There are a vast majority of accounts to show that economic status does not always directly lead to engagement or non engagement in terrorism. “It is possible, for example, that well-educated individuals will disproportionately participate in terrorist groups if they think that they will assume leadership positions if they succeed, or if they identify more strongly with the goals of the terrorist organization than less-educated individuals.” “Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova” Does Poverty Cause Terrorism?, June 23 2002. A relevant case pertaining to this subject is the San Bernardino shooting, the people who carried out this crime were middle class, and further brings to question how related poverty is to substantial acts of violence. There is no distinct correlation between poverty and terrorism, which has come to be shown multiple times through case studies of different areas of the
There are a vast majority of accounts to show that economic status does not always directly lead to engagement or non engagement in terrorism. “It is possible, for example, that well-educated individuals will disproportionately participate in terrorist groups if they think that they will assume leadership positions if they succeed, or if they identify more strongly with the goals of the terrorist organization than less-educated individuals.” “Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova” Does Poverty Cause Terrorism?, June 23 2002. A relevant case pertaining to this subject is the San Bernardino shooting, the people who carried out this crime were middle class, and further brings to question how related poverty is to substantial acts of violence. There is no distinct correlation between poverty and terrorism, which has come to be shown multiple times through case studies of different areas of the