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I think your point is very telling. Obviously the fearmongers would love us to consider terrorism above all else- it pays the bills of all the major defense contractors. They'd also like you to hate the Middle East, so we can be morally okay with stealing their oil. Why not kill two birds with one stone?
Everyone seems to forget this was not the first attempt on the WTC... and we had several American terror attacks in the years prior to 9/11. Oklahoma City, anyone? McVeigh likely woulda been ecstatic to kill 3,000 people and turn the country into a bunch of scared sheep. How many of you feared for your life following the Oklahoma City bombing? Really? Now contrast that to the number of you that have feared for your JOB over the last few years.
It sucks, a bunch of folks died. I live in Los Angeles, which is a great big capitalist target, and like most of America, I went to work on 9/11, did my job, paid my bills, lived my life. My friends knew folks who died that day, but I don't live my life in fear... as I didn't before that day. The economy means something to everyone. Twenty years from now, there will be more blood, more war, more ridiculous violence... and I'll be concerned with putting my kids through college and grad school. Capitalism breeds capitalists, it's in my nature.
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