hrm.
the current us debt i think can be traced to the two wars that bush started using 9/11 as an excuse
( still a worse president - if possibly a less hateful person - than 45, even tho it gets closer to a tie everyday )
the bigger crash ( also on shrub’s watch ) i’d argue was due to the real estate bubble - and i don’t think there’s a direct link to 9/11, even tho both in their way were fallouts from capitalism off the rails
9/11 contributed only i think in that people here doubled down on the idea that america can do no wrong
i honestly don’t think it started any inflection point in our national character or prospects. if anything, i think it just inured us against changing course
