Remember what happened on 9/11? You saw a great country come together.
Hahahahaha. For a few weeks, I guess. You really mean, “came together in support of corrupt arseholes who exploited 9/11 to advance an authoritarian agenda?”
Cops were heroes and could do no wrong. Surveillance and violation of privacy was OK because it kept us safe. So was detention of people without trial on scant evidence. As was locking down the borders so as to harass and inconvenience everyone, never mind that the 9/11 attackers came in legally. And you still have to show papers to buy an Amtrak or plane ticket like some good Soviet citizen.
We’re just beginning to undo the damage caused by Americans “coming together” in an orgy of bootlicking after 9/11. I hope we can skip this sort of togetherness in the future and remain more divided.
The US response to a 9/11 was vast overkill. We should be wiser in the future. But many native-born Americans are too spoiled and ignorant to worry about a slow devolution towards authoritarianism. I think more immigrant voters would have actually moderated the process in the US, so I’m all for immigration.
