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Originally Posted by willravel
You must know enough aboust sociology and anthropology to understand that a population in poverty acts differently than a population with wealth. I will bet you $5000 that if the US was in the same political, economic, and sociological situation we see in the Middle East, we would see some sort of massive group think led by anyone charismatic enough to catch everyone's ear. As we've seen time and time again in history, the lodest voice is often the most radical voice.
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Uh... Are you trying to avoid the Godwin thing, because there are plenty of examples of Western and even Christian nations behaving that way in times of social and economic crisis. That particular sociological mechanism transcends culture, religion, and ethinicity. I'd bet you could find examples of it on every continent save Antarctica.