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It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness

Theodore Kaczynski
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

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In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs.

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The leftist is antagonistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a loser.

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Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.

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But what first motivated me wasn't anything I read. I just got mad seeing the machines ripping up the woods and so forth...

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[...] to judge from the Internet postings that people have sent me, probably most of what you learned [about me] was nonsense.

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We are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or not.

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In any case it is not normal to put into the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that scientists put into their work.

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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.

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There is nothing wrong with violence in itself. In any particular case, whether violence is good or bad depends on how it is used and the purpose for which it is used.

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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.

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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.

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The only points on which we absolutely insist are that the single overriding goal must be the elimination of modern technology, and that no other goal can be allowed to compete with this one.

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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.

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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.

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