I find his arguments to be highly prejudiced as they lack merits. Some of his most salient statements include- the power process, the surrogate activities, the bad parts of the technology cannot be separated from the good parts, and technology is a more powerful social force. These statements are convincing as we can base their validity upon today’s society. For instance, today, due to the highly competitive society, people do set goals for themselves, which they work hard to attain, and therefore participate in the ‘power process’. And if an individual has all the materials they need they participate in surrogate activities to challenge themselves. Also, technology advancement has both good and bad aspects, we can eliminate one without other. Lastly, technology cannot regress, it only moves forward
Kaczynski’s final conclusion was in harmony with his arguments, as throughout the manifesto, he argues in favor of revolutionizing the industrial-technological system. He is strongly against reforming as he believes that reforming will only have a short term effect on the cause; whereas, revolution will completely eradiate the issue with long term happy