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> however a lot is because people's basic needs aren't being met which prevents the higher levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from being reached and maintain
by aeorgnoieang 9y ago
> however a lot is because people's basic needs aren't being met which prevents the higher levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from being reached and maintained.
This is contradicted by a lot of evidence. Terrorists are most commonly middle class members of their society and often well educated. If anything, terrorism is a powerful means of satisfying the higher levels of 'needs', e.g. meaning, purpose, community.
- loceng 9y agoInteresting and perhaps a fair point. We'd have to understand what quality of life being 'middle class' in each society means, what well-educated means, and there will be more factors of course. If you hurt someone enough either directly or indirectly by killing family and friends' family members, that'll definitely start to outweigh the feelings of being in a safe environment - which doesn't simply come from being 'middle class' or well-educated. Safety is the basic need and if you have a world power killing 100,000s of your citizens, your future isn't going to feel safe; I could mention PTSD and the such, though I think that minimizes and simplifies it too much.