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Reposting a comment from the previous thread I made very late.
Idea: all else equal, a terrorist group that believes in hierarchy being not bad (or even good) is more dangerous than one which does not support hierarchies.
A group that supports the idea of a hierarchy will naturally create one in the process of coming into being, and an organized group is more effective. In contrast, a group that does not support hierarchies will have a tougher time organizing until effective. Of course, both are dangerous once formed, but the former will learn the need/lessons of structure more easily.
If this is reasonable, it suggests that the former type should be monitored more closely and actively disrupted over the latter.
But this would also suggest that between a brewing Nazi group and a brewing Antifa group, the former is more dangerous and needs to be handled first and foremost.
Is there some idea I'm missing?
I guess in theory or all else being equal, then yes. But all else is not equal.
There are some Nazi or White Nationalist groups actually in existence. But I don't think any of them follow actual 1920s Nazi ideology all that strictly, particularly with regard to things like strong hierarchal organization or following a single individual as leader in a near cult of personality like manner.
Actual Antifa groups in existence don't seem to be all that disorganized in practice. They claim to eschew organization, but don't seem to display all that many characteristics of a truly uncoordinated movement. I don't think that in practice they are less organized than any specific right wing groups.
Whatever effect of this there is, in practice it seems to be drowned out by a thousand other things, like which group is more closely aligned with the power structure. Antifa related groups sure seem to have an awful lot of high-level people in the Democrat party denying that they exist and excusing or ignoring their actions and mainstream media journalists peddling their propaganda. I don't think anything like this has happened for any right-wing groups, and certainly not for any group that comes anywhere near openly supporting Nazism.
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