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On Trump and radicalization: Violent extremists share the same DNA. ISIS & White Supremacists are two sides of the same coin: aggrieved men & women dislocated from society who find purpose, meaning & community in a simplistic, violent ideology that promises them greatness. 1/
There is no room for complexity. They are the heroes of a cosmic narrative. They are trying to warn & save their tribe from annihilation. They romanticize a past that never existed where everything was great, where their people had glory & the natural order was maintained. 2/
They rationalize violence against the enemy/kaafir/invaders/Libs who they fear have replaced them. They fetishize guns & war. They are like fanboys doing hardcore cosplay, posting photos with guns and ammo. They rationalize violence, which must be used for self-preservation. 3/
