Carolina QuotesSmashing up McDonald's or Starbuck's is pointless. Not that I give a damn about McDonald's or Starbuck's. I don't care whether anyone smashes them up or not. But that is not a revolutionary activity. Even if every fast-food chain in the world were wiped out the techno-industrial system would suffer only minimal harm as a result, since it could easily survive without fast-food chains. When you attack McDonald's or Starbuck's, you are not hitting where it hurts.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Technology Is The Target", point 2
- work
- Hit Where It Hurts (2002)
- year
- 2002
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“Smashing up McDonald's or Starbuck's is pointless. Not that …” Ted Kaczynski. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-2CD9EFD731. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/2cd9efd731
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