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LeftInTX

(31,174 posts)
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 05:44 PM Dec 9

Did the Unabomber accomplish anything positive for society??? Just wondering.....

Luigi Mangione is the POI in the shooting death of the UHC CEO.


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Yes. Unabomber made positive contributions to society. His actions curtailed corporations
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Did the Unabomber accomplish anything positive for society??? Just wondering..... (Original Post) LeftInTX Dec 9 OP
He also gave a 5 star review of Brave New World and filled it with quotes by the characters ck4829 Dec 9 #1
The Unabomber is a hero to the alt-right DBoon Dec 9 #2
Will Luigi be a hero of gun nuts? He created his untraceable gun with a 3 D printer. LeftInTX Dec 9 #3

ck4829

(36,205 posts)
1. He also gave a 5 star review of Brave New World and filled it with quotes by the characters
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 05:52 PM
Dec 9
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19804727

Perhaps seeing himself as a Bernard Marx-esque character.

I think he was also inspired by all the cries of "There's nothing we can do" and "we're stuck with the system we have" I have heard and seen.

There's something that can be done... always.

DBoon

(23,245 posts)
2. The Unabomber is a hero to the alt-right
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 06:21 PM
Dec 9

Why Right-Wing Extremists Love the Unabomber

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For right-wing extremists, the appeal of Kaczynski’s works originates in their identification of Kaczynski’s narrative about the development of industrial civilization and the destruction of wilderness with their own narrative about what they perceive to be the replacement and disempowerment of white people. Kaczynski’s description of the alienation of people from one another caused by technology aligns with white supremacists’ calls for solidarity among white people to resist what they regard as the threat of oppression and “white genocide.” Kaczynski’s writing reinforces their romanticizing of rural life and traditional values, juxtaposing their ideal society against the “technological society,” which Kaczynski writes “HAS TO weaken family ties and local communities if it is to function effectively.” Kaczynski’s lack of overt racism does not dissuade white supremacists from agreeing with him: In a typical thread about Kaczynski on a far-right discussion board, one poster argues that “if goals of say Kaczynski … would bear fruit, Jewry would be finished one way or another.” By reading a racial dimension into his words, white supremacists have co-opted Kaczynski’s ideology.


https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-right-wing-extremists-love-unabomber

LeftInTX

(31,174 posts)
3. Will Luigi be a hero of gun nuts? He created his untraceable gun with a 3 D printer.
Mon Dec 9, 2024, 06:27 PM
Dec 9

That's what gets me most about this crime. It's scary that it can be done. I hope this trend doesn't spread.

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