This bomber, Guy Edward Bartkus, who views human life as a disease, sure comes across as an environmentalist.
— Abolitionist veganism: The opposition to all animal use by humans.
— Negative utilitarianism: The idea that we should act to minimize suffering rather than maximize pleasure in the world.
— Pro-mortalism: The fringe philosophical position that it is best for sentient beings to die as soon as possible to prevent future suffering. . . .
In the manifesto, the author denounced those who bring human life into the world and declared an end goal of “sterilizing this planet of the disease of life.”
Accompanying the website was a 30-minute audio file, labeled “pre,” that began with the speaker saying he would explain “why I’ve decided to bomb an IVF building or clinic.”
“Basically, it just comes down to I’m angry that I exist and that, you know, nobody got my consent to bring me here,” the speaker said.
Online postings suggest Bartkus targeted the clinic, motivated by both “pro-mortalist” views, which argue that life should be ended as soon as possible because it only results in death, and “anti-natalism,” the belief that having children is unethical because it only exposes more people to future suffering and death. . . .
