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Originally posted by onetime2
No matter which "class" the terrorists come from they are typically from areas which see a great divide between rich and poor. Additionally the countries they come from are viewed as "second class" on the world stage. Poverty and the image of middle eastern countries play a big role in the popularity of terrorist causes.
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The important thing to remember is that the terrorists are the rich ones--not the poor people in these nations. It's a very important distinction. It's important because the way you framed poverty as a driving force of terrorism is inaccurate. The way I framed it, in terms of the wealthy enlisting in military causes to stop global capitalism, is more accurate, according to scholars, and gives us better insight into the motivations for these acts than thinking poor, backwards people are pissed at our ideology and wealth.