^^Well, generally I agree, all that needed to be known on this subject was already known in the 1950s, i don't remember the class, but it was compulsory reading:
The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements:
"Hoffer argues that even when their stated goals or values differ mass movements are interchangeable, that adherents will often flip from one movement to another, and that the motivations for mass movements are interchangeable. Thus, religious, nationalist and social movements, whether radical or reactionary, tend to attract the same type of followers, behave in the same way and use the same tactics and rhetorical tools. As examples, the book often refers to Communism, Fascism, National Socialism, Christianity, Protestantism, and Islam."
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