Word: hopelessnessã
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What some claim to be the root causes of terrorism—poverty, disease, political instability, and hopelessness??do not tell the entire story. If these problems offered sufficient explanations for terrorist action, sub-Saharan Africa would be teeming with terrorists, and the 9/11 hijackers would have hailed from the most impoverished sectors of their societies. In reality, terrorist cells in destitute areas of Africa are rare, and the members of al-Qaeda who executed the terrorist attack in 2001 predominately hailed from well-to-do families...
...control. Our chances of affecting meaningful change may be extremely slim or nonexistent altogether. Nevertheless, we forfeit any such opportunities if we abandon our hope in their existence. I often think back to the MLKs of our history—mere mortals who lived in eras of similar, implicit hopelessness??and wonder what our world would look like today if they had given in to those who argued that their fights for freedom were futile. Against such fatalism it is our responsibility to dream and articulate alternatives. I apologize for the perhaps rampant idealism manifest in these words...
When a member of the audience questioned whether poverty leads to terrorism—saying that most of the Sep. 11 hijackers were not poor—Rubin broadened his thesis to say feelings of “alienation, resentment, and hopelessness?? around the world pose the biggest threat to America...
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