Patriot Act, DHS, TSA immediately come to mind. Al Qaeda succeeded with much more than a mass murder and destruction of buildings.
It’s easy to say we did it to ourselves, which is somewhat true, but none of the above was decided by referendum. Never overlook the panicked, knee-jerk politicians who gave no thought to long term consequences of the shit they passed in the early 2000s.
Patriot Act, DHS, TSA immediately come to mind. Al Qaeda succeeded with much more than a mass murder and destruction of buildings.
It’s easy to say we did it to ourselves, which is somewhat true, but none of the above was decided by referendum. Never overlook the panicked, knee-jerk politicians who gave no thought to long term consequences of the shit they passed in the early 2000s.