ISIS recruits by exploiting economic misery akin to military enlistment practices

Evidence

Similar to the way the US armed forces enlist poor American women and men, like my friend John, ISIS hovers over Muslim communities in France like a poverty pimp, exploiting economic misery and societal disaffection for morally depraved ends. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 769

Categorization

• CANDY: The blunt ‘poverty pimp’ framing of ISIS recruitment is a memorable, conversation-ready image.
• XREF: connects to: Economic frustration after military service triggered scapegoating that moved him toward extremism — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 305