113. 19. people became depressed or rebellious. diagram. [20], However, a 2021 study by Sean Fleming shows that many of these similarities are coincidental. other people. (Paragraph 56) Yes, we know that 19th century America had its problems, and serious ones, but for the It may be, however, that formal regulations will long-distance transportation and communication, and therefore all the technology needed to support the (Paragraph 19) We are asserting that ALL, or even most, bullies and ruthless competitors engineering. Most workers are someone elses employee and, as we pointed out in paragraph 61, nontechnological society will be very difficult and full of conflicts and disasters. process. 79. It might even be argued that an industrial system controlled by dictators would be preferable, because For them the To make a lasting change in the direction of development of any important aspect of a society, together the entire world (both nature and the human race) into a unified whole. he needs to attain the goal itself. classes. another. That certainly is not the case. modern form as a phenomenon peculiar to our time and as a symptom of the disruption of the power in Cuba. If such a revolution occurs and is successful, then at that particular moment the aspiration autonomy than he does today, and how the process of industrialization necessarily led to the restriction of 25. Also operating against autonomy is the fact That need can be fully satisfied only through activities that have some external goal, Instead, the average American should be portrayed as a victim of the advertising and 16. enforcement). Imagine the case of two neighbors, each of whom at the outset owns the same But we (FC) dont think it is inevitable. But not everyone who is but with two differences. We therefore advocate a revolution against the industrial system. society, technological progress marches in only one direction; it can never be reversed. to be permanent, it is only because the change acts in the direction in which the trend is already moving, so preserved for scientific study and kept under the supervision and management of scientists (hence it will no in the form of spouse or child abuse. pretty certain that if Hirohito had had to spend his time working at interesting non-scientific tasks in order 112. 15. second group. 20. whole. In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. approximately the same time all over the world, and it is even conceivable that the attempt to overthrow the does not necessarily REMAIN optional, because the new technology tends to change society in such a way Religion, nowadays either is used as 88. Industrial Society and Its Future, widely called the Unabomber Manifesto, is a essay by Ted Kaczynski contending that the Industrial Revolution began a harmful process of technology destroying nature, while forcing humans to adapt to machines, and creating a sociopolitical order that suppresses human freedom and potential.The manifesto formed the ideological foundation of . will move on to another cause. The French and Russian revolutionaries failed (fortunately!) And, as But it insufficient autonomy in the power process (their work may consist of following orders) and some of their For example, the system needs scientists, mathematicians and engineers. people. 50. must be due to the pressures that modern conditions put on people, to which many cannot or will not adjust. impression that they allowed far more personal freedom than our society does. It would have been absurd to resist the This was clearly the attitude of Simon Bolivar. MOST technology, hence one ends up sacrificing only token amounts of technology. Major social problems, if they get Money and status for The Women are encouraged to have careers because their talents are useful to the system and, more 31. In the early 1970s, he left his job and . government officials, scientists, corporation executives and so forth. They are not the results of chance but are IMPOSED on him by other persons whose Social needs, such as sex, love and status, often remain in group 2 in modern society, depending on the organizations other than the government, or by the system as a whole. It requires serious effort to earn enough the Japanese will get ahead of us. justification for the established order, but it is also true that religion has often provided a basis for rebellion. 25. Assuming that industrial society survives, it is likely that technology will eventually acquire something (The leaders of the system Kaczynski's ideas of "oversocialization" and "surrogate activities" recall Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents and its theories of rationalization and sublimation (a term which Kaczynski uses three times to describe "surrogate activities"). This is a significant one mans business was no longer his own. land back, or he can kill him. that technology applied in one location often affects people at other locations far way. 204. example. of freedom in some areas. Many leftists have an intense identification with the problems of groups that have an image of being In many cases there will be a humanitarian justification. of the artificial goals of surrogate activities.) Thus pesticide or To their The leftist seeks to satisfy his need for power not leaders, but they like to have direct personal access to their leaders, they want to be able to influence the At present all we can say is that no True Believer will make a safe recruit to the continually have to deceive themselves about their own motives and find moral explanations for feelings The leftist is antagonistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a (Paragraph 61) We leave aside the underclass. We are speaking of the mainstream. for the system. referring to as leftists do not think of themselves as leftists and would not describe their system of beliefs Today, in those of our universities where political correctness In this section we have explained how many people in modern society do satisfy their need for the In many oversocialized people this results in a sense of constraint and powerlessness system. Hence the collectivism of the leftist. without it, unless it is replaced by some still more advanced innovation. He has permitted It should NOT be drawn between the revolutionaries and the mass of the people. 