Uncle Ted has passed. RIP
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Someone told me to check out his manifesto. I’ll see what it was all about.
His manifesto is one of the most coherent, articulate arguments against modern society. I have come to understand that we must either return to a pre-industrial society, or (more likely) move to a society that restricts technology to a cadre of people who can understand it.
The normie Internet and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Now I want to read it even more
Example: "The Leftist is anti-individualistic... He is not the sort of person who has an inner sense of confidence in his own ability to solve his own problems and satisfy his own needs."
Nailed it. Damn the guy sounds like the first Alex Jones
He blasts the Left repeatedly.
Always worth keeping in mind the publication date while reading as well. If it were published today it would probably gain traction sheerly because of how well-articulated and thorough it is, but adding in the fact that it was written decades ago makes it nothing short of prophetic.
He wasn't overly fond of the right either in fairness
This speaks to me on a visceral level. Most people are unfit to be trusted with something as ubiquitous as an automobile but we kept handing out technology as it evolved faster and faster and now the digital age has more or less destroyed the fabric of society because the people accessing it now are no longer those with enough cognitive capacity to recognize and mitigate against the dangers it poses.
It's going to be a wild future with AI on the horizon. Imho people should need pass a test to even touch some stuff if it was according to me. We do the same with cars, forklifts, cranes, etc. While most tech that is potentially harmful doesn't hurt your body, it sure does hurt your mind. I am specifically thinking about the Internet and especially social media(which I would outright abolish if I could).
100% this.