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Originally posted by jaguar
in the end radicalism, which is be neo-nazi groups in Russia or fundie islamics in the ghettos of paris is caused by one thing - poverty and powerlessness, remove that, problem goes away, it's not that fucking hard people.
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I don't think it's that simple, jag.
First off, how do you fix the poverty issue? There are always going to be haves and have-nots, particularly in a capitalist system. Secondly, what kind of power are we talking about? And how much should they get?
Having said that, even if you remove those two items, you are still going to have some pissed off people who won't be satisfied. You can't please everybody.
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Oh and for the wankers who have harped on since fucking 9/11 about how islam and democartic governments can't exist, do some reasearch (yes, much harder than just wanking out another column off the top of your head I know) in hizbollah, that friendly bunch and their role in the democratic government in Lebanon.
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They have 8 or so seats in the Lebanese parliament, not to mention their social service activities. Now, if they'd just chill on the "death to Israel" shit...