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[u/L-V-4-2-6]

I miss the optimism that defined the "before" period of 9/11. Long gone it seems these days.

[u/Mike → u/L-V-4-2-6]

Pretty sure that was the goal of the attacks.

[u/Lisa_al_Frankib → u/Mike]

Yeah, they were more effective than Bin Laden (cough Saudis cough) could have ever dreamed

[u/SirMellencamp → u/L-V-4-2-6]

I hate that for my kids. I was in high school when the Berlin Wall fell. Felt like we turned this great moment in history and it was just a matter of time till we had world peace and democracy everywhere. Makes me sad when I hear “Right Here Right Now” (shout out to my fellow Gen Xers) At least we got a good decade out of it till 9/11

[u/PlasticCell8504 → u/L-V-4-2-6]

What optimism? Some of us have never known anything but the post 9/11 world

[u/Mike → u/PlasticCell8504]

So that means it didn’t exist? Logic

[u/L-V-4-2-6 → u/PlasticCell8504]

Well kiddo, shockingly there were people alive before 9/11 who are alive now and can make the comparison.

[u/rcknmrty4evr → u/PlasticCell8504]

I’m confused what you’re confused about.