"Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is young, idle, and bored; where the art is impoverished; where entertainmentâ€”movies, theater, musicâ€”is policed or absent altogether; and where young men are set apart from the consoling and socializing presence of women."

Source : Lawrence Wright (2006). “The Looming Tower”, p.107, Vintage

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