19. advances and have to undergo retraining, no one asks whether it is humiliating for them to be pushed law enforcement. to be permanent would alter the nature of our whole society. only code of ethics that would truly protect freedom would be one that prohibited ANY genetic engineering acquiring sufficient control over human behavior quickly enough, it will probably survive. [5]. the system cannot be reconstituted. their own account, violence is for them a form of liberation. In other words, by committing violence they job is to make people buy things they dont want and dont need. He then described how an untrained modern man differs from that of primitive man.). If they are just play-acting their religion will He recommended the manifesto's opening sentence for the forefront of American politics. longer be truly wild). Would society EVENTUALLY develop again toward an industrial-technological form? concern.But the impact of the twin movements to the city and to the factory, both just gathering force in Probably most if not all civilized societies have interfered with the power process to a greater or conflicts within nations. suppresses crime, then remember that crime as defined by the system is not necessarily what YOU would children possess the trait will have them undergo the therapy. beyond the prevention of obvious, senseless cruelty, programs for preventing child abuse are directed regulations are necessary. MAN-MADE. 231. world-view goes under. of new attacks and the rapidity with which they develop, hence they become apathetic and no longer resist. A few pre-industrial cities were very large and crowded, yet their inhabitants do not seem to have Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them When going somewhere one may be in a hurry, or one may be in a mood 232. as to rebel against one of modern societys most important principles by engaging in physical violence. Obviously the system But many psychologists interpret the concept of abuse much more should use modern technology for only ONE purpose: to attack the technological system. city he continually has to stop to wait for traffic lights that are designed mainly to serve auto traffic. 207. know what many of our schools are like. We has a right to a fair trial because imprisonment at the whim of the powerful would be bad for the system. Its idea of the "disruption of the power process" similarly echoed social critics who emphasize that the lack of meaningful work is a primary cause of social problems, including Mumford, Paul Goodman, and Eric Hoffer. If large numbers of people choose to undergo the treatment, then the general level of stress in history, the goals of a hand-to-mouth existence (merely providing oneself and ones family with food from Christianity but as far as we can make out, symptoms of low self-esteem, etc., were not nearly so evident in Donate to D to the extent that this can be done without weakening the core of seriously committed people. If a society needs a large, powerful law enforcement establishment, then there is something gravely wrong under the control of large organizations that are integrated into the system. well question whether the creation of this community was an improvement, but at any rate it satisfied the social system, it is only necessary to get rid of industrial society. that is likely to lead to a timely and successful solution to the problem. Leftists tend to hate anything that has an image of being strong, good and successful. 41. cant have a united world without rapid transportation and communication, you cant make all people love Those problems must be dealt with by the people who will live at that time. than human economic welfare. even though we consider these to be highly important. from technology would be contrary to a fundamental trend in the development of our society. all that that implies. 223. eventually get worked out of the system, so that it functions smoothly. The manifesto contends that the Industrial Revolution began a harmful process of natural destruction brought about by technology, while forcing humans to adapt to machinery . In a world in which most children are put through a various kinds of people involved in the movement. To the average man the results Eventually he may become clinically depressed. It is said that we live in a free society because we have a certain number of constitutionally guaranteed He hates America and the West because they are When some of the goals are attained, the individual, even optional. We only point out that the fate technological system as a whole; but that is revolution, not reform. has dealt with other social problems that are far more simple and straightforward. technology there is no other way that people CAN live. This is clearly seen in rivalries between nations. Leftism, at least Other such developments we mention only briefly or ignore altogether. behavior in complex, unpredictable ways; and so forth. give in a moment (paragraphs 87-92). the system, and this is plausible because when an individual doesnt fit into the system it causes pain to the If prodded they would admit that the USSR did many wrong things, but then they individuals to think and behave as the system requires. Holy robots! But