6/6/08

Theodore Kaczynski also known as the Unabomber, the “code name” given to him by the FBI formed created from University and Airline Bomber. He was born May 22, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. When Kaczynski was in grade school he was extremely intelligent which made his childhood different from many other children. He took an IQ test that showed his intellectual skills were above others his age, allowing him to skip several grades and take math courses of higher levels. Being exceptionally smart and the youngest of his classmen Kaczynski found it difficult to make friends. He was often a loner or an outcast. Theodore Kaczynski was on his way to becoming a prophet. He later took an interest in mathematics and became a mathematician.
Kaczynski carried out a campaign of 16 homemade bombs, which his high level of education supported. He wanted the attention of ignorant masses because he had very strong beliefs about civilization in America. They were explained in detail in his 3,500 word manifesto typed on a typewriter because he did not like technology. Kaczynski’s message was that “the Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.” He also states that there would soon be a “revolution against technology” in order to obtain freedom in our industrialized system or society. In Kaczynski’s manifesto he defines freedom and explains that it would be very difficult for our industrial system to have complete freedom. We as a society have already gone so far, down this lost path of industrialization that there is very little hope of making a difference. Kaczynski’s rampage of bombings was his way of getting the publics’ attention because of his lack of political power.
Binary Opposition: Unabomber vs. Industrial System (Our Society) which translates to good vs. evil. Theodore Kaczynski is considered to be evil and Society is good. Kaczynski wanted the attention of the public to spread his message and inform people about the dangers of technology destroying our freedom. Kaczynski said that The Industrial System has not done a poor job at controlling human beings even though there have been technological advances relating to human behavior. Kaczynski wants humans to have freedom and for human behavior to be understood so it can be controlled. Then he believes that the system will have a chance to survive. Technology in the System=evil, bad for the system and makes it difficult for human behavior to be understood and controlled. Theodore Kaczynski bombed Universities and Airliners to gain the publics’ attention so he was able to spread his message: to warn them about the dangers of industrialization and the systems failure to relate to human behavior even with the advances in technology, which will lead to a break down, ultimate destruction of the system.
Kaczynski believes that within a few decades, for example 40 to 100 years the system will not reform but there is a possibility of a revolution against technology and people will “develop and propagate an ideology that opposes technology.” Kaczynski is very against the idea that our lives’ are run by technology.
Kaczynski’s arrest in April of 1996 put an end to his bombings and he has been imprisoned ever since with no contact to the outside world. Even though Kaczynski injured many and killed three people he is a living prophet all in his path to get his message out to the people living in civilization but he is a living prophet.
In most revelation stories, the prophet has a close friend. But the close friend ends up betraying the prophet. The betrayer goes along with the revelation and the new way of life of a while but they secretly want out of the truth and the new real world they where brought into. They want to go back to the false or fake world. The truth was too much for them to handle. Then usually want to side with the bad side or the side who fight the revelation.