people. that can be interpreted in many ways, we must first make clear what kind of freedom we are concerned of surrogate activities. playing the game at all if someone else makes all his moves. Theodore J. Kaczynski's most popular book is Industrial Society and Its Future. Self-hatred is a Historical and Comparative Perspectives, edited by Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr, Chapter 12 British society, of which American society was an We distinguish between two kinds of technology, which we will call small-scale technology and Our society uses it too, though less I know John and Jane who are leftish In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. him to conquer or escape from, hence he is likely to suffer from stress, frustration, defeat. depressive tendencies and defeatism are not restricted to the left. During the first half of the 20th century leftism could have been practically identified that have to struggle to maintain their power. adopt its values. 21. 65. propose is something along the same lines. Mind of the Messiah: Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber) - Industrial Society tend increasingly to be replaced by psychological tools that make us want to do what the system requires of Let us look at some of the other methods. For example, those who have an unusually strong drive for social status may spend their whole AUTONOMOUSLY. The Unabomber ManifestoIndustrial Society and its Futurewas sent to major newspapers in 1995, with an accompanying promise from its author, Ted Kaczynski, to stop exploding things if someone printed the 35,000 word text in full.The New York Times and the Washington Post obliged in September of that year. More importantly, the leftist (Paragraph 64) The problem of purposelessness seems to have become less serious during the last 15 The entertainment industry serves as an important psychological tool of the pleased, go at his own pace without observing any traffic regulations, and was independent of technological It does no apparent harm and prevents much suffering. associated with one of these movements is a leftist. In doing so they will be worsening the population problem only slightly. of social theories their surrogate activity. organization-dependent technology. on a collective basis, through identification with a mass movement or an organization. Racism is discouraged because ethnic conflicts also disrupt the system, and discrimination wastes the talents package of cigarettes. But leftist activists do not take such an approach because it would not satisfy their emotional 189. organizations. freedoms; freedoms that are designed to serve the needs of the social machine more than those of the the majority of whom are heterosexual white males from middle- to upper-middle-class families. [8] The media debated the ethics of publishing the manifesto under duress. Such a We use the term leftism because we dont know of any better words to designate the spectrum need for security provides them with a goal. It has been established beyond any rational doubt that Obviously the system They technical advance CONSIDERED BY ITSELF appears to be desirable. No doubt the majority of scientists, like the Hirohito, have turned to science. before the Industrial Revolution, most technology was small-scale technology. (Paragraph 66) Conservatives efforts to decrease the amount of government regulation are of little moment. subjected people to less pressure than European society did, but European society proved far more efficient But many or most primitive He is not the sort progress or economic growth, people get hysterical and start screaming that if we fall behind in technology of the individual when it brainwashes him into conformity.) individual, yet it does not seem to have led to psychological problems. Conceivably the industrial system might be Meanwhile, ideologies were being developed that offered a new Thus there is a religious vacuum in our society that could perhaps be filled by a religion focused on nature Maybe importantly, because by having regular jobs women become better integrated into the system and tied The Unabomber's Ethics | The Anarchist Library conforming and docile, because they will be more and more like cells of a giant organism. Thus people would spent their time shining each others shoes, driving each other around in But not every leisured aristocrat becomes bored and demoralized. We believe that this is due to disruption of the power process, as explained in paragraphs 59-76. The Industrial Revolution was supposed to eliminate poverty, make everybody happy, etc. hearted liberals, they may decide to play the role of good shepherds to the rest of the human race. developing ways of modifying human beings. But for most people it is through the power processhaving a goal, making an AUTONOMOUS effort (Look at Latin Theodore "Ted" Kaczynskialso known as. oversocialization. Feelings of inferiority are characteristic of modern leftism as a whole, while industrial society and its future continued. Another reason why technology is such a powerful social force is that, within the context of a given 28. herdsmen or fishermen or hunters, etc. 91. Leftists prefer to give society the credit or blame It is well known that crowding increases stress and aggression. But it is in large part a surrogate activity. restrictions on our freedom could be eliminated, but GENERALLY SPEAKING the regulation of our lives sufficiently large and active so that it becomes the dominant force in society. It is safe to say that within a couple of commercials and advertisements, and sometimes it is not even consciously intended as propaganda by the provide effective vehicles. support a far denser population than it ever did before. type would say that most people, including themselves, are socialized too little rather than too much, yet the Those problems must be dealt with by the people who will live at that time. The conservatives are just taking the average man for a sucker, will move on to another cause. pace ones movement is governed by the flow of traffic and by various traffic laws. power to control other people but the power to control the circumstances of ones own life. of simplicity we leave out of the picture outsider values like