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  Ivy League graduate from the University of Pennsylvania,  Luigi Mangione, 26,  loathed the insurance agencies because of how it treated HIS sick relative, sources said.  The man held in connection with the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing gave the Unabomber’s manifesto a 4-star review.  And like Ted Kaczynski, Luigi Mangione was addicted to hallucinogenics.   It has been revealed Mangione was carrying a manifesto condemning the healthcare industry for putting profits over people, and called for violence. This handwritten document expressed anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed and power.  Chinese Anti-Capitalism,  pro Communism Ivy League influence... A University of Pennsylvania professor told the New York Times, “Once you have a Confucius Institute on campus, you have a second source of opinions and authority that is ultimately answerable to the Chinese Communist Party and which i...

Is America showing signs of decline that may make it impossible to make America great again? Michael Prowse (Harvard Business Law Review, 1992) "Strange as it may seem, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism now appears to be obsessed by decline. America’s list of complaints seems endless: Real wages are falling. Productivity growth is down. Companies aren’t competitive in global markets. White-collar jobs are no longer secure. The nation’s infrastructure is collapsing. The federal deficit is soaring. The health system is deteriorating. The cities are unsafe. The schools are failing. The gap between rich and poor is widening. 1. The real issue isn’t decline so much as increased equality among advanced industrial nations. During the postwar era (and, indeed, for much of this century), U.S. companies dominated the world economy. However advantageous to Americans, eventually that situation was bound to end. Concerns about decline are a symptom of the growing equality...