08-24-2021, 10:31 AM
(08-24-2021, 10:14 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I was 1 year removed from watching the twin towers fall on the news, and only 5 years away from the economy going to shit right as I was about to graduate.
They'll get over it.
These aren't things you "get over." These are generation-defining moments and they have long-lasting effects. I was discussing this a couple of years ago how so many people my age and younger have no exposure to Islam in a pre-9/11 context and the way that alters their understanding of the religion and the world. That is just one example of the impact things like this have and the way it can alter a person's perceptions and how they interact with the world.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
