War pushes the Islamic theocracy toward Shia eschatology and martyrdom, imagining a messianic war against Israel and the United States.
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Radicalization
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The lecture argues that torture radicalized prisoners rather than pacifying them, connecting US-controlled prisons and torture to ISIS recruitment and extremism.
Simon says algorithmic media sorting is deliberately radicalizing people into mutually hostile identity boxes in order to justify a surveillance state and constitutional erosion.
Jiang argues that from an eschatological worldview the very pressures destroying Israel materially are interpreted by extremists as proof of faith, a test to be embraced, and a reason to press the war to the end.
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"presidential election, and as you can see, it's a pretty divided country, where people in the middle voted for Jalali, but people in the..."
"Where they think that this war is about having a twelfth iman, massacres, and so on. And the Shia, who is basically the messiah,..."
"precursor for, you know, the Patriot Act and the wars that they wanted to rage in the Clean Break memo. That's what's happening right..."
"If you like the female Christian nationalists, then you can go over to Candace Owen. If you're more extreme, you can go over to..."
"There are many different factions that want to see this war in the Middle East, including the American military industrial complex, the deep state,..."
"country. This is a good thing. Because this is a test of true faith. Because having faith is what gives you power. So one..."
"Okay? All right. So that's a theory. And it's a great theory. And this is what most people believe. The problem though is it..."
"is currently combating in the Middle East deepened extremism during the time in prisons controlled by the United States. So it's really strange. The..."
"...And there was real fear among the Chinese government that there's radicalization. And radicalization had penetrated Muslim society. So there was a massive crackdown..."
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