Ted Kaczynski, the alleged sole "Unabomber", has died in prison. You can read about it here:
Kaczynski, a gifted mathematician, for some reason withdrew from society, lived alone in a shack, wrote a "manifesto", and apparently started sending bombs to various people around the country, injuring some and killing others. Perhaps he did all that because the CIA melted his brain via the MK-ULTRA Program, perhaps for some other reason(s). I doubt we'll ever fully know.
I haven't read his manifesto, but I did scan it once. It seemed to be a warning about the very dystopian society we now are being forced to live in. I think there's several lessons here for all of us, including this one:
Ted apparently thought violence was a way to get people's attention and change society. Today we call that "terrorism", but what do we call it when the US government engages in similar activities, often on a larger scale? Responsibility to protect? Humanitarian intervention? Preserving democracy?
Yes, what Ted did is unforgivable. But we as a nation need to ask ourselves why Ted was in prison for killing a few, while our leaders who kill millions are still free and enjoying the good life.
Does that make any sense to you?
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