I&#x27;ve tried to take that analysis seriously when people have linked it before, but to me it just doesn&#x27;t seem very relevant to the real world. I&#x27;m curious what you mean when you say that it&#x27;s not about political goals and how that is supported?<p>Terrorists are by definition extremists. They want to upset the status quo to force people to take sides and create a situation where they feel they, who are righteous, have a better chance of being successful or at least relevant. Whether that is a race war, holy war or revolution. The killing itself isn&#x27;t particularly relevant until your fighting over land and then normally in form of ethnic cleansing.<p>The analysis you linked misses a the point of e.g. the terrorist plot in Norway. It&#x27;s wasn&#x27;t just about killing people, he deliberately tried to effect politics by killing a generation of people he disagreed with. He also believed that it was part of and going to lead to a larger conflict.