Instead of presenting ISIS as a grassroots political movement, it is presented as a military group led by a small number of ideologues.
> A series of communiques issued in the Islamic State’s Syrian enclave last month closed down Internet cafes in one province and ordered the destruction of TVs and satellite dishes in another. The orders, billed as an effort to eliminate a tool for “disseminating infidel beliefs,” effectively cut off access to news from the outside world.
Tyrants everywhere know their position will not withstand debate.
This is something the tech community can help with: provide uncensorable, unblockable, and anonymous comm channels to keep the world talking.
That's getting harder and harder as Orwell and Huxley come into force.
Absolutely. That's why control of the media is crucial to those that have an agenda and power/control complex. Look at NK, Russia, ISIS.
Are you sure about that?
Most government-like institutions do some combination of threats of force and useful services. Hamas provides food and shelter for many.
Once a government-like institution gets powerful enough, it can reduce the amount of criminal/unsavory action it engages in, and create propaganda to help with its legitimacy narrative.
"Even with the influx of thousands of foreign fighters, almost all of the leaders of the Islamic State are former Iraqi officers..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-hidden-...
The piece you linked also reads like propaganda. Why do we need to hate ISIS just because it has the objective of creating a solidarity movement in the middle east?