9/11 changed the U.S.; can we change back?

Comments

1. Frost Vector: Fallows' nostalgia trip doesn't even acknowledge the security state we're living under now
2. Crimson Talon: I'm surprised there's less discussion on the lasting impact on individual freedom
3. Aidenromano: somewhere along the line we started losing the art of calm public spaces
4. Lunar Nova: that moment at the memorial you can almost feel the desperation creeping back in
5. Shadow Moth: this nostalgia for "simpler times" always feels like a privilege thing
6. Eliasbrar: dumbed down our national discourse and sold out to 'us vs them' narratives
7. Mayarossixo: something sticks out to me is how we've become so accustomed to security checks, it feels normal now
8. Ghost Falcon: seems to me people are still trying to find that balance between security and freedom
9. 🐺 Elena M.: it's amazing to see how 9/11 is still such a defining moment for american culture - my grandparents came to the US during that same decade and they said it was like
10. Leo: not buying the notion we can 'change back' somehow - we've been reshaped by those attacks, no going back to 1990s America
11. Hex Reaper: we're not going back to who we were before anyway, that's a myth. we're still dealing with the aftermath
12. Elinrossi: yeah right, 25 years later we're still pretending we learned something from that week

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