Convinced that he has broad support from numerous like-minded followers. They are totally absorbed in their cause. Dogmaticism, authoritarianism, and a ruthless treatment if their own people who deviate from their own view are common to their mentality. Many terrorists seem to feel that a near-perfect future lies just around the corner, once the present order is destroyed. This utopianism, coupled with frustration at the slow pace of social change, often leads to political extremism on both the left and the right.
Terrorists groups use religious or political ideals to interest potential recruits.
But those taking up political violence often share traits that are less religious or political than mental and emotional. Terrorist actions are often laden with symbolic overtones, involving the choice of captives, locations, weapons, and timing. Researchers have noticed, however that captors who hold hostages for protracted periods tend to develop a kind of bond with them that makes cold-blooded murder less likely. Fanatics who believe they are dying for a cause do not carry much of the so-called suicide bombing out. Thus with the collapse of the nation state there is a proliferation of factionalism and such a situation can only be overcome through the creation of a world government that would be responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of each sovereign state.