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This question somewhat trivializes the "radicals" and their "extreme" views and denies them agency. What would it take for you to change your strongly held views, "extreme" or otherwise? Who the fuck knows, right? But probably nothing formulaic and generalizable. So it is with others.



> But probably nothing formulaic and generalizable.

I found the "Seek first to understand, then to be understood" rule in the 7 Habits book illuminating.

If only government, lawmakers, and the electorate in general, understood it.




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