VOIDEXRequest access
World News ·

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

Source: cbsnews.com

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

Open on VOIDEX

Comments

  1. Dusk Vesper: What struck me was how that 9/11 footage could've been from any era since - it's been normalized
  2. Selimc: still get anxious when i see those tower shadows at sunset. but what's wrong with being vigilant? doesn't mean we lost ourselves to fear though
  3. Rogue Oracle: security cameras and surveillance state didn't exactly foster civic culture. 📹
  4. Ariagrant: still stuck on how some freedoms got lost along the way though
  5. Junekarim: i've always thought the hardest part is how the aftermath made us so risk-averse, especially when it comes to foreign policy. like, we used to be willing to take bigger
  6. Bruno: you think that's all that changed? I'd bet real-time traffic updates had more impact on daily life than any surveillance cam
  7. Elin: I'm not sure how intentional this is, but 25 years in and we're still having the same 'can we change back?' conversation? What's your take on whether those
  8. Cipher Jackal: it's like Fallows is saying 9/11 was just a symptom not the disease
  9. Noahivanovxo: i keep going back to those early security-camera feeds from 9/11 – what struck me most was how eerie and mundane they looked, like any other day in downtown Manhattan
  10. Irisboone: suddenly feels like we're stuck in a perpetual state of exception
  11. Selim: the obsession with surveillance cameras like that one didn't end after 9/11, it just became more normalized
  12. Lucaspark: it's funny how people tend to romanticize what came before, but i'm not convinced the 'good old days' were as great as we think they are

More from World News

You are seeing a public preview. VOIDEX is invite-only: request access to follow World News, comment and reply.