Wait, fuck, I'm totally an idiot. I mixed up Hacker vs Cracker due to lack of sleep. I thought crackers were the good guys and hackers were the bad guys.
Huh... I don't think you understand the term 'cracker'- someone who engages in cracking (software or hardware). Sure crackers are usually thought of more of as 'bad guys', but hackers can also be 'good guys' and 'bad guys' or both. i.e. white hat, black hat, grey hat.
My understanding of a 'cracker' is could be wrong though.
The Hacker's Manifesto doesn't necessarily pertain to a single kind of hacker, but all of them, whether black hat, white hat, or grey hat.
Being a being a bad guy or good guy has nothing to do with it.