Look, I am not a social scientist, but it seems fucking obvious as fuck that the way to combat terrorism is to remove its support base. By this I mean that authority figures like parents, community leaders, religious leaders etc. should be reaching out to the young people feeling alienated and open to exploitation by terrorist organizations. They need to make a concentrated effort to show that the terrorists actions are actually evil, they aren’t defending the faith they are indiscriminate killers who won’t be rewarded by martyrdom but rather condemned to hell.
Platitudes aren’t enough these leaders need to be actively attacking the terrorist organizations at every opportunity to prevent their youth from being stolen away from them by radicalization.
Having the the government tighten its grip on the people will only breed distrust and discontent to no advantage because technology moves far faster than the grinding gears of bureaucracy.
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