Once in a while I cover the topic of “objectionable”
content, especially “manifestos” written by people who went on to commit
crimes. Indeed, the idea of a “manifesto” has gotten a bad name, as prospective
for its author of future anti-social behavior. He wants to be viewed from on
high.
Ted Kacznyski, the Unabomber, apparently will spend the rest
of his days almost in solitary confinement among “the worst of the worst” at
ADX Florence, Colorado.
But he may be ruminating in the belief that he accomplished
something with his “Manifesto”, “Industrial Society and Its Future” This little paper (35000 words) put "Luddite" into everyday vocabulary.
Kaczynski, remember, “threatened” the New York Times and
Washington Post into publishing it in 1995, in the days just before
self-publication on the Web was possible.
Penthouse never published it. The
New York Times still has the link here.
He perhaps says some useful things. The talks about over-socialization of people,
which he believes contributes to the political coalition that we generally know
as the Left. He blames conservatives more for technology, which he thinks can
lead society into a trap. Maybe that’s
where we are today with the electromagnetic pulse threat, which generally only
conservatives talk about.
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