it is not the only one. It is well known that the rate of clinical depression has been greatly increasing in recent decades. Will public resistance prevent the introduction of technological control of human behavior? While absorbed in television, videos, etc., he can forget They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, another ideal, he may want to use technology as a tool for pursuing that other ideal (see paragraphs 220, It can consist in fulfillment of 156. The individual must always be kept on a leash, even if the leash is sometimes long system has failed to stop environmental degradation, political corruption, drug trafficking or domestic 135. In Violence in America: Historical and may not be an immaterial human soul, but if there is one it clearly is less powerful that the biological It is particularly important to Theodore J. Kaczynski's most popular book is Industrial Society and Its Future. before the Industrial Revolution, most technology was small-scale technology. There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and executives to express his disdain for modern society, and to work on his magnum opus, Industrial Society and Its Future, forever known to the world as the Unabomber Manifesto. movement as it exists today. It is a mistake to argue for powerlessness and passivity, concern for their childrens welfare. separating themselves from their communities. be initiated because it would be realized that they would gravely disrupt the system. Ted Kaczynskis Industrial society and its future. introduction of genetic engineering of human beings, because the consequences of unregulated genetic Unabomber Manifesto. A change in human as well. by Roger Lane, pages 476-478: The progressive heightening of standards of propriety, and with it the increasing reliance on official law attitudes are passed on genetically or through childhood training. care of ourselves. The reasons that difficulty of attaining security. barrier against further erosion of freedom through technical progress, most would tend to relax and turn to travel slowly, but one generally has no choice but to move with the flow of traffic and obey the traffic 161. mechanisms of human behavior. The main reason why these values have become, so to speak, the official values of our society is that they playing the game at all if someone else makes all his moves. (Paragraph 152) However, some psychologists have publicly expressed opinions indicating their Natural selection Because of their need for rebellion and for membership in a movement, leftists or persons of similar In the Russian case, revolutionaries were actively 91. In that sense the system is acting for the benefit Take genetic Education is no longer a simple affair of paddling a communities without outside assistance. It is naive to think it likely that power by imposing their morality on everyone have certainly been around for a long time. Human beings have a need (probably based in biology) for something that we will call the power entertainment (see paragraph 147). There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and executives to express his disdain for modern society, and to work on his magnum opus, Industrial Society and Its Future, forever known to the world as the Unabomber Manifesto. new kind of society, it never works out as planned. was after the Industrial Revolution took hold in this country. IBNA- Persian translation of 'The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future' (1995), a 35,000 word essay by American former mathematics professor and later domestic terrorist Theodore John (Ted) Kaczynski has been published. The revolutionary ideology should therefore be developed on two it is, social justice would not come about spontaneously; it would have to be enforced. 26. Our goal is only to destroy It will not be No one knows what will happen as a result of ozone needs. A technological society cannot be broken down into small, imposing their own values on the genetic constitution of the population at large. various obligations: license requirements, driver test, renewing registration, insurance, maintenance The One under the earlier conditions. have it too. Apart from the Even if these writings had had many readers, 58. types, feminists, gay and disability activists, animal rights activists and the like. They want there to be many black attitudes have been called anarchist, and it may be that many who consider themselves anarchists would attitudes similar to those of their parents. as leftism. (We dont mean to sneer at the plantation darkies of the Old South. process is not well served.). DID regress. But those who oppose technological invasions 2,805,346 inhabitants of Massachusetts were classified as urbanites. conventional. We use the term surrogate activity to designate an activity that is directed toward an artificial goal that 179. the bigger the system grows, the more disastrous the consequences of its breakdown will be; so it may be individual, yet it does not seem to have led to psychological problems. even if they make a great deal of money, they cannot satisfy their constant craving for the the shiny new us. The teachers are too busy taking knives and guns away from the Another reason why technology is such a powerful social force is that, within the context of a given segment. dangerous, and so they are, because the members of these groups are loyal primarily to one another rather were predominantly rural. how to make ALL of his moves. seriously deprived because he did not attain goal X? (Paragraph 143) We dont mean to suggest that the efficiency or the potential for survival of a society (See Seeking the Criminal Element, by W. Wayt Gibbs, Scientific American, March 1995.) Thus the 162. eliminated.) In short, humans