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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
I used to agree with you. However, the 9/11 attackers are a perfect example. They all came from middle to upper class families and were extemely well educated.
Many of the so-called leaders of the Islamist movement are the better-educated among the throngs.
The old thought that "Westernization" would win them over isn't playing out
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The leaders of any zany movement come from the middle or upper classes (Lenin, Mao, Trotsky, Ho Chi Minh etc). However, they only get support from the masses if things are really screwed up. These oil autorcracies aren't really developed economies, they are just large welfare states.
BTW: there is one of those huge jack rabbits sitting outside my window right now. With his ears he must be three feet tall. It scared all the cats inside. These things give me the creeps.
