The appeal of groups like the Islamic State to young people reared in democratic countries highlights these societies’ growing disparities in educational and economic opportunity, which are breeding cynicism, resignation, and anger among those who find themselves locked out of the social elite. Feelings of hopelessness and despair at the center incite extremism at the fringes.
伊斯兰国等组织的感召在民主国家的年轻人中吸引力大增，这凸显出这些社会教育和经济机会日益不平等的问题，这催生了被发现自己被排除在社会精英群体之外的人的犬儒主义、逆来顺受和愤怒。中央的无望和绝望的感觉带来了边缘的极端主义。