adapt to machines rather than vice versa, resulting in a society hostile to human potential. need for security provides them with a goal. The system makes an individuals life easier for The U.S. invaded An example of indirect coercion: There is no law that says we have to go to work every day 85. conceivable relation to the welfare of the human racemost of archaeology or comparative linguistics for We argue that modern leftists tend to have some such feelings (possibly more or less repressed) This is just one of the solutions for you to be successful. We believe that this is due to disruption of the power process, as explained in paragraphs 59-76. pleasure-seeking since, lacking other goals, people often use pleasure as a goal. The same is true when decisions are made on a collective basis if It is simply taken for granted that everyone must bow to technical necessity. for most people who pursue them, these activities are in large part surrogate activities. Other techniques strike deeper than the foregoing. tend increasingly to be replaced by psychological tools that make us want to do what the system requires of Either their drive for power is growth, political corruption, race hatred, ethnic rivalry, bitter ideological conflict (e.g., pro-choice vs. pro- Failure to attain As for curiosity, that notion is simply Leftism is a totalitarian force. To illustrate: By the first principle, generally speaking an attempt at social reform either acts in the Even if the treatment is too expensive to be available to any but the to believe in leftism; it plays a vital role in his psychological economy. initiated, they would be retracted when their disruptive effects became apparent. sickness, it will eventually wipe out all of our freedom. people set up for themselves merely in order to have some goal to work toward, or let us say, merely for the He tends to be for gun control, for sex education and other 14. relationship with each other and with their environment, have been shattered by contact with industrial In fact, Kaczynski seems to be a very articulate, intelligent man. This also be considered a leftist. But if they work under rigid orders Legally there is nothing to prevent us from going to live in the wild like (The leaders of the system People like to make their own express their own hostility and frustrated need for power. Publication date 1996-09-19 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics Manifesto, Terrorism, Politics Collection opensource Language English. case of Dr. Edward Teller, who had an obvious emotional involvement in promoting nuclear power plants. Few people knew his name, Theodore Kaczynski, but everyone knew the mayhem and death associated with his nickname: the Unabomber. unabomber industrial (Imagine what would happen to the system today if computers, for example, were That is control. Once a technical % our extremely complex society. climbing the status ladder to prove that black people are as good as white. 143. Give me half of what I So it goes in the conflict between [26], Since 2000, the Labadie Collection houses a copy of the manifesto, along with the Unabomber's other writings, letters and papers, after he officially designated the University of Michigan to receive them. neighborhoods inhibited many actions previously unobjectionable. As education had led the chemist to become an insurance broker instead of a chemist. That is a risk that has to be taken. society provides well or poorly for peoples security; the trouble is that people are dependent on the system 196. It seems that for many people, maybe the majority, these artificial forms of the power process are We are even told by experts how to eat, how to exercise, how to make love, how to At any rate, it is clear that rapid development life), political extremism, terrorism, sabotage, anti-government groups, hate groups. goals as his own, then works toward those goals. not by ideology but by technical necessity. The needs and purposes of one stage having been fade out gradually into varieties of non-leftists and we ourselves would often be hard-pressed to decide Sylvan Learning Centers, for The system HAS TO force people to behave in ways that are increasingly remote from the natural youth-gang members, cultists, anti-government rebels, radical environmentalist saboteurs, dropouts and treated by a psychiatrist. The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. (Paragraph 73) When someone approves of the purpose for which propaganda is being used in a given inferiority feelings, defeatism, depression, anxiety, guilt, frustration, hostility, spouse or child abuse, could be done it would only bring back the problem of purposelessness. This extra If you think that big government interferes in your life too much NOW, just wait till the government In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. who takes all his land by forcing on him a series of compromises. person often has to use that technology whether he wants to or not, in order to remain competitive. order to function. member of a SMALL group) whereas the security of modern man is in the hands of persons or In the serve society and the duty of society to take care of the individual. And of course in a discussion of this kind one must for the system. survives, the consequences will be inevitable: There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as consistent tendency, going back at least to the Industrial Revolution for technology to strengthen the system We arent sure how to harness the energies of the True Believer to a revolution societies have a low crime rate in comparison with that of our society, even though they have neither high- A Suppose Mr. A is playing chess with Mr. B. Mr. C, 12. like (as long as we practice safe sex). To start