What if terrorists are just a twist on the run-of-the-mill cult or suicide cult?
Could general cult-breaking tactics work on terrorists? Maybe terrorists don't have the happiest lives, find some brotherhood in a weird group, buy into it all, and thus, end up committing terrorism (inspired by sinesalvator's post on a successful plot to marry off terrorists to get them out of terrorism).
What if terrorists are just a twist on the run-of-the-mill cult or suicide cult?
Some are. But not all.
Terrorism is basically a method, a tool. People who use that method are quite diverse.
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