The lone wolf terrorist does not exist.
The lone wolf terrorist is a fiction. He doesn't exist.
The reason is simple.
People don't engage in terrorism as
individuals. They do it as part of a social group. They need the
social meaning a group provides to justify the personal risk and the act
of violence.
This need for meaning may be even more true
for blood and guts terrorism, given the high mortality rates and public
disapproval involved. This creates achasm between cheerleading
a violent cause and an actual act of terrorism. Crossing this chasm
requires an extensive social investment.
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