• Worx@lemmynsfw.com
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    9 months ago

    I get that 9/11 is a big cultural event for you guys, but you also have mass shootings like every other day…

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      9 months ago

      That’s entirely the point. Instead of small problems that are consistent and easy to ignore, it was a singular event that’s much easier to focus on. That’s why so many politicians used it as an opportunity to consolidate power and enact draconian legal protections.

      9/11 wasn’t just “bad thing happen” it was “big bad to distract from small bad”.

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        9 months ago

        In Europe we’ve been ignoring the real issues with excuses for a long time. Now we see a lot of discontent and a political shift right. That’s not gonna solve anything, but it’s a symptom or result of not facing the problems we have.

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      9 months ago

      A majority of Americans want stricter gun laws, and that’s been consistent for quite a few years.

      We also have a dysfunctional political system that prevents popular ideas from getting anywhere, but we’re not really unique in that I suppose.

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      9 months ago

      Yes we have a serious problem with that. I’m not sure what that has to do with a large threat like 9/11 though. We lost 3000 Americans in a day. We can discuss that without having to bring in every problem at once.