Carolina QuotesAn antitechnological movement that focused on the elimination of capitalism would gain little in return for an enormous expenditure of energy. What is worse, by focusing on capitalism the movement would distract its own and other people's attention from the far more important objective of bringing down the technological system itself.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 211
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- Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How (2015)
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- 2015
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- p. 211
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