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It only takes a few dedicated true believers to fundamentally change how society works. 9/11 only happened once.
by glitchc 1y ago
It only takes a few dedicated true believers to fundamentally change how society works. 9/11 only happened once.
- rbanffy 1y agoI often have to point out they won. They wanted to change the US, and the country is, today, almost unrecognizable. Patriot Act, FISA courts, and now illegal deportations and an alliance with Russia at the top level.
- madaxe_again 1y agoThe US wanted to change. PNAC spelled out almost all of what happened after 9/11, before 9/11, and it was a gift to the security industrial complex hawks. They literally said in their report that a Pearl Harbor type event would likely be necessary: “Further, the process of transformation… is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”