How to Stop Rising Terrorism

I am seeing lots of different people not limited to: experts, politicians, libertarians, and other self proclaimed know it alls point out and go into detail about how to deal with Terrorism in the world. Many of those plans include either blowing them up or leaving them alone.

I'm gonna propose a radical idea here.  NEITHER of these will work!

Lets look at the problem with these groups.  They are recruiting people.  And their numbers are increasing despite the fight being upped in regions where they cause trouble.  And people like Donald Drumph trying to make it seem like the world has declared war on certain religions is certainly making this problem worse.

Another problem that I have outlined in an earlier blog post is that these people are not afraid of death at all.  In fact, these people benefit from being killed.  They become martyrs for their beliefs which fuels their ideologies and makes recruiting just that much easier.

However, that is not to say that leaving the groups alone will fix the problems either. Ignoring them will send the message that they can get away with he atrocities they commit and entice them into causing more chaos in the world. So yes, we do have to fight terrorism.  It just happens that there is more than one way to do so.

Now, what if I told you we could solve hunger, fix the world economy, and defeat terrorism at the same time?

Your probably thin king that I am some magical gene or at least a pathological liar.  Truth is, while I certainly am guilty of lying when it benefits me at times, I'm being truthful here.

Now remember how I said above that terrorist groups are recruiting at incredible rates? What if we changed the world in such a way that they would not be able to recruit?  How do we do that?  Give people hope.  Help them live the lives they want.

Terrorism thrives on people who want to change the world or themselves even, but feel that they have no chance at a better life. And lets be honest.  They don't really have any other options.  And that lack of mobility is infecting the entire world.

As people on earth become more and more disgruntled and feel hopeless about their futures, they continue to turn to violence, hatred, and ultimately terrorism. Many have figured out that the game is rigged against them.  And rather than just accept that, a lot of people are starting to decide that its better to destroy the game and create a new one.

And ultimately, they are right, the game does need to be changed.  But what I am calling on now, is that we do this change through peace, rather than through terrorism.  For we cannot leave things the way they are now.  Terror will continue to rise.  The establishments of the world are going to crumble no matter what outcome we choose.

But the choice between peace and destruction will determine what the new establishment looks like. Whether our future will be better or worse than our present.