But even if you ignore the whole violence thing for a second the method he went about trying to enact that change was the literal opposite of how one achieves public influence.
Even if you don't agree with his methods he was correct. A small band of extremists who are prepared to use violence will often determine the course of history. What percentage of the colonists took up arms against the crown? What percentage of Irishmen took up arms against the crown in 1920? What was the actual membership the Bolsheviks had in 1917? How many people were actually willing to take up arms and fight for Adolf Hitler between 1919 and 1933?
Look at BLM and ANTIFA. Their memberships are relatively small and yet the authorities were powerless before them.
The unabomber said some ok stuff.
But even if you ignore the whole violence thing for a second the method he went about trying to enact that change was the literal opposite of how one achieves public influence.
Worked fine for BLM.
He didn’t use the BLM method at all.
He holed up in a cabin by himself and wrote letters while occasionally randomly targeting a member of industry.
Political violence is political violence. Or at least, it used to be.
Absolutely.
Even if you don't agree with his methods he was correct. A small band of extremists who are prepared to use violence will often determine the course of history. What percentage of the colonists took up arms against the crown? What percentage of Irishmen took up arms against the crown in 1920? What was the actual membership the Bolsheviks had in 1917? How many people were actually willing to take up arms and fight for Adolf Hitler between 1919 and 1933?
Look at BLM and ANTIFA. Their memberships are relatively small and yet the authorities were powerless before them.