People always wonder why do the terrorists hate us ? This is why . Just watch this gif . The complete corrosion of virtue and principle by mindless sociopathic greed fills them with a deep sense of moral revulsion and disgust that , to be honest , is 100 % warranted . They don ' t want their own communities being modernized into this monstrosity . Once that sense of disgust has developed radicalization is inevitable . The only other factor determining the precise kind of extremist they will radicalize into are the dominant moral beliefs of where they live . Those from Islamic societies become Islamists , those from Christian societies become fundamentalist Christians , those who grew up secular humanists become radical leftists , and so on and so forth . The difference between us and reactionary religion is that we ' re objectively better and more correct , of course , but I ' m almost certain that they all proceed from the same kinds of basic formative experiences .