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"Just like all those other confused teenagers that end up shooting up their highschool and similar." They are related but it would be wrong to equate them. On
by jomamaxx 10y ago
"Just like all those other confused teenagers that end up shooting up their highschool and similar."
They are related but it would be wrong to equate them.
One is an ideological movement with leaders, propaganda, formalized groups, $$$$, ethnic orientation and nationalism etc..
It would be like saying the Nazis were just a bunch of angry men. Obviously, they were that, but it wasn't the primary driver. ISIS, radical Salafism/Wahhabism etc. are organized forces.
- jacquesm 10y agoThat's true, and it is a big differentiator. But if you think of the dis-enfranchised youths as the fertile ground then the 'leaders' (aka cynical old men) are simply reaping what is already there. Nothing easier than giving a frustrated young kid a sense of purpose and a way to make a name for themselves. Their background makes that even easier because they already perceive (quite often rightly so) that the deck is stacked against them.