Rick Is Locked The Fuck In on Nostr: I was going to mention 9/11, it did shift the culture quite a bit, people felt ...

I was going to mention 9/11, it did shift the culture quite a bit, people felt patriotic again for the first time in years, there was a sense of community built around fear of terrorism, people were actually excited for the GWOT and, for a bit, America couldn't do any wrong, George W even threw a strike at an MLB game and had an approval rating above 90%. Hard to explain to anyone born after the Millenium.