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<p>[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14729, member: 1"]</p><p>There are major outside factors here as well though that you are not considering. For one, due to declining living standards, rising prices on the lower and middle class, and the decline of the family unit, there are now a LOT more people than there were that are both easier to push into radical actions and easier to use lies to convince them. There's also simply just a lot of pent up anger in general. People angry at their non-existent or abusive parents, angry at their employers, angry at the shitty way they need to apply for jobs, angry at all the debt they have to accrue just to go to school, angry at the completely ridiculous medical costs, of which over 50% of are probably going to "administrative costs"... And when people get this angry, they're going to look for a target. And, oh look, these two political parties just happen to offer one! "It's that OTHER political party. THEY'RE trying to destroy everything, see?"</p><p></p><p>Under normal conditions (which we are definitely not in), radicalization isn't really a factor. It's a numbers game. If, say, over 90% of people in the country are living comfortably, then they're generally not going to be vulnerable to radicalization. But as times worsen, a population will begin to want to resort to violence and more radical means of change. But as Roger Zelazny would say, "Personal feelings don't make for good politics, legal decisions, or business deals."</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 14729, member: 1"] There are major outside factors here as well though that you are not considering. For one, due to declining living standards, rising prices on the lower and middle class, and the decline of the family unit, there are now a LOT more people than there were that are both easier to push into radical actions and easier to use lies to convince them. There's also simply just a lot of pent up anger in general. People angry at their non-existent or abusive parents, angry at their employers, angry at the shitty way they need to apply for jobs, angry at all the debt they have to accrue just to go to school, angry at the completely ridiculous medical costs, of which over 50% of are probably going to "administrative costs"... And when people get this angry, they're going to look for a target. And, oh look, these two political parties just happen to offer one! "It's that OTHER political party. THEY'RE trying to destroy everything, see?" Under normal conditions (which we are definitely not in), radicalization isn't really a factor. It's a numbers game. If, say, over 90% of people in the country are living comfortably, then they're generally not going to be vulnerable to radicalization. But as times worsen, a population will begin to want to resort to violence and more radical means of change. But as Roger Zelazny would say, "Personal feelings don't make for good politics, legal decisions, or business deals." [/QUOTE]
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