Should the moronic masses be blamed?

submitted by trident765 from self.nonmorons

This is Ted Kaczynski's viewpoint:

Any kind of social conflict helps to destabilize the system, but one should be careful about what kind of conflict one encourages. The line of conflict should be drawn between the mass of the people and the power-holding elite of industrial society (politicians, scientists, upper-level business executives, government officials, etc.). It should not be drawn between the revolutionaries and the mass of the people. For example, it would be bad strategy for the revolutionaries to condemn Americans for their habits of consumption. Instead, the average American should be portrayed as a victim of the advertising and marketing industry, which has suckered him into buying a lot of junk that he doesn’t need and that is very poor compensation for his lost freedom. Either approach is consistent with the facts. It is merely a matter of attitude whether you blame the advertising industry for manipulating the public or blame the public for allowing itself to be manipulated. As a matter of strategy one should generally avoid blaming the public.

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[–]HongKongPhooey 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Kaczynski is an extremely insightful individual, but I am not sure I share his sympathy for the masses. The masses that go along with the agenda of the elite is what empowers a very small minority to inflict this tyranny on those who do know better.

[–]fschmidt 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This depends on your goals. If you are a little Hitler seeking power then Kaczynski is right. But if you care about yourself and about quality then Kaczynski is wrong. Kaczynski proved this himself by his misguided actions that tried and failed to spark a revolution. Instead he should have tried for a solution for the good minority that rejects the masses.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wrong because that can ALWAYS be recuperated by the divide and conquer ways of the powerful.