Quotes by Theodore Kaczynski

Theodore Kaczynski

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.

Half

People

Writing

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.

Art

Despair

Focus

Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are enough to account for the extent of the problems that are seen today.

Believe

Community

Today

I Don’t Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison

Death Penalty

Long

Want

I would just turn my back and wouldn’t talk to him.

Turns

If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later.

Breaking Down

Painful

Results

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.

Depressing

Depression

Mean

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.

Curiosity

Effort

Satisfaction

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

Effort

Modern

Needs

It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness

Important

Mere

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Leftists

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Quotes by Theodore Kaczynski

Theodore Kaczynski

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.

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.

Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are enough to account for the extent of the problems that are seen today.

I Don’t Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison

I would just turn my back and wouldn’t talk to him.

If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later.

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.

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

It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness

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