Money quote: "the preponderance of evidence is that people participate in terrorist organizations for the social solidarity, not for their political return."

Money quote: "the preponderance of evidence is that people participate in terrorist organizations for the social solidarity, not for their political return." Reminds me a bit of an article from earlier this year [0] which argues that young men who leave Europe to join ISIS do so largely out of a desire to belong to something important. [0]: http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/the-appeal-of-isis-isnt-so-far-from-that-of-tolkien/ http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/the-appeal-of-isis-isnt-so-f...