It basically ruined the USA over the last 25 years, with the government response reducing freedom and privacy, doing all the endless wars, and the public response of people turning into fear-controlled cattle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/podcasts/the-daily/9-11-anniversary-mamdani-ground-zero.html
25 years later and we’re also finally learning that Republicans and moderate Democrats lied to New Yorkers about the air quality post attack, covered it up, and now thousands are dying from cancer most likely due to this with clusters happening all over the place.
More finalizing the data that we already knew the whole time, but no one in the government wanted to do much about. They were the first to fail the “never forget”.
Reagan set the stage for corporate oligarchy and 9/11 gave the Bush administration the excuse to greatly increase military and surveillance.
CNN put that news ticker on and never turned it off and everything has sucked since then.
So the terrorists won the War on Terror before it even started. Or rather because of it.
I have been saying this for years. The terrorists win each time you take off your shoes, throw away your water, lose a bottle of shampoo that is slightly too large, or someone with a prosthetic must remove it in public. The terrorists won and turned us into our own terrorizers.
Nah, it exposed America for what it truly is.
Bloodthirsty bigots.
Most Americans are fine and decent people. It just brought the bloodthirsty bigots to center stage.
This is not unique to America. They exist where you are from too, friend.
I’m not sure why you’re getting downvoted because it’s true.
