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Peak civilisation
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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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Well, the events of 9/11/2001 were a pivotal moment in the united state's national consciousness. That was a traumatic event for the country; our national self esteem changed. The world became more of a scary place.
For the average unaware US citizen *
It also represented a tipping point for personal rights in the western world. Wholesale spying was something that "evil commies" did, and Intelligence agencies had to at least obscure their attempts at spying on their own citizens. Nowadays you have some western governments basically saying that the Stasi didn't go far enough.
The Stasi didn't have the computer power...
Well yeah, the Matrix takes place in the US for US citizens.
If you don't understand the absolutely foundational shift in US culture 9/11 caused, you're probably not old enough to remember 9/11
Even before that, the dot-com crash ended the 90s high.
Between the end of the Asian financial crisis and the dot com was peak human civilization in my opinion.