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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 13 points 7 months ago (8 children)

It's someone from the right. It's always someone from the right. Every single time

Popping off solo is an exclusively conservative extremist position

Leftist extremism is group based

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Couldn't the Unabomber be debatably extreme left? Not that it really matters, because going extreme enough in either direction ends up pretty close to the other--horseshoe theory or something.

[–] CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Unabomber was 30+ years ago, and he explicitly identifies the left with society's problems

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MODERN LEFTISM

  1. Almost everyone will agree that we live in a deeply troubled society. One of the most widespread manifestations of the craziness of our world is leftism, so a discussion of the psychology of leftism can serve as an introduction to the discussion of the problems of modern society in general.

Here is a nice summary of how the Unabomber (and apparently the author of the article) perceived the left:

https://medium.com/@eric.johnson7654/i-agree-with-the-unabomber-about-leftists-4cc100896e64

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