The diagnosis is clear. But I wonder whether you can significantly prevent that radicalisation easily. It seems to me to have something to do with the ability to reflect. If you are unhappy and deeply convinced it's due to some external factors (the world is bad!), it's just a matter of time for you to find the "correct" culprit. If, on the other hand, you are quite self-reflective, you'd be probably suspicious about external factors and would also consider internal ones, which is the path towards self-improvement, studying a bit on psychology, mental health issues, etc.
What I am saying is this: people who ONLY consider external reasons for their internal emotional/mental states seem to be rather oblivious to topics of mental health.
@FailForward @thor @shibao @evelyn
Not sure if liking subjects such as science makes it easier to reflect on different ideas / views or solutions to a problem.
Seeing everything as black and white, yes or no makes it very hard to choose somewhere in between.
Kinda like the picture of a glass that is 1/2 full of water, is it half full or 1/2 empty,
From a science viewpoint it is FULL 1/2 full of water, 1/2 full of air.
@FailForward @thor @shibao @evelyn
I don;t think you can prevent this, in a world that is so unequal,
However people have arrived in the Uk with Nothing other than the clothes they are wearing, unable to speak much English but go on to get a first class degree at a top uni, due to hard work etc.
So I think you have a point it is how people are able to deal with their situation that is the key.