 He began dedicating himself to reading about sociology and books on political philosophy , such as the works of Jacques Ellul , and also stepped up his campaign of sabotage . He soon came to the conclusion that more violent methods would be the only solution to what he saw as the problem of industrial civilization . He says that he lost faith in the idea of reform , and saw violent collapse as the only way to bring down the techno @-@ industrial system . Regarding his switch from being a reformer of the system to developing a means of taking it down , he said : 
