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
People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control.
A theme that appears repeatedly in the writings of the social critics of the second half of the 20th century is the sense of purposelessness that afflicts many people in modern society.
[...] to judge from the Internet postings that people have sent me, probably most of what you learned [about me] was nonsense.
Some people have low susceptibility to advertising and marketing techniques. These are the people who aren't interested in money. Material acquisition does not serve their need for the power process.
The big problem is that people don't believe a revolution is possible, and it is not possible precisely because they do not believe it is possible.
Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science fiction It is already happening to some extent in our own society. Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed modern society gives them antidepressant drugs. In effect antidepressants are a means of modifying an individual's internal state in such a way as to enable him to tolerate social conditions that he would otherwise find intolerable.
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 ...