“Every person I've ever known about that's been a white supremacist has left the movement through an act of compassion or love. They didn't leave it bc someone convinced them their belief systems were wrong.”

\u201can economic catastrophe negatively affects resistance to radicalization on a massive scale.\u201d

\u2014 Hateland

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\U0001f4cd\u201d...a catastrophe that destroys families and careers while frequently leaving people angry, confused, despondent, and aggrieved will certainly increase the overall chances of radicalization across a whole population or country.\u201d

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External economic factors influenced internal psychological processes of radicalization, eroding personal inhibitors on a massive scale.

Though ..not the only factor.. economic devastation of the farm crisis sowed seeds of rage that blossomed in the early 1990s.
\u2014 Hateland

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\u201cSome conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, like the belief that the anti-Semitic Protocols of the Elders of Zion are real \u2014 a conspiracy theory first published in Russia in 1903 & embraced and spread by the likes of Henry Ford and numerous politicians\u201c \u2014Hateland

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When Posse or Christian Id visited stressed farmers of farm crisis, they didn't start by spouting off bizarre racial theories\u2014they assured them their problems weren't their fault.

They'd invite them to community events..kids\u2019 activities.

\u2014 Hateland: https://t.co/6Ii5gi1nDb

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I was severely abused. So don\u2019t.
Educate yourself.
We are all angry.
I\u2019m not telling you to be nice to anyone.

But I am strongly advising everyone to educate themselves.
I\u2019d start with the books above.

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It\u2019s hard for most of us to understand the power of conspiracy theories.

But to a mind strapped down by depression being force fed these tales that serve to free a person from guilt and self-loathing, it can make perfect sense.

Extremist recruiters exploit it.

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