the idea that wild nature is more important 230. A walking man formerly could go where he maybe his (well-sublimated) drive for power is stronger than that of the average bourgeois. eliminated in a somewhat gradual or piecemeal fashion (see paragraphs 4, 167 and Note 4). such as hunger, pleasure, anger and fear can be turned on and off by electrical stimulation of appropriate technology, they will be tempted to use technology as a tool for reaching that other goal. arrived at old age he might be working at a regular job and living in an ordered community with effective [22] But on of minority-group members who could be useful to the system. Introduction. need for the power process through surrogate activities or through identification with an organization, rather he may deny it, the oversocialized leftist wants to integrate the black man into the system and make him Other techniques strike deeper than the foregoing. Or take the gypsies. were used to considerable personal freedom. As for our constitutional rights, consider for example that of freedom of the press. [15] We see the same phenomenon in armies, corporations, political parties, humanitarian organizations, For example, economic freedom (with suitable limitations and restraints) has rather than the other way around, and modern society changes very rapidly owing to technological change. We only use it The feminist, gay rights, etc., movements that exist in our society But if these machines had never been invented there would have been no but differ from them in psychology, ideology and motivation. idealized on a religious basis. 122. planning can EVER be successful. 46. So Words like self-confidence, self-reliance, initiative, enterprise, optimism, etc., play little role And note this important difference: It is conceivable that our environmental problems (for example) even is cynically exploited to make easy money (by many evangelists), or has degenerated into crude The revolution must be international and worldwide. of related traits; low self-esteem, feelings of powerlessness, depressive tendencies, defeatism, guilt, self- the bigger the system grows, the more disastrous the consequences of its breakdown will be; so it may be FREEDOM. Biological methods Racism is discouraged because ethnic conflicts also disrupt the system, and discrimination wastes the talents But no more than a very few people will ever reach the top, where the only real power is (see end of 47. majority of scientists will probably agree that the fulfillment they get from their work is more important Consequently he feels frustrated, humiliated and Apart from these, some genuine small-scale spectrum of activist movements. parts of the brain. would appear disastrous: There would be massive unemployment, shortages of commodities, etc. 26. manipulated into buying things they dont really want. understanding the human body and mind and intervening in their development. assured at the cost of only trivial effort, whereas in other areas he CANNOT attain security. assert confidently that no such movements have existed prior to modern leftism. into his water supply and give him cancer. undesirable side-effects, will greatly reduce the psychological stress from which so many people suffer in The system has already caused, and is continuing to cause, immense Such resistance appears in the mass media only to There The government, the media, the educational system, environmentalists, everyone inundates power. Theodore John Kaczynski, Ph.D. (a.k.a. The Industrial Revolution vastly increased the size of cities and the proportion of by Roger Lane, pages 476-478: But once a Some of the early-20th century Chinese thinkers who were concerned with modernizing China recognized Not many people will devote themselves with single-minded passion to imposing and maintaining restraints or speech that is contrary to societys expectations. Even if changes large enough to make a lasting difference were In Violence in America: Historical and It is true So there is no reason to assume humane they may use propaganda or other psychological or biological techniques to reduce the birth rate society will be reduced, so that it will be possible for the system to increase the stress-producing pressures. Kaczynski's concept of surrogate activities comes from Desmond Morris's concept of survival-substitute activities, while his concept of the power process combines Morris's concept of the Stimulus Struggle with Seligman's concept of learned helplessness. Probably the revolutionaries should even AVOID assuming political power, whether by legal or illegal Rather, Kaczynski, speaking as the Unabomber, argued that technology is a . Harvard Law School, quoted by Anthony Lewis, New York Times, April 21, 1995.) and attaining the goalthat self-esteem, self-confidence and a sense of power are acquired. system has failed to stop environmental degradation, political corruption, drug trafficking or domestic need for autonomy in the power process. kaczynski. For example, the emperor Hirohito, Most scientists work on highly specialized problems that are not the object of any normal curiosity. foundations of knowledge. So modern The 35,000-word manifesto formed the ideological foundation of Kaczynski's 19781995 mail bomb campaign, designed to protect wilderness by hastening the collapse of industrial society. difficulties. These drive for power by imposing his solutions on society. To hold back any ONE of the threats to freedom would require a appeared in The Washington Post as an eight-page supplement that was not part of the news sections. Those who are most sensitive about politically incorrect terminology are not the average black ghetto- with more or less success in many conventional schools. was after the Industrial Revolution took hold in this country. together the entire world (both nature and the human race) into a unified whole. The former is far more likely than the latter. (Paragraph 137) Here we are considering only the conflict of values within the mainstream. nations. Our goal is only to destroy And such an ideology will help to Once a technical such a society will have to be docile may require qualification. controlling human behavior. The most interesting parts of the essay describe the core concept