Something I've noticed about those ISIS terrorists...

[Archae]

That is, the ones who actually carry out the fatal missions, like the 2 brothers in Belgium.

Here in the US, they'd be classified as "Losers."

Unemployed or working at shit jobs, long criminal records for piddly crimes like vandalism and petty theft.

What does ISIS offer them?

Money. Usually.

[Kip Humphrey]

1. Add to the list of what a UBI can positively impact, reduce, or eliminate.

[Archae]

2. What is a UBI?

[Kip Humphrey]

3. Universal Basic Income

[6chars]

4. unemployed means something different there

[jehop61]

5. That

and the fact you have a lot of young men who are forbidden from having sex. No job, no sex, no outlets except religion equals a potential terrorist.

[meow2u3]

6. Daesh is just another intenational criminal gang IMO

Their crimes are terrorism. That's the only difference between terrorist organizations and drug cartels: the crimes they commit.

The best way to prevent terrorism, just like any other crime, is to intervene with kids before they have a chance to live a life of terrorism: a good education, good job opportunities, etc. And that includes putting an end to discriminatory practices and mass unemployment that gives rise to terrorists by taking away the reason they join terrorist groups to begin with: despair and no prospects for a future as a contributing member of society. This holds true whether it be terrorists in the ME and Europe, drug cartels in Latin America, or street gangs here in the US.

[leveymg]

7. We should all be asking: who's paying them?

The majority of ISIS funding comes from sources in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. Just like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban before them. So, one also has to ask, why are these very same terrorist bankers and spy masters our "allies"? Why are we doing their bidding?

[PersonNumber503602]

8. Maybe a sense of purpose?

As messed up as it sounds, but I'm sure that plays at least some role.