# luigi mangione inkblot test > here is a society who would not take it anymore > ~ paraphrasing travis bickle (taxi driver 1976 dir martin scorsese) > and i think that's a harrowing thing > i think that for ceos that was like a terrifying moment > because it was the first time that they saw that we see them the way they see us (..) > this was a wake up call because we don't see them as people either > ~ comedian josh johnson to consider luigi mangione as a suspect pseudoscientific (pseudo-political) rorschach inkblot test for synthetic 'class consciousness' also known as 'not the instant ideological win for working americans some imagine it is' for those who appear bent on publicly performing the situation as instantly / inherently / universally meaningful or politically 'catalyzing' across all political boundaries - always be wary of wild claims to instant apparent universality in which such systematically vague icons conveniently mean anything (actually a narrow range) for anybody depending on who's asked - but then who gets to ask whom as some opinions are far more equal than others - who get to decide the overall framing in which violet claims-attitude adjusters aren't necessarily themselves class consciousness but merely closer to radial(/ized) lone wolf outsiders viewing ir actions less political and more personal or cultural to consider something about the notion of such 'icons (of what exactly)' being 'volk heroes' smells faintly suspect almost as if belonging to loose (spectacular as in debordian) popcorn talk outside the digital colosseum > 'how can you possibly hate the people's front of luigi? splitters! > ~ paraphrasing [monty python](https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/The_People%27s_Front_of_Judea) to consider how some specific groups labeling ir fave (non-rando) shooter of the month 'fellow volk' often don't seem remotely 'folky' or genuinely social themselves - having solidarity - and may in fact just be as generally greedy privileged amoral and hyper-individualistic as any blandly average cyberpunk ceo hypocrisy much; almost like they never gave two flying hospital bills about 'commie socialist stuff like class consciousness' and everyday working class americans suffering from crippling healthcare debt - not that is until they jumped at the chance to crawl out of the internet woodwork and proudly voice ir undying and hyper-genuine 'support' like they're suddenly che the guava roleplaying dr quinn medicine woman arriving on the public healthcare conversation scene complete with politically astute historically informed observations (and fused with lustful schadenfreude natch) to listen to the baying of the mass-minded crowd (/of middling class whiteness) yet be thankful have just enough good sense to stay far away from this afternoon's gladiatorial baldy billionaire chicken taco humping ceo slap fight that is to try repositioning the 'mangioning' of random ceos less of an 'us(/a) vs the 1%' and closer to mere 'hostile *Iinter-corporate* takeover drama' here's criterion on 'the killing of a chinese bookie' > "ben gazzara brilliantly portrays a gentleman's club owner cosmo vitelli desperately committed to maintaining a facade of suave gentility despite the seediness of ir environment and ir own unhealthy appetites" also blaming the poor working class schlub slaving at mccancers for turning in the suspect for non existent dollar$ is itself anti-ironically indicative of anti-class unconsciousness some on loltube have basically said 'leaving aside the whole philosophical notion of whether it's wrong to kill for a moment..' - hold up why would someone want to leave aside philosophy (the love of truth) even for a moment - if only to signal to a wide audience of uncritical yes men what a fellow salt-of-the-earth class trooper they are - what like mangione you mean in which to consider popular online 'discussions' - displays of spectacular mass psychology - of the mangione kind as too-often merely in fact making the real conversation about oneself and one's own matchless 'class wokeness' whatever that is where is the realer communal unity missing in such a conversation - are there any that aren't socially mass mediated and echo chambered? (3d printed pun unintentional) [the role of the roman colosseum in representing civic values](https://roman.mythologyworldwide.com/the-role-of-the-roman-colosseum-in-representing-civic-values/) // republic of bob