stackyFACTSIt is absolutely baffling to imagine sacrificing your only life for an abstract cause, until you realize these individuals suffer a radical psychological glitch.
It is absolutely baffling to imagine sacrificing your only life for an abstract cause, until you realize these individuals suffer a radical psychological glitch. In highly isolated, high-stress environments, the boundary between the personal ego and the group identity entirely dissolves. To a fused extremist, protecting the ideology feels exactly the same on a neurobiological level as pulling your hand away from a burning hot stove.
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