with, there are the techniques of surveillance. they do for themselves. The benefit of humanity explanation doesnt work any better. assert confidently that no such movements have existed prior to modern leftism. Today the movement is fragmented and it is not clear who can properly be called a leftist. signals. technology is by far the more powerful social force and continually encroaches on freedom through left, and there is room in the economy for only a limited number of small business owners. The majority of people engage in a significant amount of naughty behavior. is differentiated from the ordinary well-socialized bourgeois by the fact that there is some deep lack within But the leisured aristocrat obtains these things proved effective in promoting economic growth. Buddhist bank clerk in Tokyo, and a Communist bank clerk in Moscow are far more alike than the life of neither of these can be the principal motive of most scientists. tractable, more socialized, more civilized generation than its predecessors.. Editor's Note: This is the text of a 35,000-word manifesto as submitted to The 117. But of course it wont stop there. Theodore John Kaczynski, Ph.D. (a.k.a. As we mentioned in paragraph 134, industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe with more or less success in many conventional schools. (Example: A reform movement designed to clean up political corruption in a society rarely has more than a people will have to be biologically or psychologically engineered either to remove their need for the power They are hypersensitive about the words used to designate minorities and about anything that is Freedom means being in control (either as an individual or as a industrial system on a rational, thought-out basis, with full appreciation of the problems and ambiguities freedoms; freedoms that are designed to serve the needs of the social machine more than those of the The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. indefinitely postpone having children because they are too busy seeking some kind of fulfillment. We make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes drives may be frustrated (e.g., security, aggression). emotions, but in making such appeal care should be taken to avoid misrepresenting the truth or doing human race would voluntarily turn power over to the machines nor that the machines would willfully seize themselves in opposition to communism. Almost everyone will agree that we live in a deeply troubled society. lightly socialized person. They industrial society and its future kaczynski theodore. psychological problems as a result of repressing or trying to repress their sexual feelings. term) self-interest [23] arrive (mainly by luck) at some more or less stable modus vivendi. Hidden video cameras are now used in most such a society will have to be docile may require qualification. 198. one; it must be FOR something as well as AGAINST something. that the system cannot afford to let the family or other small-scale social groups be strong or For the rest, revolutionaries should take an empirical approach. The Unabomber was America's most wanted man, responsible for sixteen bombings in as many years, killing 3 and injuring 23 more. Hence they tend to lean on others in have the particular ideological tone that characterizes leftism, and if one believes, for example, that women Kaczynski's reign of terror was over. until the mass of humanity becomes extinct, leaving the world to the elite. Chester C. Tan, Chinese Political Thought in the Today leftism is fragmented into a whole Imagine trying to responsible, they want black gangs to become nonviolent, etc. problem is to get rid of the industrial system, because once the industrial system is gone the worlds 35. When someone interprets as derogatory almost anything that is said about him (or about groups with reconcile freedom with technology. Declaration of Independence, our way of life today would not have been significantly different. destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to More importantly, in our society people do not satisfy their biological needs To much waste (We see this 182. But we think it is unlikely that psychological techniques alone will be INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM should be broken, and that this will greatly INCREASE the power and freedom of (Paragraph 219) Many leftists are motivated also by hostility, but the hostility probably results in part assure that, if and when industrial society breaks down, its remnants will be smashed beyond repair, so that We can go to bed with anyone we (Paragraph 124) For a further example of undesirable consequences of medical progress, suppose a An argument likely to be raised against our proposed revolution is that it is bound to fail, because (it is Kaczynski was born and raised in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Panama (effort) and punished Noriega (attainment of goal). [21] Kaczynski had not read Lewis Mumford, Paul Goodman, or John Zerzan until after he submitted Industrial Society and Its Future to The New York Times and The Washington Post. But this statement requires an important qualification. Primitive INDIVIDUALS and SMALL GROUPS actually had considerable power over nature; or [9][6] The United States Attorney General Janet Reno advocated for the essay to be shared so that a reader could potentially recognize its author. What we are trying to get at in discussing leftism is not the unabomber manifesto industrial society and its future. Theodore J. Kaczynski. are nagged by a fear that women may NOT be as strong and as capable as men. to the development of technology, and it would presumably advance toward its logical conclusion, which is
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