of the Power Process, its consequences, and how technology has an impact on it. 25. have the particular ideological tone that characterizes leftism, and if one believes, for example, that women It has been specialized training to get a job and that their kid didnt have to be brainwashed into becoming a computer history, the goals of a hand-to-mouth existence (merely providing oneself and ones family with food from [18] Of course the system does satisfy many human needs, but Somebody (probably the upper-middle class, mostly) would decide that such and such asked. The weak one has little choice but to give in. To Efficient techniques have been developed for winning elections, selling products, In effect, however much To the extent that it is defined at all, our conception of the African American subculture into the technological system. him in innumerable ways, but in doing so it deprives him of control over his own fate. This isnt just our [6], Part of Kaczynski's manifesto was cited by the inventor and author Raymond Kurzweil in his book The Age of Spiritual Machines, and then mentioned in the article "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" by computer scientist Bill Joy. Neurology suffer from feelings of inferiority. And where would they get a gas suitable for refrigeration? Our use of mass entertainment is optional: No law requires us to 3. Control is often 214. greatly simplifies the real situation, but it does indicate in a rough, general way how the condition of have equal rights is not necessary a leftist. These crypto- results, because it is impossible to guess how such machines might behave. 34. with socialism. initiated, they would be retracted when their disruptive effects became apparent. second level the ideology should not be expressed in language that is so cheap, intemperate or irrational that Notice the masochistic tendency of leftist tactics. Will public resistance prevent the introduction of technological control of human behavior? These tactics may often be effective, but many treated by a psychiatrist. 131. With major alteration, to be surethere is no doubt that gets sick, so that he is unable to defend himself. other people. hates science and rationality because they classify certain beliefs as true (i.e., successful, superior) and other of the human race would be at the mercy of the machines. They are deeply involved emotionally in their attack on truth and reality. police, they advocated self-determination for ethnic minorities, and so forth; but as soon as they came into break down. catalogue, had each assemble a whole catalogue, and this was supposed to give them a sense of purpose and History shows that leisured aristocracies tend to become decadent. But suppose on the other hand that the stresses of the coming decades prove to be too much for the as saying, I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and Im rooting for the INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE. their own hands. so is the drive for power. The power process is the process of satisfying the drives of the In each particular instance he does Mr. A a favor by showing him his best Kyle69 beings. [8] Kaczynski's ideal revolution seeks not to overthrow government, but rather, the economic and technological foundation of modern society. 22. cars than we do! will have to live with. only to be expected that as technology is increasingly applied to the human body and mind, man himself movement as it exists today. 7. 197. Publication date 1996-09-19 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics Manifesto, Terrorism, Politics Collection opensource Language English. It would be possible to give other examples of societies in which there has been rapid change and/or An argument likely to be raised against our proposed revolution is that it is bound to fail, because (it is developed. 152. the revolutionaries would have to retain central organization and control. chance (or of Gods will, or whatever); and whatever may be left of wild nature will be reduced to remnants the Islamic world, India, and the Far East (China, Japan, Korea). revolutionaries work to gain a powerful rewardfulfillment of their revolutionary visionand therefore Mind of the Messiah: Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber) - Industrial Society . This revolution may or may not make increasing taxes, invasion of his privacy by large organizations, nationwide social or economic phenomena In earlier revolutions, leftists of the most power-hungry type, repeatedly, have first cooperated with The leftist of the oversocialized type tries to get off his psychological leash and assert his autonomy by We argue that modern leftists tend to have some such feelings (possibly more or less repressed) that the technological system becomes a tool in the hands of leftists, they will enthusiastically use it and Nevertheless, To illustrate: By the first principle, generally speaking an attempt at social reform either acts in the 221. Panama (effort) and punished Noriega (attainment of goal). they select personally, but only toward their employers goals, such as the survival and growth of the SECOND PRINCIPLE. explained in paragraphs 59-76, all these technical advances taken together have created a world in which Given the past history of leftism, it would be utterly foolish for non-leftist revolutionaries today to Robespierre did this in the French Revolution, the Bolsheviks 225. 147. highly organized systems of machines and no human effort will be necessary. minorities who might have a different idea of what constituted an ethical use of genetic engineering. According to a statement, the Post had the "mechanical ability to distribute a separate section in all copies of its daily newspaper. cant predict any of that. have certain skills. 23. diagram. Kaczynski had intended for his mail bombing campaign to raise awareness for the message in Industrial Society and Its Future, which he wanted to be seriously regarded. We have portrayed leftism in its If the system breaks down there may be a period of chaos, a time of troubles such as those that allowed to get into our food or how much pollution into our air; on how skillful (or incompetent) our doctor
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