Indeed. I wish he found a productive way to get some real traction on his ideas.

I think it has been long enough to say that the bombings were not productive.

Actually, his bombings got his manifesto published and the manifesto did get some traction in places.

I think you are confusing exposure with productivity.

Since the manifesto advocated taking down industrial society and that hasn't been done, it's hard to judge the productivity of the thing while the outcome isn't known I guess.

Like I said:

>I think it has been long enough to say that the bombings were not productive.

We can revisit this conversation in another 30 years if you wish.

He's had a huge societal impact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth. The lack of apparent "productivity" is caused by forces beyond anyone's control (nature of market economies, etc.)

Oh wow, you're attributing this ideology to Ted? There is a long history.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism

I will say that Ted's manifesto certainly inspired me to work on degrowth and alternative ways and I know quite a few others too.

Like primarily HN, the only place I've ever heard people speak positively of it. Amazing how frequently this comes up here too, y'all have to be the guy's biggest remaining fanbase at this point.

I have a feeling that most people who think positively about it also know that there's not much point by definition in talking about it in mainstream society since it is fundamentally incompatible with modern society itself.

I'm seeing similar sentiments anywhere there's a significant American audience — e.g. reddit, bluesky.

The manfiesto is a 1960s screed about SJWs. You might as well just read a Neo-Twitter thread and get the exact same experience.

Only part of it is about what Ted called 'leftists'. About 2/3rds of it has nothing to do with leftism.