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He’s a dude who bombed and maimed people, what are you on about?

Sure, you don’t have to agree with that to recognise the writing he published was an extremely accurate view on modern society. The problems be highlighted have only gotten worse.

No, actually I disagree with a lot of what he wrote, because while there are elements of truth, it all starts with an ultra pessimistic view of human nature at its core. If the first principles of a theory are rotten then everything else collapses, even if it has interesting and prescient ideas at the edges.

The atrocities he committed were just effects of his extremely anti humanistic views. So no, I’m not going to take much from anything he said.

And that is why it keeps happening.

Ignore the crazy person. Don't listen. Don't try to understand. Don't learn how to stop the outbursts of crazy before they happen.

It works so well. Why change?

Don't listen to me.

>it all starts with an ultra pessimistic view of human nature at its core.

You will be surprised how rarely are you surprised if you take this approach to humans.

His solution was absolutely terrible, but that doesn't have to mean he was wrong about his analysis.

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