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Old 01-16-2021, 07:48 PM   #227 (permalink)
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And for another parallel with the Islamic extremism analogy.. a lot of the biggest terrorists come from wealthy, educated backgrounds. It's all a power struggle.
I couldn't tell you but I'd assume those people don't have any interest in being the foot soldiers for Islamic extremism but really love the idea of having a lot of fun being warlords just like rich European colonialists who love the idea of galavanting around Africa being "explorers" or starting coups as a hobby.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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