Three N's

[symbioidlj]

Last night, after hearing some fucking idiot "analyst"/talking-head on TV say that the Midwest Mailbox Bomber was probably linked to Militias and Anti-Semitic groups, I realized what kind of fools are giving the news. It's painfully obvious from the letter he wrote that it was someone more left of center. I figured the only reason this guy on TV was saying milita was either because he was A) a liberal or B)A right wing intelligence person who thought the text was something written to throw the govm't off course. Turns out I was right. savage said that it sounded like some crappy Marxist rant. I kinda deduced some sort of nihilist/postmodern/anarchist. And after last night, it hit me that really it boils down to Three N's

Nietzsche: For the nihilism inherent in the letter... "Conforming to the boundaries, and restrictions imposed by the government only reduces the substance in your lives."

Nader: For the anti-corporate/media thoughts... "When 1 percent of the nation
controls 99 percent of the nations [sic] total wealth, is it a wonder why there are control problems?"

Nagarjuna: For the inherently Buddhist implications... "You do things because you can and want (desire) to. ... "; "In avoiding death you are forced to conform, if you fail to conform, you suffer mentally and physically"

Now, I'd say there's more of an anarchist bent than necessarily nihilist(and the implications of "death not being real" turns out to be more New Agey than Nihilist(New Age, one more N) And Nagarjuna preached more about Sunyata/Emptiness... I digress

Comments

[savage.livejournal.com]

Your Nader section is exactly what led me to characterize it as Marxist ideology. I'll defitely stand by the crappy value judgement. Not on the basis of Marxist sentiment, though. Marx wasn't a stupid man. And I'm not anti-socialist.

When I saw the suspect, I felt I'd pretty much pegged it as some messed up product of our liberal arts system. The writing doesn't have the well thought out quality of say a unibomber.

[symbioid.livejournal.com]

I'll agree. I knew it was leftist the moment I saw the note. I used to have the Unabomber Manifesto, but have no clue where the fuck it is. Of course, a lot of anarcho-primitivists like ol' Teddy. Luckily, I'm not one of them. :)