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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.