I have never interviewed or talked to anyone that has taken hostages – I am not an expert. I do care and wish there would be less hostages taken in the future. I have never been in the military or party to hostage negotiations. I can make guesses at why someone might take hostages.
- useful and valuable
- appears as only option, no way out
- religious extremism (thoughts of Jones town)
- revolutionary reasons, desires to push government demands
- Antisemitism and Racism
- Sexual Exploitation
- Tough economic conditions
- Proximity
- Think will get away with it
- Less appreciation for what freedom lost looks like, devaluing oppression
- Comprehension seen as ideal, thinking plan couldn’t go south
Groups that might take hostages
- Islamic and Religious Extremists
- Cartels
- Crime Organizations
- Human Trafficking Rings
- Child Labor
- Rogue Research Organizations
Reducing Organizations, problems and power vacuums in society that lead to joining groups that might take hostages could factor into a future with less hostages taken. Turning down reasons, and reasons seen as valuable, useful might lead to less hostages taken in the first place.
All these groups exist for a reason, I can’t say during my time on this Earth I have turned down or try to turn down those organizations ideally. I have known some are a problem yet I have not always known how to battle, or challenge the status quo. I buy products, yet I can’t say for certain, or even check products I buy against a known organization for verifying it does not reinforce those groups – Better Business Bureau might do something along those lines, yet I am not sure.
Never Again sounds good, that said I am not sure in this World at least in 2024 and the foreseeable future it is likely to still be a problem. If the World gets set to all angels, organizations that protect might not be around when problems happen.
A fire that might take self or someone close at some point in the future? I would like to divest in advance if possible.
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