I was in my freshman year of college so the timing of 9/11 into my supposed adulthood was a little on the nose for me. "Performative Pessimism" gave me a term for some trends I've noticed in my age bracket, so thanks for that.
Hello Alexander, nice story. Somebody needs to translate your message for me. Was the 911 incident just like a corner car crash in another suburb or something else. I am confused.
Are airport security measures needed. Are security guards at mcdonald stores necessary ? If not then why are they there.
Conflating the idea of mandating seat belts with the fear people have concerning terrorist actions ... is that valid.
Let me make an observation. I live in a large south east asian city. They have all the above. Airport security, guards at mcdonalds, and a visible social security in the streets. But they have no propal marches. Nil. No terrorist actions. People who cause social problems are quickly and immediately picked up and put in little rooms . If foreingers they are deported the next day.The people do not fear each other. Why do i mention the lack of propal marches. Because these are the events that indicate social control is failing. The ability for one subset of people to impose their will and cause disruption on others.
It’s not that those things aren’t necessary. It’s that they represented how things changed so profoundly in this country overnight. Perhaps Americans were naïve for thinking things would stay peaceful and idealized before 9/11, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t affected.
I've often lamented why safely culture reached such a fever pitch in my lifetime, and maybe there is something to this.
I grew up with it being normal for seniors to sneak out for a cigarette in the parking lot and kids going to the local pizza shop for lunch without notifying any teachers (around 1998) to every external door being locked and alarmed, cameras everywhere, and the general feeling of being in something akin to a prison by the time I graduated in 2002.
Similarly with raising kids, I grew up wandering the neighborhood, to feeling like the cops would be called on me for letting my kids out unsupervised.
We went from riding in the bed of the pickup to every kid needs a 15 pound block of special plastic to sit in.
There are a lot of reasons but this whole trauma thing actual helps me explain some of the thinking. These events just created such a fear of loss in us.
I was in my freshman year of college so the timing of 9/11 into my supposed adulthood was a little on the nose for me. "Performative Pessimism" gave me a term for some trends I've noticed in my age bracket, so thanks for that.
Hello Alexander, nice story. Somebody needs to translate your message for me. Was the 911 incident just like a corner car crash in another suburb or something else. I am confused.
Are airport security measures needed. Are security guards at mcdonald stores necessary ? If not then why are they there.
Conflating the idea of mandating seat belts with the fear people have concerning terrorist actions ... is that valid.
Let me make an observation. I live in a large south east asian city. They have all the above. Airport security, guards at mcdonalds, and a visible social security in the streets. But they have no propal marches. Nil. No terrorist actions. People who cause social problems are quickly and immediately picked up and put in little rooms . If foreingers they are deported the next day.The people do not fear each other. Why do i mention the lack of propal marches. Because these are the events that indicate social control is failing. The ability for one subset of people to impose their will and cause disruption on others.
Sorry have gone off topic. Thanks for your post
It’s not that those things aren’t necessary. It’s that they represented how things changed so profoundly in this country overnight. Perhaps Americans were naïve for thinking things would stay peaceful and idealized before 9/11, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t affected.
Thankyou for your reply.
I've often lamented why safely culture reached such a fever pitch in my lifetime, and maybe there is something to this.
I grew up with it being normal for seniors to sneak out for a cigarette in the parking lot and kids going to the local pizza shop for lunch without notifying any teachers (around 1998) to every external door being locked and alarmed, cameras everywhere, and the general feeling of being in something akin to a prison by the time I graduated in 2002.
Similarly with raising kids, I grew up wandering the neighborhood, to feeling like the cops would be called on me for letting my kids out unsupervised.
We went from riding in the bed of the pickup to every kid needs a 15 pound block of special plastic to sit in.
There are a lot of reasons but this whole trauma thing actual helps me explain some of the thinking. These events just created such a fear of loss in us.