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== Adverse incentives for the security industrial complex == | == Adverse incentives for the security industrial complex == | ||
Rather than researching into the actual causes of already ''extremely rare'' instances of violence (e.g. anti-male bias due to [[gynocentrism]], genetic dispositions for violence etc.), one can expect the counter-terrorism and surveillance industry complex to rather exploit these rare instances of violence to extend their power | Rather than researching into the actual causes of already ''extremely rare'' instances of violence (e.g. anti-male bias due to [[gynocentrism]], genetic dispositions for violence etc.), one can expect the counter-terrorism and surveillance industry complex to rather exploit these rare instances of violence to extend their power, claim government funding and or extend the surveillance apparatus, all under the pretext of being able to preventing ''all'' crimes. | ||
In fact, research shows that it is a widespread myth that exposure to radical ideas would increase violence. John Horgan, director of the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Pennsylvania State University said:<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/everything-youve-been-told-about-radicalization-is-wrong-80445/</ref> | |||
{{quote|The idea that radicalization causes terrorism is perhaps the greatest myth alive today in terrorism research. [...] [First,] the overwhelming majority of people who hold radical beliefs do not engage in violence. And second, there is increasing evidence that people who engage in terrorism don’t necessarily hold radical beliefs.}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||