Theodore Kaczynski
Theodore Kaczynski
Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, also known as the "Unabomber", is an American domestic terrorist, anarchist, and mathematical prodigy. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski engaged in a nationwide bombing campaign against people involved with modern technology, planting or mailing numerous homemade bombs, ultimately killing a total of three people and injuring 23 others. He is also known for his wide-ranging social critiques, which opposed industrialization and modern technology while advancing a nature-centered form of anarchism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth22 May 1942
CountryUnited States of America
The concept of "mental health" in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.
In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs.
The leftist is anti-individualistic... He is not the sort of person who has an inner sense of confidence in his own ability to solve his own problems and satisfy his own needs.
Constitutional rights are useful up to a point, but they do not serve to guarantee much more than what could be called the bourgeois conception of freedom. According to the bourgeois conception, a "free" man is essentially an element of a social machine and has only a certain set of prescribed and delimited freedoms; freedoms that are designed to serve the needs of the social machine more than those of the individual.
We're allowing every Eric Harris, every troubled kid out there, to become the next Tim McVeigh,
I think I would like to be represented by him, ... He had agreed not to use a mental health defense. ... He would need considerable time to prepare.
I don't think it's likely that the matter can be resolved that easily. My lawyers have suggested that I should make it clear to you what I want. And what I'm looking for is a change of counsel.
Unfortunately, no, ... man responsible for the mail bombings.
Now, after a year and a half with this, I'm too tired, and I really don't want to take on such a difficult task.
I think the question of how we deal with our client is probably something we ought to keep to ourselves. It's private and privileged.
It appears that I don't have much choice as to what I want to do. It seems that I have no other alternatives. ... I may as well go ahead with the present counsel, not because I want to, but simply there are no better alternatives.
I had something that may be just a wild conjecture only, but ...
I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison
Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of accomplishing anything through rational calculation.