>>5675003 cont.THEN, OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE
>U.S. attacked in the largest attack on American soil since 1945 on 9/11; feeling of invincibility instantly shattered>small recession immediately follows>war also follows; first big conflict since the Gulf Warthen it just keeps getting fucking worse and worse
>China emergences as a real economic and even military threat>Massive recession hits in 2007-2008, severely hurting the overall economy and completely fucking destroying rural economies and third-world development>war seemingly drags on foreverstill worse
>social cohesion and optimism largely dead completely at this point>"ignorance is bliss" is proven true as social media emerges, giving people both new social and political things to constantly worry about>largely reached a point of cultural anomie at this point. politics start to go from generic and moderate to really fucking weird.>war still hasnt ended holy fuck how many years has it been?>economy starts to pick up again but jobs are few, and those few jobs are absolute shit. college hardly helps and costs a fuckton>also out of nowhere, Russia re-emerges as a global military/political power and annexes chunks of Ukraine>tiny, irrelevant states now have nukes and constantly threaten to kill anyone and everyone>US politics go fucking sideways. everyone either brags about sucking black cocks or wants to have 1/3 of the population lynched. everyone seemingly getting browner? and more foreignSo basically things went from pretty good to vietnam war tier but worse seemingly out of nowhere. Thus why people reminisce over the 90's and even early 2000's.
tl;dr. Capitalism and democracy "win" in the 90's. 9/11 and the recession break that "win" really brutally.
