That’s entirely the point. Instead of small problems that are consistent and easy to ignore, it was a singular event that’s much easier to focus on. That’s why so many politicians used it as an opportunity to consolidate power and enact draconian legal protections.
9/11 wasn’t just “bad thing happen” it was “big bad to distract from small bad”.
In Europe we’ve been ignoring the real issues with excuses for a long time. Now we see a lot of discontent and a political shift right. That’s not gonna solve anything, but it’s a symptom or result of not facing the problems we have.
I get that 9/11 is a big cultural event for you guys, but you also have mass shootings like every other day…
9/11 killed more in one day than mass shootings have in the last 20+ years. https://www.statista.com/statistics/811504/mass-shooting-victims-in-the-united-states-by-fatalities-and-injuries/
Tangentially, Covid was a 9/11 per day or more for like 2 years. It’s around a couple 9/11s a week now.
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That’s entirely the point. Instead of small problems that are consistent and easy to ignore, it was a singular event that’s much easier to focus on. That’s why so many politicians used it as an opportunity to consolidate power and enact draconian legal protections.
9/11 wasn’t just “bad thing happen” it was “big bad to distract from small bad”.
In Europe we’ve been ignoring the real issues with excuses for a long time. Now we see a lot of discontent and a political shift right. That’s not gonna solve anything, but it’s a symptom or result of not facing the problems we have.
A majority of Americans want stricter gun laws, and that’s been consistent for quite a few years.
We also have a dysfunctional political system that prevents popular ideas from getting anywhere, but we’re not really unique in that I suppose.