• Zorque@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    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”.

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      9 months ago

      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.