Power depends ultimately on physical force. By teaching people that violence is wrong (except, of course, when the system itself uses violence via the police or the military), the system maintains its monopoly on physical force and thus keeps all… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
But what first motivated me wasn't anything I read. I just got mad seeing the machines ripping up the woods and so forth... — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Constitutional rights are useful up to a point, but they do not serve to guarantee much more than what could be called the bourgeois… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
No, what worries me is that I might in a sense adapt to this environment and come to be comfortable here and not resent… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
It is not possible to make a LASTING compromise between technology and freedom, because technology is by far the more powerful social force and… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs. — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
My occupation is an open question. I was once an assistant professor of mathematics. Since then, I have spent time living in the woods… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
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… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
We are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Crowding, rapid change and the breakdown of communities have been widely recognized as sources of social problems. But we do not believe they are… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
