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Could you elaborate on the mistakes made after 9/11? The ones that come to mind are the Patriot Act, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
by lightthatfailed 7y ago
Could you elaborate on the mistakes made after 9/11? The ones that come to mind are the Patriot Act, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoAlso erosion of various civil liberties. Terrorism is like a pathogen causing an auto-immune disorder; pretty much all of its damage comes from reaction to it. However, I don't think it's in any way like COVID-19 situation. In this pandemic, the economy was going to go down anyway, due to simple self-preservation of individuals. Without social distancing and lockdown measures, once you'd seen people around you getting sick and dying left and right, you'd too be reluctant to go to your work, or to run your plant.
- downerending 7y agoThat we still have the amped-up TSA infrastructure in place is arguably a mistake. If it were allowed to post selfies of sneaking dangerous objects through security, the whole thing would collapse as an expensive farce.