"Global terrorism is anchored in the structural contradiction that exists between the globalisation of identity, and social and political causality on the one hand, and the availability of only Westphalian conventional politics on the other: between the liquid, and the solid. This contradiction brings multitudes to Moghaddam’s ground floor with a shared sense of fraternal relative deprivation. This generates perverse consequences for social agents and precipitates a sense of existential anxiety."
Who writes guff like this? People become radicalised because life can be a bit confusing?
Two thought son this:
1. That concept can be applied to most people regardless of their background, and
2. What was the excuse for terrorism prior to " the globalisation of identity, and social and political causality"
Hard to believe Waleed has the ear of the government, maybe no-one in there wants to admit they don't understand all the big words (not that I did either, but at least I looked them up).
