To be fair, he seemed to line up pretty strongly with Ned Ludd, and the evils of capitalism in relation to 'who owns the machines'. Note: the original Luddites

To be fair, he seemed to line up pretty strongly with Ned Ludd, and the evils of capitalism in relation to 'who owns the machines'. Note: the original Luddites weren't against technology. They were against technology minimizing worker power. I don't follow why he chose to send bombs to people. But at least to the Luddites, sabotage of the means of production was considered laudable.