After 9/11, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the Patriot Act. To create the Department of Homeland Security. To invade Iraq.
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We were unified. We were then exploited by our leaders.
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I've pitched this essay a few times over the years during the Trump Admin, when it's been obvious how the security state constructed after 9/11 is being used by an authoritarian to push us towards dictatorship, but with no luck. But lefties like me SAID this would happen then.
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but also we were right, and the unity after 9/11 was a terrible thing for our nation.
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This is demonstrably false.https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1304385095047032832 …
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Siva says it well. https://twitter.com/sivavaid/status/1304403032415891456 …
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and the sheeples willingly sacrificed their rights of privacy to allow non stop invasive surveillance.
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