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Originally Posted by Morrigoon
Oh, and to hurt their recruitment process by bringing prosperity to the places they normally recruit from. Peace through economic prosperity.
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That's a myth that's largely being discredited. Actually, quite the opposite picture is being painted. Extremism seems to be born of time and, believe it or not, education. Highly tainted education, but education none the less. Extremists are readers who know their particular brand of scripture word for word. They are people who have the leisure to come up with their extreme world view. Truly poor and destitute people are too busy trying to survive to have the time for that.
The poor masses may cheer them on, but when it comes to the ones acting, the planners, the trainers, the suicide bombers, they tend to be middle class.