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Again, to put this in a more recent perspective that most of us are familiar with: the number of people killed on 9/11 was 2,977 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by aloukissas 6y ago
Again, to put this in a more recent perspective that most of us are familiar with: the number of people killed on 9/11 was 2,977 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11...].
- minikites 6y agoAnd try not to think too hard about why 9/11 brought about a massive restructuring of our government along with a mass infringement of our civil liberties but a pandemic doesn't.
- metalliqaz 6y agoThat's just human nature my dude. Same reason why Pearl Harbor brought a reluctant nation into WWII.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoThe part with the mass infringement of civil liberties might still happen, I wouldn't discount it yet
- rhino369 6y agoLockdowns were a mass infringement of our civil liberties that was arguably much more significant than anything post 9-11. Governors and mayors shut down churches and assemblies by fiat. People weren’t allowed to see their family. Couldn’t sell goods and services. You may think that was necessary (and at least some of it was). But That doesn’t change what it was.