Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Meritocracy (concept) 1 — The belief that wealth and success are earned through merit, discussed by a working-class British person as psychologica...

Post Malone (person) 1 — A mainstream artist whose music is characterized as what 'normies' listen to all day on Spotify

Eliot Rodger (person) 1 — Incel mass shooter who made videos before his killing spree claiming he deserved women because he was gorgeous with expe...

Armani (place) 1 — Luxury fashion brand whose $300 glasses Eliot Rodger mentioned as proof he deserved women.

Moscow Theatre Siege (concept) 1 — Historical hostage crisis referenced in comparison to an incel's plan to poison a campus with carfentanil.

The Da Vinci Code (book) 1 — Pop culture phenomenon from the mid-2000s featuring Tom Hanks solving riddles, remembered for its cultural impact.

Ron Asheton (person) 1 — Member of The Stooges who was interviewed by serious garage punk forum enthusiasts in the mid-2000s

Khmer Rouge (concept) 1 — Cambodian communist regime responsible for genocide that someone had never heard of despite growing up near Cambodia

Tim Ferriss (person) 1 — Self-help author whose books appear on Luigi Mangione's Goodreads profile

Tim Urban (person) 1 — Author whose work appears on Luigi Mangione's Goodreads profile, associated with online Rogan/Fridman sphere

Gerontocracy (concept) 1 — Political system dominated by elderly leaders, attributed to Baby Boomers' arrested development and inability to accept ...

Sasson et al., 2017 (book) 1 — Scientific study published in Nature demonstrating that neurotypical observers judge autistic people as less likable and...

DeBrabander et al., 2019 (book) 1 — Study published in Autism in Adulthood showing both autistic and nonautistic observers rate autistic adults less favorab...

Grossman, 2015 (book) 1 — Study published in Autism journal demonstrating that naïve observers can identify autistic children as socially awkward ...

Nature (place) 1 — Scientific journal that published the Sasson et al. 2017 study on thin-slice judgments of autistic individuals.

Autism in Adulthood (place) 1 — Academic journal that published the DeBrabander et al. 2019 study comparing autistic and nonautistic observers' percepti...

Catherine Connolly (person) 1 — Independent socialist politician elected President of Ireland in 2025 with support from united left-wing parties.

Heather Humphreys (person) 1 — Fine Gael candidate for Irish President who received half as many votes as Catherine Connolly in the 2025 election.

Fine Gael (concept) 1 — Irish center-right political party that suffered a defeat in the 2025 presidential election.

Fianna Fáil (concept) 1 — Irish center-right political party that suffered a defeat alongside Fine Gael in the 2025 presidential election.

Maria Steen (person) 1 — Irish far-right political candidate who failed to get the required signatures to run for president in 2025.

Pronouns (concept) 1 — Gender identity markers adopted in corporate workplaces as signaling mechanism, criticized for performative virtue signa...

Yasser Arafat (person) 1 — Palestinian political leader mentioned in the context of world leaders being photographed with open-mouthed grins, sugge...

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (person) 1 — Former Spanish Prime Minister mentioned among world leaders photographed at the UN

Liz Warren (person) 1 — U.S. Senator mentioned as someone who will pretend to be shocked about corporate influence on TikTok ban despite knowing...

Run Away With Me (album) 1 — Carly Rae Jepsen song that impressed a listener upon first hearing

Batgirl (film) 1 — DC superhero film that was shelved by the studio for being too poor quality to release

Tacoma (place) 1 — A city in Washington state mentioned alongside Seattle as having difficult residents in business transactions.

Midtown (place) 1 — A Manhattan neighborhood referenced as a location where poorly dressed men in business casual attire are commonly observ...

British culture (concept) 1 — The culture of Britain described as unapologetically bizarre, including pretentious upper class behavior, bad food, bad ...

Katseye (person) 1 — Corporate-manufactured global girl group created using K-pop training methods by South Korean and American labels

Ashburn (place) 1 — Virginia town that is the physical center of the internet and home to AWS US-East-1 and Equinix facilities

Equinix (place) 1 — Data center facility in Ashburn that serves as the physical center of the internet

Abigail Spanberger (person) 1 — Former CIA officer who worked at Saudi-funded Islamic school in Northern Virginia before officially joining CIA

James Comer (person) 1 — Congressman who forced the Clintons to testify about Epstein connections

North Macedonia (place) 1 — Balkan country whose existence is questioned with the satirical query about where South Macedonia is

Joseph Haydn (person) 1 — Classical composer credited with transforming the poster from 'doomer to bloomer' and providing a whitepill through his ...

Claudio Monteverdi (person) 1 — Italian composer of madrigals cited as an example of the transformative power of classical music

The Bourne Identity (film) 1 — Action film praised for physical stunts, fight choreography, and depicting the CIA as villains, contrasted with modern f...

Carlos the Jackal (person) 1 — Real-life figure who was the main antagonist of the original Bourne books, referenced in discussion of film adaptation.

Ellen (person) 1 — Television host mentioned as cancelled figure who could make comeback if returning to cable TV weekly.

Bonnie Burstow (person) 1 — A figure mentioned in the context of questioning the validity of psychology, including the efficacy of modalities, repro...

America Chavez (person) 1 — A Latina character in a Marvel movie who wears a trans pride pin and has two moms, with a backstory of accidentally send...

Digital Minimalism (concept) 1 — A movement or approach to reducing smartphone and technology use, criticized for having an 'incel tinge' and being assoc...

r/trees (place) 1 — A subreddit dedicated to cannabis culture, discussed as being in denial about marijuana addiction while criticizing othe...

Jamie xx (person) 1 — A musician whose shows post-COVID are described as lacking audience participation and dancing, despite the fun music.

György Kovásznai (person) 1 — Hungarian animator and director of the 1979 film Habfürdő, who died of leukemia at age 49 after his work was critically ...

Habfürdö (film) 1 — A 1979 Hungarian animated feature film that was critically panned upon release but is now appreciated as a relevant port...

Mos Eisley (place) 1 — A Star Wars reference used metaphorically to describe 4chan as 'the most infamous of all internet haunts.'

Internet culture (concept) 1 — A distinct cultural phenomenon characterized by forums, 4chan, and community values, now being replaced by content apps ...