9
#7
From his reading list, it looks like he has back problems and an interest in psychedelics among other things.
LudwigPastorius
Dec 9
#8
I believe grok is from Stranger in a Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein.
ShazzieB
Dec 9
#18
If you don't think fantasy fiction has anything to offer, give it a miss. However, if one likes the genre...
Hekate
Dec 9
#41